Tag Archives: NBC News
Too Big to Fire
Friday, June 19, 2015
Only in television news can you rehab your own people on television news. NBC’s disgraced Brian Williams sat for a soul-searching interview with Today’s Matt Lauer to explain and apologize for his fabulist storytelling before he returns to the NBC …
Nine Dead in SC Church, The Return of Brian
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Nation: Police in Charleston, S.C. are on the hunt for a white gunman who shot and killed nine black people during a prayer service inside a church in the city’s historic downtown last night. Police are calling it a hate …
Suspects in Nemtsov Hit, Corruption in Jersey
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Suspects: Russia’s security police have detained two men from the Caucasus as suspects in the murder of dissident politician Boris Nemtsov. Further details were not given. According to some accounts Nemtsov was shot in the back by a man hiding …
A Hero in His Own Mind
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
The walls of my office at home are decorated with pictures mostly of myself. There I am standing in front of a Western wildfire and posing with Gen. Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier. I have a …
Williams Kicked Out, Stewart Steps Out
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Dialed Out: NBC News suspended Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams for six months without pay for embellishing a story about his experience in the 2003 Iraq War. It’s a move unprecedented in network news. The New York Post headline says …
More ISIS Airstrikes, Williams Faces Fire
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Permawar: The US-led coalition carried out 26 airstrikes today against ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq following an unverified claim that an American woman hostage died in an earlier Jordanian bombing raid. Islamic State extremists say that the woman since …
Jobs up Again, Williams Under Fire
Friday, February 6, 2015
Econ 101: The US economy added 257,000 jobs in December, a healthy number, according to the Labor Department. The job market appears to be maintaining its momentum from 2014, the best year of job growth since 1999. Wages are rising …
International Outrage, Bigfoot Sighting
Saturday, July 19, 2014
MH17: International monitors say their movements are being limited by separatist rebels at the eastern Ukraine crash site of Malaysian Airlines flight 17. The Ukraine government says Russia is helping to destroy evidence that the jet was shot down with …
US Weighs Iraq Attack, Bad Taste in Chicago
Friday, June 13, 2014
Iraq: President Obama is considering direct military action against Islamic militants threatening the control of the Iraqi government. Fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have moved as close as 30 miles from Baghdad. President Obama said, …
Rookie at the Helm, Pipeline Delayed
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Ferry Disaster: As hopes dim for finding survivors of the sunken South Korean ferry, the ship’s captain and two crewmembers were arrested. One of them was the third mate who was steering the ship through a treacherous stretch for the …
