Brian Williams of the NBC Nightly News was the last reporter in line to get their interview with Sarah Palin. And the network also got the brunt of the backlash while reporting on the RNC, when Republicans surrounded the cameras and chanted "NBC! NBC!" as some sort of war chant. Although, hell, those sound like fans, not detractors, but who knows.
So why is the McCain camp, and conservatives in general, about as anti-NBC as they are anti-NYT? Well, if you haven't noticed, NBC is just two letters away from MSNBC, that evil biased station with the angry man (not Bill O'Reilly) and the lesbian (not Brian Kilmeade). But NBC does not "control" MSNBC, per se, and their association is only through parent company General Electric's NBC Universal. They are more like estranged siblings (that sometimes share producers and anchors via the NBC News unit) than anything else. Or, you know, so they would have you believe!
But actually, the defense from 30 Rock brass — that the opinions of MSNBC don't impact NBC News proper — might have traction!
A nonpartisan study found that NBC is not affected by MSNBC's liberal bias. In fact, it was the network that's taken the most positive positions on Sarah Palin, ahead of Fox News, which comes in at Number 2.
Wait. So Brian Williams is not the network equivalent Keith Olbermann? Thank goodness for studies.
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Don't kid yourself. NBC does control MSNBC. Phil Griffin does not make a move without Jeff Zucker and Steve Capus, and all NBC correspondents and producers are expected to contribute to MSNBC. Yes, they are estranged siblings, but Mom and Dad force them to work together.
Is Jossip saying that Kilmeade's gay? or that he looks like Rachel Maddow? Either way that's a low blow Jossip!
WTF? What are u talking about Jossip? Have you ever listened to the hate filled garbage spewed forth from Sean Hannity or Bill O'reilly on a nightly basis? So MSNBC is not balanced- have you ever listed to Joe Scarborough on his Morning Joe show? Kinda leans to the right - I must say. Evil biased station? have you listed to Fox News lately? Take a listen sometime and tell me what you think. But am I to understand that that Fox news is allowed to extoll the virtues of right wing demagoguery with no response back? You must be drinking too much of that that joy juice Jossip!!
MSNBC, should just get it over with and change their name to Pravda.
Of course NBC was nicer to Governor Palin, they wanted her to go on SNL.
The bias towards a ratings superstar always supercedes an liberal bias.
check out what happened to their sendmerss internet division. Totally screwed everybody including themselves. Moron network.
Jossip is so full of crap. NBC has the most positive positions on Sarah Palin? Nobody believes your bullshit, Drew. I'm actually not entirely sure Drew wasn't Saddam Hussien's former press secretary. Maybe these bloggers can fool a 14 year old girl, but actual grown-ups that live in their own homes and pay their own taxes don't fall for this shit. Take your independent poll and stick it. I could care less what four out of five Democrats wearing a Barry O sticker on their forehead think. Piss off.