Watching the alphabet soup of evening newscasts can be information and full of surprises at the same time. Take, for instance, stories that aired recently on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. In a piece that aired Friday, Williams is shown bowing to President Barack Obama as they [...]
Nightly Newsers Full of Nightly Surprises
June 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
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President Obama Shows Lack of Media Skills
February 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Last night, President Barack Obama proved himself unskilled when it came to handling the following question — or, more accurately, set of related questions — asked by Fox News Channel’s Senior White House Correspondent Major Garrett: “Mr. President, at a speech Friday that many of us covered, Vice President Biden said the following thing about [...]
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‘Affirmative Action Journalism’ Assists Obama
October 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments
If Barack Obama doesn’t win enough electoral votes Nov. 4, it won’t be for lack of trying — on the part of the mainstream news media, that is. The reporting about the Democratic Party presidential nominee has become so biased, in fact, that I can only conclude they’ve implemented a new set of rules, something [...]
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AARPers Might Like This Brian Williams Story, Too
September 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The November/December issue of AARP The Magazine features an interview of NBC’s Brian Williams, according to an AARP news release today. While I’m certain the article is full of a lot of newsman wit and wisdom, I suspect readers of the silver-haired group’s publication might get a bigger kick out of my experience with “the [...]
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Brian Williams and Other Air Force Memories
October 20th, 2006 · No Comments
I used to be an Air Force officer and, sometimes, you know, we military guys have a hard time letting go of the past. That’s what this post is about. It all started in 1985. Fresh out of college, I paid a visit to an Air Force recruiting office near campus. A couple of weeks [...]
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