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NBC News stories: 20 news summaries

Chuck Todd Chickens Out
on Goatee Bet 

Dodger-loving reporter donates to charity rather than shaving

Oct 23, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they... More »

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gambling • betting • feud • NBC News • sports betting • NLCS • baseball • ABC News • Robert Gibbs • beard • facial hair • Chuck Todd • Jake Tapper

'I'm Terribly Sorry, But
David Gregory Had a Fit'

Scarborough cancels on Stephanopoulos

Jun 26, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The highbrow news shows are seeing a little soap-opera drama—and a good old-fashioned hissy fit: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough had to cancel an appearance on George Stephanopoulos' This Week on ABC, reports the New York Post. "I'm terribly sorry," he told Stephanopoulos, "but David Gregory had a... More »

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television • politics • MSNBC • ABC • Mika Brzezinski • NBC News • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • Joe Scarborough • David Gregory • This Week • Morning Joe

COMMENTARY

 A Year Later, 
 Russert Remembered 

Legendary host's shoes may never be filled

Jun 14, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Russert died suddenly one year ago this weekend, and while a new moderator inhabits his chair on Meet the Press, no clear successor to his legacy has emerged, Patrick Gavin writes for Politico. “Of course there’s a void,” says CNN’s John King. “Tim was... More »

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Tim Russert • NBC News • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • Bob Schieffer • David Gregory

(Newser) - The economic crisis and outdated business models are forcing steep cuts at three venerable news organizations. The New York Times today announced a 5% pay cut for all employees, who were offered 10 extra days off as compensation, "in a spirit of shared sacrifice and as a way... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • NBC Universal • recession • salary • buyout • NBC News • pay cut • raise

OPINION

 Andrea Mitchell, 
 Gay Icon 

Community seems fascinated with correspondent, if somewhat secretly

Jan 28, 09 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Cher, Barbra Streisand, Madonna … and NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell? Yes, John Koblin and Zachary Woolfe write in the New York Observer, Mrs. Alan Greenspan is an icon to gay men, if not as celebrated. “She’s the Golden Girls rolled into one,” one fan says: “The... More »

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Alan Greenspan • Cher • NBC News • Madonna • Barbra Streisand • Maria Callas • gays • Aristotle Onassis • Andrea Mitchell • Golden Girls • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Coulter Talks 
 Today 'Ban' 
 ... on Today 

Critics not exactly impressed with Peacock's kowtowing

Jan 7, 09 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Ann Coulter parlayed her non-appearance on NBC’s Today Show yesterday into a session with Matt Lauer this morning, Hamilton Nolan writes on Gawker. “She is that person you didn't want to invite to the party, but did, and then wished you hadn't,” writes Nolan. Fully two minutes... More »

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television • Tony Blair • Ann Coulter • Matt Lauer • NBC News • Bill Maher • television interview • spat • book promotion

TV Networks Scale Back Iraq War Coverage

Afghanistan becomes focus as US deaths fall, budgets drop

Dec 29, 08 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Violence is down drastically in Iraq, but so is coverage of the conflict by ABC, NBC, and CBS, who no longer have full-time correspondents in the country, the New York Times reports. Instead, the networks are shifting their focus to Pakistan and Afghanistan. “Afghanistan was the forgotten war,”... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • correspondent • NBC News • CBS News • ABC News • television news

OPINION

It's Not Too
Late, MSNBC: 'Stay Crazy'

Blogger calls for Matthews, Olbermann to keep their jobs

Sep 8, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Gregory will be the face of MSNBC's election coverage, and the ouster of "loud shouty people" Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews isn't sitting well with at least one viewer. "It's a stupid, stupid idea, for many reasons," Alex Pareene writes on Gawker of NBC Universal's decision.... More »

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NBC • MSNBC • NBC Universal • Chris Matthews • Keith Olbermann • NBC News • Brian Williams • Election 2008 • David Gregory • Phil Griffin

 Sunday Pundits 
 Dissect Biden Pick

Biden dominates Sunday talk shows

Aug 24, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The newly announced Obama/Biden ticket predictably dominated the talk shows today. Politico gives the run-down:
  • Obama VP adviser Caroline Kennedy told Meet the Press she hoped Joe Biden would prove to be as sage a pick as her father's choice of LBJ.
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi turned Biden's
... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Rudy Giuliani • Fox News • vice president • Obama 2008 • NBC News • Meet the Press • Barack Obama supporters • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • ABC News

Tim Russert's Son to Cover Conventions for NBC

Luke, 22, will cover youth issues for the network

Jul 31, 08 6:43 PM CDT
(AP) - Tim Russert's son will take up a family tradition for NBC News, helping to cover the Democratic and Republican conventions. Luke, 22, who drew praise for delivering a moving eulogy at his father's funeral, will cover "youth issues" as a convention correspondent. The recent Boston College graduate said he... More »

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Tim Russert • NBC News • Luke Russert

ANALYSIS

In Internet Age, No Story Can
Be Held

Wikipedia announced Russert's death
before NBC did

Jun 23, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Tim Russert died on June 13, NBC News held off reporting his death until it had notified the broadcaster's family. But by the time Tom Brokaw announced the news, NBC had been scooped—by Wikipedia, which broke the story 40 minutes earlier. As the New York Times reports, the... More »

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media • Wikipedia • NBC • Tim Russert • NBC News • Twitter

Cable Guys Won't Likely Fill Russert's Seat

Execs don't want pundits messing with 'pristine' NBC News

Jun 16, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Early word on Tim Russert's Meet the Press successor focused on in-house candidates, like Chris Matthews, David Gregory, or Joe Scarborough. But one insider now tells Variety that there’s “no way” a cable personality will land the gig. NBC’s broadcast division would rather stay “pristine”—... More »

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cable TV • MSNBC • Chris Matthews • Tim Russert • NBC News • pundits • Meet the Press • Joe Scarborough • network news • David Gregory

glossies

Olbermann to Media: 'Shut
the Hell Up' 

Blunt host may be changing the news,
but is it for the better?

Jun 16, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Olbermann has always been mad as hell, and a parade of ex-colleagues tell the New Yorker they just couldn't take it anymore. The O'Reilly-pummeling, Murrow-channeling ex-sportscaster host of MSNBC's Countdown has consistently alienated both co-workers and higher-ups with the same brusque combativeness he applies nightly to the Bush administration. More »

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MSNBC • Tim Russert • Keith Olbermann • NBC News • Brian Williams • media bias • phil griffin

White House Blasts NBC Over Interview Edit

'Deceitful' cut took
Bush out of context, counselor complains

May 20, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House went after NBC yesterday, accusing the network of doctoring a recent interview with President Bush, the Hill reports. Asked if comments about Iran were directed at Democratic candidate Barack Obama, Bush declined to answer directly, but White House counselor Ed Gillespie says the interview was purposely edited... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • NBC • White House • Ed Gillespie • American media • NBC News • George W. Bush • appeasement

 Stay Tuned to WN-Bleep-C 

Local anchor drops F-bomb into live mike

May 13, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A longtime local anchor in New York got her viewers' undivided attention during a promo last night when she said the F-word live, the New York Daily News reports. After the wrong video played as she teased the upcoming news during Medium, 28-year WNBC veteran Sue Simmons said, "... More »

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New York City • FCC • local news • NBC News • Sue Simmons

 Obama, Clinton
 Spar on Iran, Gas 

Dems hit competing morning talk shows

May 4, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obama likened Hillary's stance on Iran to George Bush's "cowboy diplomacy" on Meet the Press today, while Clinton took to ABC to defend the gas tax and told voters mired in the Jeremiah Wright controversy "We should move on." Tim Russert ignored her advice, however, and devoted... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • NBC • ABC • Tim Russert • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • NAFTA • NBC News • gas tax • campaign • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • Election 2008 • ABC News • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary • Iran war

OPINION

Shame On
NBC's Williams in Pentagon Flap

Anchor's reaction to exposé on 'experts' as absurd as TV complicity

Apr 30, 08 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC anchor Brian Williams is digging himself an ever deeper, more shameful hole by brushing off a New York Times exposé that questioned the “core credibility” of network war reporting, Glenn Greenwald asserts in Salon. The piece revealed Pentagon propaganda efforts that indict NBC News and others, but when... More »

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Pentagon • NBC News • Barry McCaffrey • Brian Williams • disgrace • Wayne Downing

MSNBC Cans 'Tucker' for Rising Star

David Gregory will
helm new evening political show

Mar 10, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - MSNBC today picked rising star David Gregory to helm a new political show in place of Tucker Carlson's low-rated "Tucker", TVNewser reports. Gregory's "Race for the White House" will air at 6 p.m. weekdays while he continues to report on the White House for NBC News and... More »

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television • media • cable TV • MSNBC • Tucker Carlson • NBC News • network television • news anchor

Peacock Flies Burbank Coop

NBC is moving operations to new studios near Universal

Oct 11, 07 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - NBC Universal is pulling up stakes at its legendary Burbank studio home of 50 years and moving to new facilities across from Universal Studios in Hollywood. The company will switch operations to a massive new complex in 2011. The center will have a street-side studio modeled after the "Today"... More »

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television • California • Hollywood • NBC • NBC Universal • Los Angeles • Universal Studios • NBC News • Burbank

Public Softens Slightly on Bush

New poll shows approval rating climbing; war strategy remains divisive issue

Sep 13, 07 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush inched up from record lows in one poll this week, thanks in part to buzz around David Petraeus’ report on Iraq. His overall approval rating was 33% in the latest Journal/NBC News poll, up from 31% in July. The results reveal the complexity of Americans' feelings toward the... More »

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Iraq • Wall Street Journal • Bush approval ratings • NBC News • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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