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NEWS ABOUT: Brian Williams

Brian Williams stories: 17 news summaries

 Poll: Stewart the New Cronkite 


Jul 23, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an absurd world, maybe the only people we can trust are the comedians. A Time.com poll asked readers who the most trusted newscaster in America is, now that Walter Cronkite has passed on. The overwhelming response? Jon Stewart. The Daily Show maestro took 44% of the 9,409... More »

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media • Katie Couric • Jon Stewart • Brian Williams • Walter Cronkite • news anchor • poll numbers • Charlie Gibson

(Newser) - Some are complaining that NBC used Brian Williams’ interview with President Obama to hawk its late night shows, Deadline Hollywood reports. The interview featured plugs for both Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show takeover and Fred Armisen’s impression of Obama on Saturday Night Live. “Obama owes... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • NBC • Conan O'Brien • Brian Williams • Fred Armisen • interview

OPINION

 'Bratty' McCain 
 on the Twitter 
 Warpath Again 



Someone, please, delete her account

Jun 4, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain is “too undisciplined and impulsive” to handle Twitter, writes the Cajun Boy on Gawker following yet another of McCain's 140-character tirades. The enemy this time? Brian Williams, who “had the audacity to lower his head ever so slightly in a blatant act of deference” at the... More »

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Barack Obama • NBC • Brian Williams • Meghan McCain • Twitter • rants • Meghan McCain Twitter

 Obama Misses His Old Life 

Brian Williams gets backstage look at White House

Jun 3, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama misses the “rhythm” of the days before he entered the White House, the New York Post reports. Looking back, he told NBC of the old days: “It’s Saturday morning. I’m gonna run some errands, I'm gonna do some things that'll make my wife happy,... More »

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television • Barack Obama • NBC • Brian Williams • interview • television news • President Obama • Bo Obama

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

ANALYSIS

All 3 Network Anchors Will Travel Abroad With Obama

Access to Dem lures Gibson, Couric, Williams to Europe, Mideast

Jul 16, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams will all be part of Barack Obama’s foreign trip that begins later this week, Howard Kurtz reveals in the Washington Post—as the Dem’s campaign impressively “draws the anchors halfway around the world by offering access.” The ABC, CBS... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Katie Couric • Brian Williams • Charles Gibson • network news

OPINION

Brokaw to Replace Russert

Will pinch-hit through election; Williams' performance today unconvincing

Jun 22, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC has anointed Tom Brokaw as Tim Russert's heir on "Meet the Press" through the 2008 election, the network announced today. "I feel right at home," said Brokaw, who has appeared on the public affairs show since the Watergate days. But Brian Williams—who took over... More »

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NBC • ABC • Tim Russert • Brian Williams • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • Tom Brokaw

Brian Williams
to Step Into Russert's Shoes

Nightly News anchor will host this week's Meet the Press

Jun 20, 08 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams will be filling in for Tim Russert on this Sunday's Meet the Press, E! Online reports. NBC is still seeking a permanent replacement for the mighty newsman who died a week ago. Reporters David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell have been mentioned as possible candidates,... More »

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NBC • Tim Russert • Brian Williams • Meet the Press • news anchor

 Colbert Grabs a Peabody 

Compares staff to 'enema' flushing out truth

Jun 17, 08 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert snatched a prestigious Peabody media award at last night's ceremony hosted by CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl. She stepped in to replace Brian Williams, who opted to spend time with NBC colleagues after Tim Russert's death. Colbert displayed his usual deadpan style, comparing his staff to... More »

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Tim Russert • Stephen Colbert • 60 Minutes • Bob Woodruff • The Colbert Report • Brian Williams • Project Runway • Peabody Awards • Virginia Tech massacre • George Foster Peabody • National Public Radio • Lesley Stahl • Sunday Morning

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

opinion

Anchors (Except for Katie) Just Don't Get It

Response to McClellan flap is embarrassing, says writer

May 28, 08 9:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric thinks Scott McClellan has a point with his criticism of the media in the lead-up to the war, but Charlie Gibson and Brian Williams beg to differ—and that's a disgrace, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon. During a get-together of network anchors, the "painfully empty-headed Gibson" and... More »

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Katie Couric • Brian Williams • Scott McClellan • Iraq war • Charles Gibson • network news

Networks Will Partner For Cancer Telethon

Gibson, Couric and Williams to co-host Sept. 5 event

May 27, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - ABC, CBS and NBC have decided to work together to fight cancer, the New York Times reports. Each network's lead news anchor will appear on a Sept. 5 telethon broadcast on all three channels simultaneously. The principles—CBS's Katie Couric, NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charlie Gibson—have all lost... More »

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cancer • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • ABC • cancer research • Brian Williams • television news • Charles Gibson • network news • telethon

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

OPINION

Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss

Evening news shows on their last legs

Apr 15, 08 9:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evening network news, with or without Katie Couric aboard, is going nowhere, Ron Grover writes in BusinessWeek—then offers suggestions on what the TV giants should do to hook viewers:
  • Make the news available on the viewers' time: Get big-name anchors on tape earlier, and put those newscasts online.
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NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • ABC • Brian Williams • Anderson Cooper • CBS Evening News • Charles Gibson • network news

OPINION

Dem Debate Oddly Like
'SNL' Parody

Clinton sees Barack coddling; NYT writer says she has a case

Feb 27, 08 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was so taken by last week's "Saturday Night Live" sketch that had moderators fawning over Barack Obama in a debate between the two candidates that she brought it up in the real debate last night. And the debate lived up to the SNL spoof, Alessandra Stanley writes... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Vladimir Putin • MSNBC • Tim Russert • debates • Democratic nomination • Brian Williams • political spin • Ohio debate • Alessandra Stanley

Race Covered More Than Past 4 Combined

Network airtime soars with new anchors,
celeb candidates

Jan 3, 08 12:52 PM CST
(Newser) - The nightly network newscasts allotted more minutes to the presidential campaign in 2007 than they did in the pre-election years of 2003, 1999, 1995 and 1991—combined. The big three stations have all seen anchor changes since the last round, but Politico divines other reasons for the rise in airtime.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • TV networks • Brian Williams • George Stephanopoulos • Election 2008

Live From NY, But Not On-Air

Cast stages longer, uninterrupted, dirtier show to benefit strikers

Nov 18, 07 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - It was SNL with all the trappings: opening monologue, musical guest, Weekend Update. But the extra-long, raunchier-than-usual show that never aired last night was witnessed by only 150 audience members at a Manhattan theater. "Saturday Night Live—On Strike!" benefited the long-running comedy show's striking production team, the... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Michael Cera • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Yo La Tengo • Brian Williams • Lorne Michaels

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