Frantic Efforts at NBC to Curb Rising Damage Caused by Brian Williams
Hours before Brian Williams took the anchor’s chair for the nightly newscast on Feb. 4, a sense of dread began to spread through the Rockefeller Plaza offices of NBC News….
Tag: nightly
Jon Stewart Leaving ‘The Daily Show’
Jon Stewart, the comedian who made “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central a nightly home for sharp-edged political satire and up-to-the-moment commentary on the news, said on Tuesday that he…
Lester Holt Explains Where Brian Williams Is, As If Everyone Doesn’t Already Know
Lester Holt took a minute during NBC’s “Nightly News” on Monday night to explain to viewers why the show’s regular anchor, Brian Williams, wasn’t on the air. – Since the…
Violence flares after Baghdad’s decade-old curfew lifted
The curfew, which was in place nightly, was lifted at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The move represents the first time the curfew, aimed at stymying violence in Baghdad, has been completely…
Brian Williams to Take Leave From ‘NBC Nightly News’
Brian Williams said on Saturday that he was stepping aside from the daily broadcast of NBC’s “Nightly News” for the next several days, after admitting that he had misled the…
Brian Williams To Take Temporary Leave From Nightly News
Brian Williams is going to take a brief absence from the NBC “Nightly News” broadcast, he said in a press release Saturday. The move follows Williams’ admission that he was…
NBC News Anchor Brian Williams’ Comments About Dead Bodies, Hurricane Katrina Starting To Gain Attention, Draw Scrutiny
www.theneworleansadvocate.com: NBC News anchor Brian Williams, who apologized on the air Wednesday night for lying about an experience covering the Iraq War, is now facing scrutiny over his gripping accounts…
Brian Williams’s Apology Over Iraq Account Is Challenged
For years, Brian Williams had been telling a story that wasn’t true. Wednesday night, he took to his anchor chair on NBC Nightly News to apologize for misleading the public….
Cut Brian Williams a break on Iraq claim
The NBC anchor issued an abject apology in his “Nightly News” program Wednesday, admitting he’d falsely claimed to have been in a Chinook helicopter shot down over Iraq 12 years…
NBC’s Brian Williams Admits He Was Never On Helicopter Forced Down In Iraq
NEW YORK — “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams said Wednesday that he had not been aboard a helicopter that was struck and forced down in Iraq in 2003, as…
‘PBS NewsHour’ Leads The Way In Climate Coverage Among Nightly News Programs
“PBS NewsHour” led the way in coverage of climate change among U.S. nightly news programs in 2014 for the third year in a row, according to a new analysis. Progressive…
Larry Wilmore On Bill Cosby: ‘He Was Never A Hero Of Mine’
Larry Wilmore took down Bill Cosby on the second episode of “The Nightly Show,” calling out fans who came to the comedian’s defense amid sexual assault allegations. In a lengthy…
Larry Wilmore tickles funny bones, goes for throat in ‘The Nightly Show’ debut
One of his first jokes? “A brother finally gets a show on late night TV, but, of course, he has to work on Martin Luther King Day.” Yes, “The Nightly…