On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” anchor Brian Williams stated it was “striking” to TV viewers to see “an alternative universe is being proposed” by the White House. Williams asked if it was “as striking” to members of
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” anchor Brian Williams argued President Trump’s criticisms of the media were “Because when you reduce the media enough in prestige, they — when they do report facts, those facts are diminished.” During
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” former NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams suggested there were problems within the Trump administration and that perhaps a veteran of past White Houses should be called in as a “fixer” to remedy the
During MSNBC’s live coverage of the Inauguration, host Chris Matthews remarked that the Supreme Court put former President George W. Bush in office. Matthews said, “I just saw the warm embrace that w gave to the Supreme Court justices, especially
Fake journalist Brian Williams, who was suspended from the NBC Nightly News anchor slot for reporting fake news and lost the job altogether — and is now relegated to an MSNBC position — slammed fake news on MSNBC on Thursday.
In reaction to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro’s death, MSNBC’s Brian Williams said the Cuban people would rather use donkey carts as transportation than the American cars from the 1950s that are still in use. “It’s still one of those nations
With all of the politically-charged talk about banning “fake news” sites, it seems appropriate to review some of the worst fake news stories pushed by mainstream media outlets. No matter how large your family gathering is this Thanksgiving, you won’t be chowing down on a turkey as big as these phony stories from A-list television shows and publications.
Late Wednesday following the third and final presidential debate, long-time Clinton confidant and Democratic strategist James Carville reacted to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Trump allies suggesting there is the possibility that this election could be “rigged.” Carville speculated
Sunday following the second presidential debate on MSNBC, anchor Brian Williams responded to remarks from GOP strategist Steve Schmidt, who was speculating on how that debate might impact vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN). According to Schmidt, not thinking Pence
During MSNBC’s coverage of the shooting of police officers in Dallas, TX, anchor Brian Williams asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) whether any “good guys with guns” intervened to stop the shooting of police officers. Williams asked, “Nothing about
Throughout MSNBC’s news coverage of Thursday’s Dallas shooting that has so far resulted in the deaths of at least five police officers, MSNBC’s breaking news anchor Brian Williams, formerly the anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News,” went out of his way
Donald Trump reminded members of the media on Wednesday that Hillary Clinton was a “world class liar,” comparing her remarks about landing in Bosnia under sniper-fire to lies from NBC’s Brian Williams about his plane taking rocket-fire in Iraq.
Friday on MSNBC, anchor Brian Williams remembered the bombing of Japan as the United States bombing “in anger.” “If people have found the U.S. to be preachy in the years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki about the use of weapons because
Soul music icon Aretha Franklin weighed in on the death of fellow icon Prince in a phone-in appearance on MSNBC Thursday, just hours after the beloved pop star was found dead at the age of 57 at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota.
MSNBC anchor Brian Williams argued that “Republicans own the excitement of this race” during MSNBC’s coverage of the South Carolina GOP primary. Williams said, “[W]hile the Democrats have their own gender gap and age gap, I think there is an
MSNBC hosts Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell cast doubt on the explanation that President Obama was referring to ISIS’ geographical territory when he said ISIS is “contained” on Monday’s “MSNBC Live.” Williams said, “of course, Andrea, there was much made
NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt was once rejected from NBC before going on to become the face of the network. Now, he has donated that letter to the California Museum in Sacramento.
On Thursday night, Comedy Central mainstay Jon Stewart will sign off of his program, The Daily Show, for the last time. Stewart, 52, has been the key face for the entire network for 16 years; his replacement, Trevor Noah, will not come close to replacing his idolized status.
Although we wouldn’t discover until years later that Brian Williams was lying most of the time, much of the talk around the success Williams had as anchor of the “NBC Nightly News” centered on his secondary role on late night
MSNBC is expected to announce big lineup changes coming to the network, as first reported last week. In an attempt to climb out of its disastrous ratings slump, the network is canceling three liberal programs and replacing them with straight news and breaking news coverage.
NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that MSNBC “needs” someone like Brian Williams who can “deftly handle covering a live event” on Friday’s “Michael Smerconish Show” on SiriusXM’s Channel 124. Todd stated said he was “proud” of the
Despite the fact that disgraced NBC News anchor Brian Williams has lost his “Nightly News” anchor chair, lost any kind of regular role at NBC News, and has been demoted to a breaking news anchor at low-rated MSNBC, he will
On her Thursday broadcast, Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” indicated she was happy with the decision by NBC executives to assign embattled former “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams to MSNBC to handle its breaking news desk.
On Thursday, NBC News made it official: longtime newsman Lester Holt is no longer the temporary “Nightly News” host, he’s the full-time anchor.
Brian Williams and NBC have reached an agreement for the former NBC Nightly News anchor to remain with the network, but not in his previous post.
Another day, another deadly leak from NBC News about the fate of suspended “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams. The New York Post is reporting today that Williams is almost certain to lose his anchor chair. The announcement could come as
The American mainstream media is filled to the brim with liars, frauds, partisans, cheats, plagiarists, and those who tolerate, defend and enable all of them. There is no American institution — not the NFL, not the tobacco companies, not any corporation or enterprise regularly targeted by the media — that engages in anywhere near the amount of fraud and dishonesty that serially oozes from Our Media Overlords.
“Clinton Cash” author Peter Schweizer argued George Stephanopoulos’ behavior is worse than Brian Williams’ on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Earlier, Schweizer said of Stephanopoulos, “He certainly knew that he had donated to the Clinton Foundation and he also knew
The scandals that derailed the career of NBC News anchor Brian Williams are of the pathetic and pathological kind. Obviously, Williams is not to be trusted. Nevertheless, other than the Katrina fairytales that were obviously meant to damage President Bush,
Despite that insiders have released claims alleging that embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams has been caught in up to 11 more “embellished” tales, some reports find that NBC’s top news executive wants Williams back in the anchor chair.
Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather said it would be “very hard” for NBC’s former Nightly News host Brian Williams to return to his anchor post after an investigation into his many embellishments of
Another day, another leaked log on the fire of the end of Brian Williams’ career. The latest leak went to the Washington Post’s Paul Farhi, who learned Saturday that the ongoing internal NBC investigation into Williams’ serial-embellishments has thus far
From the New York Times: An NBC News internal investigation into Brian Williams has examined a half-dozen instances in which he is thought to have fabricated, misrepresented or embellished his accounts, two people with knowledge of the investigation said. The
The indignities heaped upon suspended NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams just keep piling up, and by extension, almost certainly ensure he will not return to the anchor chair after his six-months in purgatory are complete. The latest was reported
According to a lengthy Vanity Fair article that examines the ongoing credibility implosion at NBC News, CNN Chief Jeff Zucker used his left-wing cable news network to “fan the flames” of the Brian Williams scandal in the hopes that it
After a ratings bump for NBC’s Nightly News, temporary anchor Lester Holt is quickly emerging as the favorite candidate to replace suspended anchor Brian Williams.
The New Yorker’s Gabriel Sherman took a deep-dive into the ongoing shipwreck that is NBC News. The most fascinating tidbit had nothing to do with the House of Cards-style machinations embroiling the Peacock Network. Buried under more than a dozen
Alec Baldwin took to the airwaves this week to present his theory as to what motivated NBC Nightly News’ anchor Brian William’s penchant for tall tales, and according to Baldwin, some of the fault lies with conservatives. “I have a
Both Variety and the Associated Press are reporting that the future of newly-installed (in 2013) NBC News President Deborah Turness is now up in the air. After bungling a Today Show leadership change and the agonizing firing of “Meet the
NBC News is giving host Savannah Guthrie a shot to show them what she can do with the Nightly News as she spends the next few days filling in for temporary anchor Lester Holt.
