'Today' Spends 4 Hours Ignoring the 'D' Next to Spitzer's Name

Geoffrey Dickens
March 11th, 2008 4:51 PM
With four hours of air time to fill NBC's "Today" show devoted a whopping 11 segments to the Eliot Spitzer scandal but not once did any of the show's anchors, reporters, guests, talking heads or even on-screen graphics mention the fact that Spitzer was a Democrat. "Today" co-anchor Meredith Vieira set the tone when she ignored Spitzer's party affiliation as she opened the March 11, "Today" show…
 

NBC's Today Has Used 'Pimped,' 'Pimping,' and 'Pimped Out

Tim Graham
February 12th, 2008 4:37 PM
Is NBC News allergic to the use of "pimp" during its serious news broadcasts? In the wake of the scandal over MSNBC's David Shuster suggesting Chelsea Clinton had been "pimped out" by her mother's campaign, a quick look at the Nexis database shows that NBC News hosts and anchors have not been immune to the rising use of "pimp" in our pop culture as not only a noun, but as a verb or adjective,…
 

Laura Ingraham Laughs at NBC's Goo Over Maya Angelou

Tim Graham
November 23rd, 2007 11:27 PM
 

Ann Curry Kisses for Global Warming Cause

Geoffrey Dickens
September 27th, 2007 4:41 PM
 

'Today' Anchors Push Laurie David’s Global Warming for Kids Book

Geoffrey Dickens
September 19th, 2007 5:41 PM
 

Networks: Bashing Airlines Is Just the Ticket

Julia A. Seymour
August 29th, 2007 4:00 PM
According to the networks, the skies have been unfriendly to fly this summer and the airlines are to blame.Journalists have been quick to point the finger at business when the problems can easily be pegged to an outmoded computer system – owned and operated by the U.S. government.“One of the knocks on JetBlue following this Valentine’s Day situation was that the airline had grown too big too fast…
 

'Today' Profiles Global Warming Alarmist

Geoffrey Dickens
August 20th, 2007 3:37 PM