NBC Keeps Texas 'Battle Over Abortion' Alive, Frets Over 'Controversia

Kyle Drennen
July 9th, 2013 12:30 PM
Two weeks after Texas state senator Wendy Davis and a mob of abortion activists prevented popularly supported pro-life legislation from being passed in the Lone Star State, on Tuesday's NBC Today, news reader Natalie Morales warned of another upcoming vote on the bill: "The battle over abortion rights is focused on Texas, where a controversial bill that failed last month will be back up for a…
 

NBC Cheers Gay 'Vindication': 'Day San Francisco's Castro District Has

Kyle Drennen
June 27th, 2013 12:22 PM
Celebrating Wednesday's Supreme Court rulings in favor of gay marriage, on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez reported live from San Francisco city hall and announced: "In one of the country's oldest and largest gay neighborhoods, vindication. It was the day San Francisco's Castro District had been waiting for." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] A series…
 

NBC: NRA Convention Comes 'In the Middle of a National Gun Fight

Kyle Drennen
May 3rd, 2013 11:02 AM
On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah noted start of the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston, Texas by declaring that it "gets under way as the country engages in a heated gun control debate." In the report that followed, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez described the event as "a nine-acre gun show in the middle of a national gun fight." Gutierrez acknowledged the recent "major…