http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/nbc_nightly_news This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: NBC Nightly News en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020005 NBC's <em>Today</em> and <em>Nightly News</em> and <em>MSNBC Live</em> aired segments in which correspondent Janet Shamlian reported live from an offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. But while two of Shamlian's reports included quotes from a Chevron spokesperson, none of her reports included an interview with or quote from environmental organizations or explained the "environmental concerns" that Shamlian acknowledged exist. Further, neither Shamlian nor the hosts and anchors disclosed that General Electric, which owns 80 percent of NBC Universal, also has an affiliated business unit that is invested in the acquisition and production of oil and natural gas and another that is a major supplier of equipment and services for the offshore drilling industry. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020005 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:16:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010001 All three network evening newscasts misrepresented retired Gen. Wesley Clark's comments about Sen. John McCain on <em>Face The Nation</em>, with none noting that Clark praised McCain as a "hero" for his Vietnam war service. ABC's David Wright asserted that McCain's experience as a POW made Clark's comments "especially provocative." CBS' Dean Reynolds falsely suggested that Clark had questioned McCain's patriotism and had "critici[zed]" McCain's "service, including five years as a POW." And NBC's Brian Williams falsely suggested that Clark had impugned McCain's "war record." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010001 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:05:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260001 NBC's <em>Nightly News</em> and the <em>CBS Evening News</em> have yet to cover Sen. John McCain's campaign loan, despite a February 29 post on the MSNBC.com blog First Read that stated: "We've noticed today the [Sen. John] McCain/FEC stories -- that McCain very well might have to abide by spending limits before the GOP convention -- are starting to roll in. But why is this only now starting to get more traction, compared with all the stories about [Sen. Barack] Obama waffling on his pledge to accept public funds in the general?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260001 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:06:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130004 NBC's Brian Williams offered no challenge to assertions by Sen. John McCain that Sen. Barack Obama has a proposal to "raise spending by $1.4 trillion over five years, and no way to pay for his programs" and that he -- McCain -- has "a plan to balance the budget." Williams did not ask McCain how he planned to pay for his proposals; nor did he note that economists and nonpartisan analysts reportedly say that McCain's proposal for numerous tax cuts would bloat the deficit or require huge spending cuts. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130004 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:21:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805160005 On NBC's <em>Nightly News</em>, Brian Williams said that the Bush administration's decision to list polar bears as a threatened species was a "huge milestone." But neither he nor the <em>Nightly News</em> report on the subject mentioned that the "milestone" comes after environmental groups twice sued the administration to make a listing decision -- and just one day before a court-ordered deadline to make a final decision on the polar bear's status. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805160005 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:54:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804240002 Reporting on an ad from the North Carolina Republican Party that attacks Sen. Barack Obama for his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell asserted that Sen. John McCain "is taking a very strong stand," telling the party "that he does not want them to run this ad." She later said that "John McCain immediately demanded that the North Carolina Republicans kill the ad." By simply reporting McCain's condemnation of the North Carolina ad, Mitchell was repeating a pattern in the media of allowing McCain, as Slate.com's Melinda Henneberger noted, to "take the high road," while his supporters engage in smears for his benefit. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804240002 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:21:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160012 In a report on Sen. John McCain's economic speech, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell aired a clip of McCain saying of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama: "They're going to raise your taxes by thousands of dollars a year." However, O'Donnell did not note that Clinton and Obama have proposed tax cuts for middle- and low-income Americans. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160012 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:59:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804080003 Previewing Gen. David Petraeus' April 8 congressional testimony, NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reported that Petraeus is likely to tell Congress he is "still determined to withdraw all five U.S. surge combat brigades," but "keep some 140,000 American forces in Iraq" possibly through the end of the year." But Miklaszewski did not mention that Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody recently testified that "[t]he current demand for forces in Iraq and Afghanistan exceeds our sustainable supply of soldiers," and that "when these five brigades come out ... we'll still be short as we continue to rotate." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804080003 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:07:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270002 Several media outlets reported Sen. John McCain's assertion, in his March 26 foreign policy speech, that "[w]e need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies," without nothing that, during the run-up to the Iraq war, McCain made statements that suggested the opposite of "respect" for the views of U.S. allies. For example, in February 2003, McCain likened France, which opposed the invasion, to an "aging movie actress in the 1940s who's still trying to dine out on her looks, but doesn't have the face for it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270002 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:55:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210009 In their coverage of the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, <em>Nightly News</em> and <em>World News</em> did not mention once that the Bush administration's original justifications for going to war -- including its assertions that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq had operational links to Al Qaeda -- have been repeatedly debunked or discredited. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210009 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:07:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270012 NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and CNN's John King asserted that Sen. John McCain was surprised by conservative radio talk-show host Bill Cunningham's controversial remarks about Sen. Barack Obama at a February 26 McCain rally, failing to note that Cunningham has previously referred to Obama as "Barack Hussein Obama" and "Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama." Fox News' Molly Henneberg suggested McCain could not have expected Cunningham to refer to Obama's middle name, even though Cunningham did just that on Fox News a month ago. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270012 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:50:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220013 Both the <em>CBS Evening News</em> and NBC's <em>Nightly News</em> repeated accusations by Sen. John McCain regarding Sen. Barack Obama's statements on Pakistan and his commitment to use public financing in the general election, without offering a response from Obama or assessing the accuracy of McCain's allegations. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220013 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:54:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802150012 NBC <em>Nightly News</em> anchor Brian Williams stated that the Republicans "left the House chamber to protest the Democrats' refusal to renew the foreign intelligence surveillance law, which expires this week." In fact, the House voted on a measure to extend the law in question, the Protect America Act, for another 21 days, but all 195 Republicans who voted on the matter voted against it. Moreover, the "foreign intelligence surveillance law" doesn't expire this week; the Protect America Act, giving the president broad authority to intercept communications involving people in the U.S. without a warrant, expires. Even without its renewal, the government has the authority to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802150012 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:14:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010013 As evidence that "some of [Bill Clinton's] connections could create ethical and diplomatic conflicts for his wife," Andrea Mitchell reported on Clinton's September 2005 trip to Kazakhstan with Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra, followed by his hosting "the head of Kazakhstan's uranium agency at their Chappaqua [New York] home." But Mitchell didn't report, as stated by <em>The New York Times</em>, that the Kazakh official failed to obtain Clinton's help in "lobby[ing]" in support of Kazakhstan's intention to buy a stake in a U.S. firm. Further, Mitchell reported Giustra's claim that "the uranium deal ... was substantially completed before" he and Bill Clinton "arrived in Kazakhstan without noting that Giustra has reportedly been involved in Kazakh mining deals at least as far back as the mid-1990s. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010013 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:47:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801300012 NBC's Lisa Myers reported that critics, whom she did not name, say that "in paying full price for" the vacant lot adjoining Sen. Barack Obama's Chicago home, indicted Chicago businessman Antoin Rezko "may have essentially subsidized Obama's purchase" of the property in 2005. While noting that Obama "strongly disputes" the charge, Myers did not report Obama's specific statements countering the suggestion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801300012 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:54:54 EST