“There's a rumor that NBC is going to have Tom Brokaw fill in temporarily as the NBC News anchor. When asked why, a network spokesperson said, 'Because the only other NBC person we have is Bill Cosby.'” PersonsSaidNewsBillsTomsRumorAnchorsNbcNews AnchorsNbc News Author:Conan O'Brien
“Despite the Brian Williams lying scandal, NBC News led in the ratings last week. Although I should note the figures were reported by Brian Williams.” ShouldLastsLyingWeekFiguresNewsNotesDespiteScandalRatingBrianNbcNbc News Author:Conan O'Brien
“When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.” FirstsHoursMorningNewsEveningBrokeNbc Author:Dick Gregory
“USA belongs to a handful of men who also control the media. Look at General Electric. It produces nuclear weapons for the Pentagon and also owns the NBC News cable channel, which is a very sophisticated censure apparatus, intrinsic to the system. It's genius. It's like an electronic cage around the nation which blocks information from getting through.” MenLooksNationsMediaInformationProduceGeniusWeaponsNewsNuclearBlockUsaNuclear WeaponsElectricSophisticatedCagesHandfulCablesCensurePentagonNbcGeneral ElectricNbc News Author:Gore Vidal
“The competition is very stiff. Brian Williams has proved himself as a credible news anchor (at NBC), and Bob Schieffer has done the same (at CBS). But as Peter and Tom (Brokaw) and Dan have always said about the competition, it makes us all better.” SaidDoneNewsCompetitionPeterBobTomsAnchorsCredibleBrianNbcNews Anchors Author:Bill Vaughan
“Tom Browkaw said it best. He said NBC could survive without him or the rest of the news division, but not Nancy Fields.” SaidFieldsNewsDivisionTomsNancyNbc Author:Willard Scott
“Fox News is no monopoly. It is a singular minority in a sea of liberal media. ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC vs. Fox. The lineup is so unbalanced as to be comical - and that doesn't even include the other commanding heights of the culture that are firmly, flagrantly liberal: Hollywood, the foundations, the universities, the elite newspapers.” CultureSeaMediaNewsHollywoodFoundationUniversityNewspapersHeightMinoritiesElitesFoxesMonopolyCnnFox NewsComicalNbcUnbalancedNprPbsLiberal Media Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Thanks to NBC News and thanks to the NBC primetime TV network, Donald Trump has been in living rooms for 11 years being who he is. The Donald Trump running for president is not an unknown quantity. The Donald Trump running for president is the Donald Trump everybody's gotten to know, and quite a lot of people watch those Donald Trump TV shows, The Apprentice and whatever else on there.” PeopleKnowsYearsHas BeensShowsRunningPresidentRoomsWatchesTvsTrumpNewsThanksQuantityTv ShowsLiving RoomApprenticeNbcNbc News Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My goodness, why is this woman [ Hillary Clinton ] at 46%? She's like the magic 46. She's 46% in the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, she's 46% in a lot of these swing states.” StatesMagicStreetsWallGoodnessNewsClintonSwingsJournalPollsNbcWall Street JournalNbc News Author:Anderson Cooper
“In 1996 or 1997, out of nowhere, Fox News comes on and it's on channel 360 on Direct TV, and out of 300 million Americans, on every single night, anywhere from 3 to 5 million watch it, we're talking about at no more than 2 percent of the American public is watching Fox at any given moment. Yet, ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, the institutional left, CNN, MSNBC, the record companies, Hollywood, all seem to be committed towards aligning their minds and their money and their other resources to try to shut up Fox News.” TryingMindMomentsSeemsNightLeftGivenCompanyTalkingWatchesMillionsRecordsNew YorkTvsNewsPercentResourcesDirectHollywoodCommittedShut UpFoxesNew York TimesRecord CompaniesCnnFox NewsNbc Author:Andrew Breitbart
“This statement, this transgression, this issue whereas if you look at the Fox News poll - CNN, ABC, NBC, everybody was there."CBS" polls, you see that Americans were very focused on jobs and the economy, health care, immigration, terrorism. I mean, the cues and clues to this election were right in front of him the whole time.” IfsLooksMeanWholeCareJobsEconomyIssuesFrontsNewsElectionTerrorismFocusedImmigrationStatementsHealth CareFoxesCluePollsCnnFox NewsTransgressionNbc Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of interpersonal gardening. My work at NBC News was to report the news, but in hindsight, I often tried to look for some insight to share that might spark a moment of recognition in a viewer.” PeopleLooksMomentsHelpingStoriesMightInterestShareNewsInsightRecognitionReportsSparksGardeningViewersHelping PeopleHindsightTelling StoriesNbcInterpersonalNbc News Author:Jane Pauley