http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/brianwilliams/ en-us Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:51:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2348341/posts Here is video of NBC's Brian Williams caught in an audio glitch last night as he tried to report on the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh. What is interesting is that in the background you could hear a protester with a bullhorn shouting "the people are not stupid," even as Williams' mouth was moving on screen! NOTE: NBC and MSNBC seem to think "the people are stupid." But slowly the American people are waking up to reality. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2348341/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:51:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544469/posts The year 2005 is ending as it began, with another successful election in Iraq and a liberal media still flapping around trying to find other controversies to submerge it. It does not matter to them that a Gallup poll found that 74 percent of Americans express confidence in their military, but only 28 percent express confidence in their newspapers or TV news outlets. The "mainstream" media excels in excoriating the performance of nearly everyone else, but acts as if nothing they do should be held up as ineffective, inaccurate or just plain absurd. That's why the Media Research Center and... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544469/posts#comment Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314093/posts The media have repeatedly stated how "angry," "hostile" and "ugly" town hall meetings across America are becoming. They are of course largely ascribing the nastiness to conservatives voicing their opposition to (among other things) President Barack Obama and Congress' proposed government takeover of the health care system. The press has been particularly offended by the "extreme" use of references to Adolf Hitler specifically and Nazis generally. One image they have repeatedly used as an example of this alleged right-wing extremism is a poster of President Obama - on whose face a Hitler mustache has been Photo Shopped - bearing the... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314093/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:07:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304295/posts Overcompensation: (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite. Today brings a prime example of the phenomenon: Brian Williams overcompensating for his image as a pampered straight arrow by joking about having a vast staff of servants, looking forward to the prospect of watching some nude male swimming, and, yes, doing meth to get going in the morning. View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304295/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:57:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301709/posts NBC News reports on missing Obama birth certificate. On the NBC Evening News broadcast, anchor Brian Williams devoted 3 minutes this evening to the "conspiracy" theory of Obama’s Birth Certificate. He showed the sensational internet video clip of Rep. Mike Castle’s (R-Del.) town hall meeting where the assembled crowd angrily demanded Obama produce his actual Birth Certificate. NBC showed a close up of the words ‘Certificate of Live Birth’ from the document posted on Obama’s campaign website, but Williams erroneously called it Obama’s Birth Certificate, when in fact, they are very different documents. Williams’ report mentioned that the many lawsuits,... The Western Center for Journalism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301709/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:25:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277140/posts At the 65th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner last night, President Barack Obama openly acknowledged that mainstream journalists are to be credited with making him a celebrity and even joked that an NBC news anchor is in bed with him. "Why bother hanging out with celebrities when I can spend time with the people who made me one?" Obama asked the crowd of black tie journalists and media personalities gathered at the Washington Convention Center. "I know where my bread is buttered." The president's joke-filled speech included friendly jabs at political allies and foes alike, including Rahm Emanuel,... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277140/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:43:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264991/posts Meghan McCain is not happy with NBC's Brian Williams. Why? According to McCain, the television anchor is so enamored with President Barack Obama that he committed the unforgivable sin of "bowing" before the man during his exclusive White House fluff piece that aired this week. Here's video of the offensive gesture in question. (Video at link) And here's McCain, firing off her disapproval via Twitter: McCainBloggette: Brian Williams just bowed to Obama? WTF, I mean seriously press corps we all know how you feel about him but now your [sic.] bowing to the President? McCainBloggette: interpret it as a bow... Politics Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264991/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 23:31:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264091/posts Perhaps Mr. Williams was just a little nervous. That said, I've never had the notion to curtsy to anyone before... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264091/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:22:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263965/posts Compare Brian Williams' attitude when interviewing Obama with when he interviewed President Bush. He bows to Obama, but takes a rude, antagonistic, insulting attitude with Bush. He even points his finger at President Bush's chest for an extended period of time. Don't miss the first comment at the Bush interview link also. Watch Brian Williams bow to Obama here . Watch Brian Williams insult and point at President Bush here. Longer version of Bush interview here. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263965/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263797/posts NBC's Brian WIlliams Bows to Obama. Wtach the video here: http://netrightnation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=965943:brian-williams-bows-to-obama&catid=1:nrn-blog&Itemid=7 NetRight Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263797/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:36:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263794/posts NBC "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams bows to President Obama as the two say goodnight to each other at the end of the day. Williams followed Obama around for a special on the NBC network. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263794/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:34:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263710/posts Rush Limbaugh has recently begun referring to the mainstream media as the "state-run" media. Think he is exaggerating? Well, compare what we know to be the state-run coverage of the Korean Central News Agency of North Korea reporting on their Dear Leader with the coverage of Barack Obama by our own media and you decide. First let us take a look at Brian Willams gushing over Obama munching on M&Ms as relayed by NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham on Monday: There's stuff we've never seen of how the White House operates. We were pretty stunned at how much we were... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263710/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:40:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262824/posts Check out the expression on Brian Williams’ face, and if you have time, view the video. You can almost hear him thinking “yeah, that’s what I’m talking about! Me and The Man in the presidential limo!” There was plenty of time on Today this morning for Barack and Brian’s Excellent Adventure, as they went out for a burger and discussed the constraints of presidential life–he can’t take the girls for an ice cream on a whim, etc. But when it came to reporting on the murder of one US soldier and the wounding of another, time was suddenly short at... FinkelBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262824/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260756/posts During a visit to a local Five Guys hamburger joint, President Obama ordered lunch for himself, some of his staff and NBC "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260756/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 19:11:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2253437/posts NBC News' Brian Williams Embraces Inner "Music Freak" as Rock Video Blogger "BriTunes" host on his massive iTunes library, discovering Deer Tick and prepping to go on air by listening to Jay-Z You know Brian Williams as the trusted, avuncular news anchor of NBC's Nightly News, but did you know that he's a hardcore indie-rock nerd, too? This week, Williams launched his new Web-only show BriTunes, where he'll sit down semi-regularly to interview some of his favorite groups. In the debut show, he chatted up Rhode Island garage-rockers Deer Tick. The biggest surprise? The dude is as pro interviewing rock... Rolling Stone magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2253437/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 20:53:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195015/posts The big story Tuesday night, of course, was Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. But almost as interesting to political junkies was what came immediately afterward: The response from Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana Governor being pushed as the new face of the Republican Party and a leading contender for the party’s presidential nomination in 2012. What was meant to be a coming out celebration on the national stage, however, turned to something far different for Jindal: The governor, who has been well received in other public forums, was almost universally panned. And an address that was expected... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195015/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:55:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178310/posts Add Brian Williams to the list of proud multi-millionaire populists at NBC/MSNBC. The Nightly News host just declared on Andrea Mitchell’s MSNBC show today that “a lot of us know that . . . something is basically not right” about how much money some people at companies receiving government bail-outs are making. You mean, like someone making at least $10 million a year working for a company whose subsidiary recently received a $139 billion loan guarantee from the federal government? Somebody like . . . Brian Williams? That’s right. As reported here, the US government has agreed to guarantee as... FinkelBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178310/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177848/posts Was this an actual interview, or a slightly-doctored version of that SNL skit in which a solicitous panelist asked candidate Obama if he was comfortable and might need another pillow? Here’s what Brian Williams, whose interview of Pres. Obama aired on this evening’s Nightly News, managed to pull off in less than 80 seconds, the president’s answers included: * Instead of asking the president how his picks were at odds with his proclaimed values, or how much personal blame he accepts for the failed process, Williams empathized: “you lost two nominees, two appointments today. Did that make you angry, I... FinkelBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177848/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 01:54:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174914/posts NBC News anchor Brian Williams is very pleased that Barack Obama is our new chief executive. But not so pleased, mind you, that it influences his work. Just as we were beginning to worry about Williams’ impartiality, he reassured us that “none” of his personal enthusiasm about Obama’s presidency “is about a party” since “none of us have a party in my line of work. We all try to call balls and strikes down the center.” Then Williams impartially noted that “we have a dazzling family in the White House” and stated that Obama “has an enormous brain.” If brain... IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174914/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:36:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153705/posts There was no Memorex around when the brontosauri were bidding bye-bye, but I think we have a pretty good idea of what they sounded like as they were going extinct. Just listen to Brian Williams this morning. Appearing on Morning Joe, the NBC Nightly News anchor lamented the decline of "classically-trained" journalists in favor of guys with "an opinion and a modem." A question from Pat Buchanan about the ebbing fortunes of the old media set Williams off on a soliloquy he assured us was not self-interested. View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153705/posts#comment Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:03:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136459/posts ABC has Gotcha Gibson. NBC has Williams. CBS has Couric. Fox has............ Nothing. There is no national broadcast coming from Fox news. This needs to change. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136459/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:19:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114580/posts VIDEO HERE. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114580/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:15:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113092/posts It was a scene that made your humble correspondent want to pull an Evis on his TV screen. Brian Williams and Chuck Todd, the NBC numbers crunching political director, were being questioned by Chris Matthews on Hardball yesterday about an interview Williams conducted with John McCain and Sarah Palin. Brian Williams was annoying enough with the way he wrote off Sarah Palin by citing poll numbers, as if they were written in stone, that she isn't qualified to be president. However, what really sent me over the edge was when Todd, at the 3:00 mark of this video, suddenly became... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113092/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:34:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112834/posts Today, it was NBC anchor Brian Williams’ turn to interview Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, making him the last of the network anchors to quiz the Republican vice presidential candidate. Williams conducted a joint interview with Palin and Sen. John McCain this afternoon in Ohio, and according to early reports, the news out of their exchange may be what wasn’t said. In an on-air discussion with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews about the interview, NBC News political director Chuck Todd offered a frank assessment of what he said was an awkward tension between the two candidates and the sense of gloom that hung... LA TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112834/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099285/posts In the Actions have consequences department, Brian Williams recently told David Letterman that the McCain camp is punishing him by not allowing him to interview Sarah Palin because the McCain camp is mad at MSNBC's extreme leftism as evinced by Chris "Thrill up my leg" Matthews and Keith Olbermann. Is Brian crying? There's no crying in broadcasting! During his visit on The Late Show with David Letterman, Brian Williams admitted that he is the only network anchor that has yet to be granted an interview with Governor Palin but that he "cannot wait" to interview her. As to why he... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099285/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 03:45:57 GMT