http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/brokaw/ en-us Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:06:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034869/posts Tom Brokaw will replace Tim Russert as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press” through the November presidential election, the network announced today. Brokaw, 68, filled in for the first post-Russert week. “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams was the host today, and revealed Russert's interim successor during the broadcast. NBC News President Steve Capus said: "A lot has been said in recent days about what 'Meet the Press' means to NBC News and to the nation. To have someone of Tom's stature step up and dedicate himself to ensuring its ongoing success is not only a testament to his loyalty... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034869/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:06:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034730/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NBC News picked veteran Tom Brokaw to moderate "Meet the Press" through the 2008 U.S. election season, NBC News President Steve Capus said on Sunday. Tim Russert, the longtime host of the Sunday morning news program who was known for his interviews of leading U.S. political figures, died of a heart attack on June 13. He was also the television network's Washington bureau chief. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034730/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:41:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029417/posts Anchor Away Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw chided "Late Show" host David Letterman, Monday, for his claims that the nation is in a horrible state because of President Bush. Letterman said, "Everything has gone so lousy in the last eight years." But Brokaw snapped back, saying, "Let me remind you that 40 years ago... Dr. King was killed, Bobby Kennedy was killed, we had the Chicago riots, 16,000 people were killed in Vietnam... the Kerner Commission said we are two societies — one white, one black." He said the 1968 election was "as contentious... an election as we've ever... Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029417/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:28:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936761/posts Tom Brokaw's two-hour flashback to 1968 is refreshingly far more complex than simply one of those groovy nostalgia pieces on those wacky days of sex love and rock 'n' roll.Viewers will get the good, the bad and the cultural confusion of the time in the compelling History Channel special "1968 with Tom Brokaw" (9 p.m. Sunday). Brokaw connects the period to the present - "1968" becomes a kind of Rorschach test for one's current political and social values."I think 1968 was probably the worst year in this nation's history," conservative Pat Buchanan says in the film.On the other hand: "It... The Cincinnati Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936761/posts#comment Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874000/posts NEW YORK (AP) _ A former Emmy-winning television producer who worked with Tom Brokaw at NBC News died Monday after falling from his apartment building, police said. Police initially reported that the producer, Eric R. Wishnie, was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene, but later they said they had located a witness who saw him as he fell from an adjacent building. The medical examiner's office said it had scheduled an autopsy. NBC News President Steve Capus said in a statement that Wishnie, 44, was "an enormously talented former senior producer at NBC News, who had a hand... New York Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874000/posts#comment Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:29:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825871/posts The Bush administration: a bigger threat to national security than a foreign spy. That was Tom Brokaw's implicit assumption in his interview with former CIA Director George Tenet on this morning's "Today." Along the way, Brokaw accused former Defense Secretay Donald Rumsfeld of running a "rogue" intelligence operation. BROKAW: In the opening passage you describe conversations in the Clinton administration between the Palestinians and the Israelis attempting to get some sort of a new peace arrangement. But the Israelis were demanding the release of Jonathan Pollard, a United States military intelligence analyst who had been selling them secrets, who's... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825871/posts#comment Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:02:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802532/posts A cable news program was temporarily replaced with hard-core pornography, shocking viewers who had been watching a health show featuring former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The incident Monday night on KPPX-TV was “an act of human sabotage” at the Phoenix-area station, said ION Television, which operates the station. “We have launched a rigorous investigation, and any implicated employees will face strict disciplinary action and termination,” ION Media Networks spokeswoman Leslie Monreal said in a statement. Brenda Schodt, of Chandler, said she was shocked to look up and see graphic sex acts on her television screen. “Maybe five or 10... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802532/posts#comment Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:09:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764068/posts YORK -- People all over a large part of New York City are smelling a gas, and it's not clear where it's coming from. Numerous people have called 911 concerned about the odor. Con Edison, the Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating. PATH service has been suspended into the 33rd Street station. Service is still going into the World Trade Center station. Macy's department store has been evacuated, according to reports. There also are unconfirmed reports of a similar smell across the river in New Jersey. People between Midtown and Battery Park are reported to be smelling... WNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764068/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:45:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762671/posts In what could very well turn out to be a case of shooting the messenger -- or something close to it -- a security guard who used his cell phone to produce the video of the execution of Saddam Hussein that was broadcast throughout the world has been arrested by Iraqi authorities. The Washington Post, which reported the arrest, identified its source as Sadiq al-Rikabi, the political adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who told the newspaper that the release of the footage was "not something proper or acceptable. ... We needed just a small piece [of footage] about the... Movie Web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762671/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jan 2007 04:59:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758489/posts Appearing on this Boxing Day edition of the Today show to plug tonight's airing of "In the Shadow of the American Dream," the latest in the “Tom Brokaw Reports” series, the former Nightly News anchor offered a variety of views on the subject of illegal immigration straight out of the amnesty-crowd playbook.View video here.Annotated excerpts: "It's not going to work to send everybody back." Why not? And if sending illegals home isn't the solution, how about drying up the jobs here so they will have their own motivation to return home? "I don't think you can build the highest... Today Show/NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758489/posts#comment Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:32:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750127/posts Confusion on Today: Brokaw Says US Had 'No Allies' in Iraq After Lauer Calls Blair 'War Ally' Posted by Geoffrey Dickens on December 7, 2006 - 14:10. It seems Matt Lauer and Tom Brokaw can't get their story straight. On this morning's Today show Brokaw falsely stated the U.S. went to war in Iraq without allies but apparently this was news to Matt Lauer as he opened the show identifying British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a "war ally." Appearing live from Pearl Harbor, Brokaw comparing World War II to the current action in Iraq declared: "The irony of course is that we're trying... http://newsbusters.org/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750127/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 00:18:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664651/posts In a fine example of life imitating a Marx Brothers movie – which should give you a clue as to what should be done with your drinking vessels! – Republicans on the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works issued a press release Wednesday concerning a documentary that former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw has done for the Discovery Channel about global warming (hat tip to NRO’s Media Blog). No matter how hard you try, you just can’t make this stuff up: “Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw’s lack of objectivity and balance on the issue of global warming appears... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664651/posts#comment Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:05:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663083/posts I don't know how they did it this quickly, but this children's radio show makes fun of Brokaw and his new love of Gore's environmental insanity. They nail Brokaw's voice, too. It's just past the video promos. Lifeatthepond.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663083/posts#comment Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:22:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1646998/posts THESE ARE THE SENATORS WHO VOTED TO GIVE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY, THESE POLITICIANS NEED TO BE DEFEATED IN 2006, 2008 OR 2010, WHENEVER THEY NEXT COME UP FOR OFFICE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW; THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION -- THAT IS, UNLESS THEY DO NOT MIND SHARING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY WITH FOREIGN WORKERS WHO NEVER PAID INTO IT AND AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BEING LEFT OUT. Grouped by Home State Alabama: Alaska: Stevens (R-AK), Yea Arizona: McCain (R-AZ), Yea Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR),... snopes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1646998/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640058/posts I am curious why none of the media covers the most important aspect of the Malvo shootings. If you look at Newspapers on the dates when the shootings are underway you discover something I find quite interesting. The shootings begin to dominate the news the day before the debate on the Iraq war starts and they catch them the day after the declaration of war??? If you ask most people "do you remember the debate about starting the second Iraq war", they will all answer "yes of course". But if you followup with the question "name one point in the... Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640058/posts#comment Mon, 29 May 2006 13:48:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640747/posts I recently received a reply to a post that stated: "This should be beneath a "freeper". Sad." So I asked.. what is it that makes a FReeper? My reply (and I will admit was tasteless) was also questioning. It stirred controversy and was removed? Why Moderators? Can you not tell me? Did it not meet with your "FReeper" mentality? According to all posted guidelines it should be listed but no, you chose to delete it. Yes.. I'm the first one IBTZ, I'm sure you'll nick me for speaking up.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640747/posts#comment Tue, 30 May 2006 19:41:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569297/posts by Mark Finkelstein February 1, 2006 - 08:20 Liberals hate to be accused of having a pre-9/11 mentality. But how else can you describe it when two leading MSM lights dismiss the war on terror as a political ploy that President Bush has taken to "extremes"? That's exactly what happened on this morning's Today show. Matt Lauer, conducting a SOTU post-mortem interview of Tom Brokaw, wrote off the W's war on terror as a political tactic: "The president talked about this fight against "radical Isam" [note that Lauer raised his hands, painting scare quotes in the air around the term]... Today Show/NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569297/posts#comment Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1556759/posts Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans... Department of Troll Control http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1556759/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:39:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554391/posts Yaa, you repukes are not doing so well, huh? Imagine, you repukes control the presidency, both houses of Congress, and appointed 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. Yet the Supreme Court thre out sodomy laws in all 50 states and recognized the right of government to seize land for any reason. And you couldn't pass your Social Security changes could you? Sorry, that was your last shot. Come November, we're going to start seeing more Democratic faces in the House. It's the end for you guys. You guys are celebrating when Bush's numbers go *up* to 45%. Then Faux... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554391/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jan 2006 02:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551102/posts Bush’s giant Right Wing Noise Machine (RWNM) loves to preach about the Bush economic miracle. In fact, the RWNM’s current thinking is Bush doesn’t spend enough time talking about his economic triumphs. If only he did, then everyone would fall in line and believe in the great Bush economic miracle. There is one problem with this argument: it’s a lie. Any way you look at the Bush economy, it comes up short. Today, I want to compare Bush’s job creation record with other economic recoveries. As usual, Bush comes up way short. The national Bureau of Economic Research has identified... bopnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551102/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:29:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550230/posts Why does anybody support George w Bush as President? He is clearly the worst President I have ever seen -- a complete disaster. And before you say anything, I have been a registered Republican for 25 years. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550230/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549194/posts Media dinosaurs gaze in the mirror as disaster looms By JONAH GOLDBERG THE YEAR-ENDING edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press” offered an excellent glimpse at why the elite mainstream media as we know it is facing extinction.“Meet the Press” host Tim Russert invited NBC’s Tom Brokaw and ABC’s Ted Koppel to ladle out some observations from their deep wells of wisdom for all of the world to imbibe. These three giants of television journalism tut-tutted about one government failure after another, from the Katrina response to the government’s inability to provide health care for everybody to our dismayingly low taxes.... New Hampshire Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549194/posts#comment Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:40:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547699/posts After reading all of the crap that people have been saying regarding Adult Private Social Clubs, I felt that I had to post an article and give my opinion. I am sick and tired of all the religous groups that are saying that there are drugs, prostitution, minors, non-consenting people, and just immoral people at these clubs! First of all, who do these people think they are to decide what is morally right or wrong for me? I believe that I have a good set of morals. I am a law abiding, tax paying citizen, I work full time and... Freeper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547699/posts#comment Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:42:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548197/posts Broadcast veterans Tom Brokaw and Ted Koppel agree that Bill Clinton would have gone into Iraq just like George Bush if he were still president in 2003. Appearing on "Meet the Press” with Tim Russert, Brokaw and Koppel also agreed that the press shouldn't be judged too harshly for not pursuing questions about claims of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. According to a transcript appearing in Editor & Publisher, Koppel defended the media’s treatment of the WMD claims: KOPPEL: In large measure, when the president and his top people tell you, as they did, "Here's our perception of what... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548197/posts#comment Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:50:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548066/posts Watching Tom Brokaw, Ted Koppel and Tim Russert this past Sunday wasn't quite like seeing dinosaurs asking each other what's happened to all the tasty fronds, but the year-ending edition of NBC's "Meet the Press" offered an excellent glimpse at why the elite mainstream media as we know it is facing extinction. No doubt intended as a grand treat for the viewing audience, "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert invited NBC's Tom Brokaw and ABC's Ted Koppel to ladle out some observations from their deep wells of wisdom for all of the world to imbibe. These three giants of television... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548066/posts#comment Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:35:30 GMT