What The Hell Happened To NBC News ???

[WillyT]

They nailed Cheney on his lies last night.

They nailed Bush on his 'Important Policy' speech today.

They nailed the arrests and the prohibition of dissent at campaign events, and the conventions.

Has the worm turned, or is General Electric out of the country on vacation???

:shrug::wtf::shrug:

[swag]

1. Entirely accidental/coincidental.

Random noise. Pay no mind.

[TrustingDog]

5. this too shall pass... they do this

every once in a while when they have no choice...

give it a couple days, they're be 'abnormal' again. Seen it too often.

[BamaLefty]

2. Who Knew?

:wtf:

[unfrigginreal]

3. Couldn't tell you, I watch Rather

sounds good though

[pacalo]

11. So do I. :)

[neuvocat]

4. You had Bizarro World news on again.

Change the channel.

[realFedUp]

6. Maybe someone at GETV are aware

that there is another audience besides
conservatives who buy products.

[ikojo]

7. I don't know...maybe there has been a shift

The other day Tom Brokaw likened the attacks on Dan Rather as a jihad...Maybe just maybe they have tired of the bullying tactics of the right. One can hope.

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-na-anchors3oct03.story

Jennings and Brokaw speak up for Rather

Two of his prominent peers also jumped to his defense, with NBC News' Tom Brokaw decrying the "kind of political jihad" against Rather and CBS News as "highly outrageous." It was a poignant moment at a time when some have speculated Rather, 72, could lose the job he has held for more than two decades as anchor of "CBS Evening News" because of mistakes in a Sept. 8 report on "60 Minutes."

snip

Rather himself never addressed the issue. But during a discussion about whether all the networks had been critical enough in their reporting in the lead-up to the Iraq war, Rather indirectly signaled his state of mind. "I care deeply about this country," he said, calling himself a "patriotic journalist."

Rather added that he had struggled with finding a balance, when the "flag waving and the Sousa music playing" competed with the urge to ask tough questions, knowing that to do so as a journalist, "you might get hammered into dog meat." He said it took "tremendous strength" to stand up to those who would label a journalist "unpatriotic" for asking difficult questions.

[seventhson]

8. The Rats are leaving the ship

and want to stay jiggy with the masses commercially.

They know Bush is a loser and so they need to look good by joining the real world for a moment and until they can get away with more ultra fascism

[Tangledog]

9. Many lies, many truths

(a) The NBC news people may have finally snapped after the threats vs. Rather and the entire First Amendment and the American free-speech tradition, and are staging their own palace revolt.

(b) The suits may have finally decided that there is nothing to be gained in defending the indefensible. I forget who on DU came up with the brilliant meme-possibility, "Aren't you getting tired of making excuses for B*?" That might be happening. It'll be fascinatin' to see who bails next.

(b(a)) On a similar note, the debates showed B* as dazed and barely even coherent, and C* as even more devoid of personality than we had thought. He did have one moment of humanity -- accepting the compliment Edwards offered to his family -- but my most lasting visual impression was watching C* smile. His eyes became even emptier than B*'s usually are when he got caught in a complete sentence. I was waiting for his teeth to fall out and rattle on the table, one by one. It's like, Did you ever see a dead person grin? I saw it on the television and it made me ruin the Naugahyde!!!

(b(b)) "Suits", above, may mean "advertisers" or "Nielsen wonks". Who the hell would want to be associated with two guys with marbles in their eyes and footprints on their tongues? Maybe Stumpy's Body Art and Biker Jewelry, L.L.C., but not you and me.

[Ilsa]

10. It's a temporary malady for GETV. Next words out of their mouths

were about how ONLY Halliburton could manage the big project in Iraq so there wasn't any point in setting up bids. Such bullshit. I don't watch them any more.