Brian Williams on MSNBC - what a lightweight...

[PCIntern]

Listening to him wax about Cronkite is funny: here's a guy who has no substance, no classical training, no literary skills, no substance....OK, "no" is a bad word...let's just say 'little' compared with any of the folks fromm years ago, including, I must say, Aline Saarinen from NBC who predated Baba Wawa by years. Williams is a pretty-boy newsreader who has not one original thought in his head.

[mix]

1. pompous idiotic lightweight, if i may expand upon your theme...

I wouldn't mind his personal attributes if I felt he told the truth.

+1

[MichiganVote]

2. When was the last time Williams was EVAH handed a major news story?

[Elwood P Dowd]

10. He spent several days on the Gulf Coast covering Katrina.

He had several reports from inside and outside the SuperDome. I may be wrong, but I think he was there or in the area the night Katrina hit New Orleans.

[AndyA]

3. There is NO COMPARISON between Cronkite and Williams.

Other than they are both white males. The rest is worlds apart.

[Johonny]

4. I think Williams has talent

Whenever he's off the news and can freely talk about the news and news industry he seems able to do the job. I think it's more about the major networks and their desire to really cover news anymore.

[Creena]

9. I noticed the same.

I enjoy his interviews on The Daily Show and late-night talk shows. I think anyone anchoring the evening news must follow network protocol. When he does appear on MSNBC, there is a noticeable difference in style and substance. If one wants to point to an awful NBC personality, they need not look further than David Gregory.

Nobody compares to Cronkite, so it's a bit pointless to try.

[MadBadger]

5. I think Williams is great, but to each his or her own I guess.

[PCIntern]

8. He was laughed out of Philly...

and believe me, we're not that picky. In fact, we have THE WORST imaginable local news people for a big city.

[tishaLA]

12. Watch what you say about Jim Gardner!

Believe me, if you lived in LA, where entertainment news is the same thing as regular news, you'd be thanking god for stories about fires in row houses in Southwest Philly.

[2Design]

11. don't like the way he treats dems and his interview with barack was

horrible and the way he treated joe biden was unforgiveable

[rurallib]

6. About 8 years ago (shortly after he ascended the throne at NBC)

I heard him say in an interview that he listened to Rush Limbaugh to get the pulse of the country.
Don't think I have heard more than a few sentences from him since.

[WI_DEM]

7. Nobody will ever compare Brian Williams to Cronkite.