Young Dancers Line Up For Auditions For Rockettes in New York City

New addition: The 2016 production will celebrate New York City in the summertime and will run from June 15 through August 7.

[From article]

Hundreds of aspiring dancers from across the county waited in line for hours for a chance to become a Rockette in New York City.


Getting ready: Courtney Tierchoski, 25, from Nashville, Tennessee, applies makeup while on line with other dancers.

With rain trickling down, the line for auditions stretched for more than a block outside of Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan on Tuesday.


Long waitL The line for auditions to join the Rockettes' summer production stretched for more than a block outside Radio City Music Hall.

Some of the women were seen putting on makeup and applying false eyelashes in preparation, while others listened to music as they waited for the opportunity to show off their talents.


Eager: Guilia Dunes, 25, second from left, from Amsterdam, and Taylor Lewis, 22, center, from Baltimore, were among hundreds of aspiring dancers hoping to join the Rockettes.

Hoping to land a spot in the Rockettes' summertime production this year, Bethany Glover, 21, from Orange County, California, studied while in line. 'I am am working on a homework assignment for school today' said the Manhattan College student.


Desperate to dance! Hundreds of hopefuls line up outside Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan waiting to audition for 'Rockettes New York Spectacular' on Tuesday.

Inside, the hopefuls were led into a rehearsal studio to perform a dance routine before a panel of judges.


Waiting: Miranda Bengtson, 24, from Davidson, South Carolina, keeps her ears muffled in line. 

The Rockettes are known for their shows during the holiday season but they started adding warm-weather performances last year. This year's 'Rockettes New York Spectacular', celebrating the city in the summertime, runs from June 15 to August 7.


Line of other dancers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3460810/Hundreds-audition-chance-dance-Rockettes-NYC.html

Hundreds of women wait in the rain for hours to audition for chance to dance with the Rockettes in New York City
The line for auditions stretched for more than a block outside of Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan on Tuesday
Inside, the hopefuls were led into a rehearsal studio to perform a dance routine before a panel of judges
Audition is for a chance to dance in the 'Rockettes New York Spectacular', which runs from June 15 to August 7
By KHALEDA RAHMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 14:22 EST, 23 February 2016 | UPDATED: 19:05 EST, 23 February 2016

Wasting Wisdom and Youth

James Spader as Raymond Reddington, in NBC feature, The Blacklist. Drexel (No. 113). February 18, 2016

"People say youth is wasted on the young. I disagree. I believe wisdom is wasted on the old. All you can do is part with it. But very few will take it. Least of all people closest to you. They want no part of it."

Who's Sorry Now? NBC Dropped Donald Trump

NBC indicates it does not support the US Constitution. The purpose of the First Amendment, i.e., the concept of free speech is to protect speech you hate. NBC interprets the idea as protecting speech they love and censoring speech they do not like. Bad enough for an individual, but this is one of six major broadcast corporations which keep Americans and others uninformed and misled. Shameful.

[From article]
Mexico is “sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems to us. They are bringing drugs and bringing crime and their rapists,’’ Trump asserted during his campaign launch earlier this month.
NBC said it will now no longer air the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which were joint ventures between NBC and Trump.
Trump has already said he wouldn’t be appearing on the network’s show “The Apprentice” because of his presidential bid.
But NBC said the spinoff “Celebrity Apprentice” will continue without him.
[. . .]
“You have to stop illegal immigration. I know NBC might disagree with me, but you cannot have illegal immigration. You do not have a country if you do. I told NBC I can’t change my stance. My stance on immigration is correct.”

http://nypost.com/2015/06/29/nbc-drops-donald-trump-over-comments-about-mexicans/

NBC drops Donald Trump over comments about immigrants
By Kate Sheehy
New York Post
June 29, 2015 | 2:34pm

Updated: NBC Bans Broadcasting Trump Pageant, US Rep. Joins Boston Columnist In Personal Attacks; NASCAR Moves Meeting

Posted June 30, 2015 9:09 PM ET; Last updated July 6, 2015 8:17 PM ET



NBC indicates it does not support the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of the First Amendment, i.e., the concept of free speech is to protect speech you hate. NBC interprets the idea as protecting speech they love and censoring speech they do not like. Bad enough for an individual, but this is one of six major broadcast corporations which used to keep Americans and others informed. Now they mislead and confuse. Shameful.

Glad to see that U.S. Rep. Capuano uses personal attacks to help inform voters in his district. Just what is needed in a one party state. Keeping voters and taxpayers dumbed down helps incumbents keep their jobs. 

[From article]
“I know plenty of people like that, and at any local bar, you can find some loud-mouth jerk at the end of the bar who’s willing to say such stupid, idiotic things,” the Somerville Democrat told Boston Herald Radio “Morning Meeting” hosts Hillary Chabot and Scott Ferson. “The fact that he’s running for president, I actually think if I was a Republican running for president I’d be embarrassed that he was in the field — and being taken seriously by some people.”
[. . .]
Trump’s comments on Mexican immigrants are not only unnecessary, Capuano said but “insulting,” especially given Trump has refused to back down from them.
“For him to double down and say, ‘I meant it’ — fine, you meant it, but now you go down as an official jerk in my book,” he said .
[. . .]
He is exciting on some level, he’s a celebrity and he does say crazy, stupid things. He will attract some people.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/07/mike_capuano_compares_donald_trump_to_loud_mouth_jerk_at_bar

Mike Capuano compares Donald Trump to ‘loud-mouth jerk’ at bar
Monday, July 6, 2015
By: Matt Stout
Boston Herald

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It is perplexing that journalists who ridicule billionaires, speak for everyone else. How do they know what others think? Atkins says "Few would argue that Trump is anything but a fringe candidate. It pains me to even waste good newspaper ink writing about him." Really? How does she know what Trump thinks? Instead of answering claims about criminals entering the United States committing crimes Americans won't commit, journalists and politicians join in personal attacks. Immigration is only one issue which these two powerful groups refuse to discuss facts and policy so that voters and taxpayers can make responsible decisions to keep themselves safe. Using polling numbers this early is lame at best. In 2013 the NYC mayoral election was won by about 20 percent of eligible voters. The issue is a dumbed down population which is a product of misguided journalists who use personal attacks (like this one) and cute talk instead of factual arguments to keep voters informed. 

[From article]
Few would argue that Trump is anything but a fringe candidate. It pains me to even waste good newspaper ink writing about him.
Still, it seems Trump honestly thinks he speaks for a large swath of Americans yearning for a candidate who speaks truth to power and who won’t let political correctness stand in the way. Who he actually speaks to is a tiny segment of the populace who mistakes bigoted drivel for frankness and egotism for authority. Remember, he was the king of the anti-Obama birther movement. Everything about him, including his professed business acumen and even his hairstyle, is artificially inflated for effect.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/kimberly_atkins/2015/07/atkins_gop_must_deal_with_donald_trump_train_wreck

Atkins: GOP must deal with Donald Trump train wreck
Trumped-up pol a monster of GOP's creation
Monday, July 6, 2015
By: Kimberly AtkinsBoston Herald

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[From article]
The presidential hopeful placed ahead of perceived front-runner Jeb Bush in a new aggregated 'poll of polls' with 13.6 per cent support compared to the former Florida governor's 13.3.
The rise comes as public figures and businesses continue to admonish Trump because of the comments saying that those crossing the border from Mexico illegally were 'rapists'.
Former Republican candidate Mitt Romney told CNN Saturday that the businessman 'made a severe error in saying what he did about Mexican-Americans'.
Trump defended the remarks,and used an interview on Fox and Friends Saturday morning to take a dig at fellow presidential hopeful Marco Rubio.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3149611/Donald-Trump-polls-Republicans-defends-comments-immigration-despite-increasing-opposition-Mitt-Romney-saying-remarks-hurt-GOP.html

Trump comes up top in 'poll of polls' of Republican voters - despite growing backlash over his anti-immigrant comments
'Poll of polls' shows Trump ahead of front-runner Jeb Bush
He defended comments calling Mexican immigrants 'rapists' despite some saying that phrases in his presidential campaign announcement were racist
Former candidate Romney said that Trump made 'severe error' and hurt the Republican party with the remarks
He also blasted candidate Marco Rubio for being 'weak on immigration'
By CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:04 EST, 4 July 2015 | UPDATED: 17:45 EST, 4 July 2015

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[From article]

On the same day one of its top sponsors called on NASCAR to take a stance against Trump, the motorsports series said it will not hold its season-ending awards ceremony at the Trump National Doral Miami.
'We looked at everything we saw coming down and what we heard from our sponsors and our partners and what we feel we should be doing, and that's what led us to the decision today,' NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said Friday at Daytona International Speedway.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3148982/NASCAR-distances-Donald-Trump-remarks.html

Can't speed away fast enough: NASCAR becomes latest business to distance itself from Donald Trump after Mexican remarks
NASCAR will no longer host awards ceremony at Trump's hotel in Miami
It responded to letter from sponsor about 'bigoted and racist comments'
Trump has defended comments saying that immigrants from Mexico are 'bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists'
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 16:36 EST, 3 July 2015 | UPDATED: 11:36 EST, 4 July 2015

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[From article]
Mexico is “sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems to us. They are bringing drugs and bringing crime and their rapists,’’ Trump asserted during his campaign launch earlier this month.
NBC said it will now no longer air the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which were joint ventures between NBC and Trump.
Trump has already said he wouldn’t be appearing on the network’s show “The Apprentice” because of his presidential bid.
But NBC said the spinoff “Celebrity Apprentice” will continue without him.
[. . .]
“You have to stop illegal immigration. I know NBC might disagree with me, but you cannot have illegal immigration. You do not have a country if you do. I told NBC I can’t change my stance. My stance on immigration is correct.”

http://nypost.com/2015/06/29/nbc-drops-donald-trump-over-comments-about-mexicans/

NBC drops Donald Trump over comments about immigrants
By Kate Sheehy
June 29, 2015 | 2:34pm

Tom Brokaw Memoir

Dateline
Dateline - May 7, 2015
NBC News
Tom Brokaw
Lucky Life Interrupted

Brokaw told his story in a well produced video essay.
Said he wanted to share his story so that others may learn from his experiences.
One element that he emphasized was that he had substantial resources unlike most people.
In addition he had a large supportive family, three loving adult daughters, grandchildren and a loving wife. It is usually not recognized how important that is.
He explained by way of his doctors that he ignored much of his pain and that the doctors need to know that. They told him to tell them.

Full show at this link

http://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/dateline-may-7-2015/2862873?onid=209511#vc209511=1

Preview of Dateline Show

http://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/read-excerpt-lucky-life-interrupted-n355511

Book Excerpt
Tom Brokaw's Lucky Life Interrupted

http://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/read-excerpt-lucky-life-interrupted-n355511

Networks Cover Robert Durst Saga Of Murders

CBS 48 Hours report on Durst by Erin Moriarity is the best of the three. 

[From report]
"48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty has been reporting on the Robert Durst case for more than 10 years and speaks exclusively with the man who will be defending Durst in court, top criminal defense attorney Dick DeGuerin. "48 Hours has startling new information about the case that exploded into the news this week after Durst's arrest in New Orleans for the December 2000 murder of his friend Susan Berman, following a controversial documentary on HBO.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-presents-robert-durst-the-bizarre-saga/

"48 HOURS" PRESENTS: THE BIZARRE SAGA OF ROBERT DURST
2015Mar 21
CORRESPONDENT Erin Moriarty

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PHOTO: AP

State District Judge Susan Criss makes a point while arguing with defense attorney Mike Ramsey during a bond hearing in New York millionaire Robert Durst's bond-jumping case Thursday, Dec. 18 , 2003 Galveston, Texas.[From report]
The Texas judge who presided over Robert Durst’s 2003 trial in the Morris Black murder case believes the alleged confession Durst gives in an audio recording on the HBO series “The Jinx” will be admitted in court.
“I believe that tape will be admissible,” Galveston County Judge Susan Criss told ABC News' “20/20.” “He wasn’t coerced.”

http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-judge-robert-durst-2003-murder-trial-believes/story?id=29790187

Texas Judge in Robert Durst 2003 Murder Trial Believes 'Jinx' Recording Will Be Admitted in Court
Mar 20, 2015, 7:17 PM ET
By EDWARD LOPEZ, MEGHAN KENEALLY and LAUREN EFFRON
via 20/20

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http://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/dennis-murphy-previews-robert-durst-inside-long-strange-trip-n326731

DATELINE

A look deeply into the baffling murder case of New York real estate heir Robert Durst and the evidence against him. Dateline chronicles the long journey to uncover the truth and speaks with key players involved in the case, including detectives, investigators and close friends of the victim.

Published March 19th 2015, 4:47 pm

Black Association Sues Comcast, NBC, Al Sharpton For Bias

The National Association of African-American Owned Media alleges that Sharpton and other advocates have been bought off.

[From article]
The plaintiff objects that the only fully black-owned channel picked up by Comcast is the Africa Channel, and that entity is owned by former Comcast/NBCU exec Paula Madison, who "was directly involved in putting together the sham MOUs and obtaining government approval for the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal, thus creating a serious conflict of interest."
Other black channels are said to be "window dressing," with black celebrities as "fronts" when they are "white-owned businesses" that are run by friends or family of Comcast executives.
The lawsuit goes on to say that Comcast made large cash "donations" to obtain support for its acquisition. The money includes $3.8 million to Sharpton and his National Action Network. The money, it's charged, was meant to pay Sharpton to endorse the NBCU deal and divert attention away from discrimination. As for Sharpton's MSNBC gig, the complaint says, "Despite the notoriously low ratings that Sharpton's show generates, Comcast has allowed Sharpton to maintain his hosting position for more than three years in exchange for Sharpton's continued public support for Comcast on issues of diversity."
[. . .]
The lawsuit seems to count Sharpton's reported $750,000 annual salary at MSNBC as part of the $3.8 million and leverages past criticism of the noted civil rights leader that's rooted in him allegedly turning an eye and forgoing boycotts and protests on corporations upon receiving monetary contributions to the National Action Network.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/comcast-al-sharpton-hit-20-777015

Comcast, Al Sharpton Hit With $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
7:29 AM PST 2/23/2015

by Eriq Gardner

NBC News Anchor Earns $10 million A Year, And Exaggerates The News

Brian Williams, up to his neck in dysentery-contaminated water as the corpses go floating by
[From article]
Next to the Iranian nuclear program or Putin's neo-Soviet expansionism, the question of whether NBC News "managing editor" Brian Williams is a self-aggrandizing liar or a mentally ill fantasist is a relatively minor matter, notwithstanding that he is the very embodiment of the strange antiquated assumptions of network news - that because a chap looks like a 1950s department-store mannequin he's your go-to guy for economic analysis and foreign policy.
As to the subject at issue, my general view of "personal stories" (including my own) was summed up by Mel Brooks on stage a few decades back reminiscing about his life. After one especially uproarious anecdote, he said, "I swear every word is true. Well, no. The mildly funny stuff is true. The mezzo-mezzo stuff is mostly true. But the really funny stuff is entirely invented." That formula applies to the dramatic stuff, too. As you tell a story over the years, as Brian Williams did with his RPG-hit-chopper shtick, it gets too honed, too sharp.
[. . .]
We're told NBC News execs disliked Williams' "version" of events and never permitted it on their own airwaves. Yet one week ago he told NBC viewers:
The helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG.
Assuredly there's been some turnover in NBC News since 2003. So maybe nobody working on the program now was working on it then.
[. . .]
Yet today Brian Williams' survival is the way to bet - because the obsolete format of Big Three "network news" is a dinner-theatre exercise that now bears so little relation to real news that Williams' ability to project the aura of authority and integrity trumps the reality that he doesn't actually have any. If you get your news from old-school "network news", you're not actually getting any news, you're watching a guy 'cause he has great hair. So getting it from a delusional narcissist is only taking it to the next level.

http://www.steynonline.com/6795/the-life-of-brian

The Life of Brian
by Mark Steyn
Steyn on America
February 6, 2015

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Tanned, rested and ready: Just imagine the social media outreach possibilities, NBC!

http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2015/02/06/williams-wiener-wankers/

Mark Steyn: Brian Williams ‘is to Anchors as Anthony Wiener is to Wankers’
February 6th, 2015 - 11:51 pm
By Ed Driscoll

Olfactory News At NBC

[From article]

Brian Williams did it all for the soldiers, you see. His chopper whoppers were patriotic acts. “This was a bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran,” he explained.
In a similar vein, ­Anthony Weiner’s sext­ing was really just a misunderstood celebration of the technological sophistication of smartphones, and Bill Clinton’s dalliance with Monica Lewinsky was a selfless way to promote that great American company the Gap.
What Williams’ lie was about was what lies are always about: No one who actually scored the winning touchdown on the high-school football team misremembers it as sitting on the bench. The term “fish tale” does not mean you mistakenly tell people you caught a sickly ­8-ounce catfish when actually you snagged a 95 pound monster marlin.

http://nypost.com/2015/02/08/we-shouldnt-believe-williams-lie-was-an-innocent-mistake/

We shouldn’t believe Williams’ lie was an innocent mistake
New York Post
By Kyle Smith
February 8, 2015 | 12:05am

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http://pagesix.com/2015/02/06/nbc-sets-up-brian-williams-truth-squad/?_ga=1.142050673.276668375.1423258945

NBC sets up Brian Williams ‘Truth Squad’
By Emily Smith
New York Post

Page Six
February 6, 2015 | 1:34pm

Updated: Judicial Watch, NBC Anchor Not Prosecuted For Gun Violation, Due To DC Prosecutor Discretion

Posted December 16, 2015 9:22 PM ET; Last updated January 22, 2015 8:17 PM ET


NBC News Anchor David Gregory

[From article]
In an affidavit, the investigator wrote that “there is probable cause that the offense of possessing a ‘high-capacity’ magazine was committed in the District of Columbia. Therefore your Affiant requests the issuance of an arrest warrant for Gregory, David Michael.”
Despite the request, D.C. attorney general Irvin Nathan declined to prosecute in the case. He said that his office “determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory, who has no criminal record, or any other NBC employee based on the events associated” with the broadcast.
[. . .]
Legalinsurrection.com’s William A. Jacobson wrote: “The short version is that the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department warned NBC News that it could not possess an actual high-capacity magazine, but NBC News went ahead and did it anyway. The MPD recommended a warrant for Gregory’s arrest, but that request was nixed by the D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan because — my paraphrase — Gregory was just too nice a guy and had no other criminal intent.”

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/documents-cops-wanted-to-hit-meet-the-press-then-host-david-gregory-with-gun-charge/article/2559132

Documents: Cops wanted to hit 'Meet the Press' then-host David Gregory with gun charge
BY PAUL BEDARD

JANUARY 22, 2015 | 6:28 PM

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[From article]
For those of you who are new to the blog, or who have not been paying attention, Legal Insurrection filed a FOIA suit against the District of Columbia seeking records related to the non-prosecution of David Gregory and NBC News despite their clear violation of D.C.’s gun law by possessing a 30-round ammunition magazine.
We are represented by Judicial Watch, which has done a wonderful job. It’s a real credit to them that they work hard to dig out the truth not only on big issues like IRS targeting, but also smaller issues like how draconian D.C. gun laws are not enforced against the famous and connected D.C. elites.
In the Gregory case, NBC News was warned by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department that possession of the magazine was illegal, and that NBC News should use a photo not the real thing, but NBC News ignored the warning and used it on Meet the Press.
[. . .]
Despite the clear violation of law, the D.C. Attorney General, Irvin Nathan, decided not to prosecute Gregory or any NBC News personnel.
That’s not how the average person is treated in D.C., where the technicalities of the gun laws are enforced with obsessive prosecutorial vigor.
And that’s the point. We never wanted David Gregory prosecuted for violating the ridiculous gun law provision, we wanted public officials to be held accountable for the unequal application of the law.
When a photo surfaced of Nathan at a charity event with Gregory’s high-powered lawyer wife, which Nathan said was his only contact with her, it came to symbolize the special treatment.

http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/12/legal-insurrection-wins-foia-suit-over-david-gregory-gun-law-non-prosecution/

Legal Insurrection wins FOIA suit over David Gregory gun law non-prosecution
Posted by William A. Jacobson
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 7:00pm

Ugly Competition At NBC's Meet The Press; How Sharpton Got a TV Show

[From article]
OWS supporter Al Sharpton was hired primarily to enable a corporate merger at NBC. But more on that later as we join the description of Chuck Todd desperately grasping to replace Tim Russert the instant he died in 2008:
[. . .]
Between 2008 and 2010, Comcast’s corporate foundation donated more than $3 million to 39 minority groups that wrote letters to federal regulators in support of the NBC deal.
[. . .]
And in 2009 and 2010, Comcast gave $155,000 to an organization founded by the Reverend Al Sharpton, who ended up endorsing the merger.
[. . .]
At MSNBC, which Comcast also owns, Sharpton landed a talk show. A spokeswoman for Comcast says the company is a “long-standing supporter” of minority groups and had nothing to do with Sharpton’s hiring.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/12/22/ugly-behind-scenes-turmoil-meet-press-revealed

Ugly Behind the Scenes Turmoil at Meet The Press Revealed
By P.J. Gladnick
December 22, 2014 | 2:25 PM EST

NBC Cameraman Quarantined For Ebola in Liberia, Returning To US

[From article]
An NBC News freelancer has been diagnosed with Ebola in Liberia, the network announced Thursday.
The freelancer, whose name was not disclosed at the request of his family, came down with symptoms on Wednesday and will be flown back to the United States for treatment, NBCNews.com reported. He began shooting for NBC on Tuesday.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/03/nbc-news-freelancer-diagnosed-with-ebola/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29

NBC News freelancer diagnosed with Ebola
Published October 03, 2014

FoxNews.com

NBC Pays For Matt Lauer's Helicopter Commute

[From article]
In June, Lauer extended his lucrative $20 million-a-year deal with NBC News to remain a “Today” co-host through 2016, following speculation that he would leave the show in the wake of the storm over the brutal departure of Ann Curry in 2012.
As part of the deal, NBC agreed to pay for Lauer to chopper out to the Hamptons, where he has a 40-acre horse farm in Water Mill and a nearby mansion, reportedly worth $15 million, in which he lives year-round with his wife, Annette Roque, and their children.

http://pagesix.com/2014/09/03/nbc-pays-for-matt-lauers-helicopter-rides-to-work/?_ga=1.100968130.212440808.1402078759

NBC pays for Matt Lauer’s helicopter rides to work
By Emily Smith
New York Post
September 3, 2014 | 9:48pm

Three TV Networks Fear Using Word "Terrorist"

[From article]
The Big Three networks steered clear of labeling the Islamist group ISIS "terrorists" on their evening newscasts on Friday. Instead, ABC's World News and CBS Evening News labeled the genocidal radicals "militants." NBC Nightly News used the more benign "rebels" in their coverage of the group's latest attacks on the Kurdish part of Iraq
[. . .]
On Thursday, the MRC's Dan Gainor pointed out that the Big Three networks have followed a similar pattern with regard to the Islamic extremist group Hamas: "ABC, CBS and NBC journalists referred to Hamas as 'militants,' 'fighters' or 'soldiers' 13 times more often than they called them 'terrorists.' (65 stories to 5 stories.)"

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2014/08/09/big-three-networks-avoid-calling-isis-terrorists-label-them-rebels-an

Big Three Networks Avoid Calling ISIS 'Terrorists;' Label Them 'Rebels' and 'Militants'
By Matthew Balan

August 9, 2014 | 00:30

Clinton Child Paid $600,000 a Year by NBC

[From article]
Chelsea Clinton earned an annual salary of $600,000 at NBC News before switching to a month-to-month contract earlier this year, sources with knowledge of the agreement told POLITICO.
[. . .]
When Clinton joined NBC, many media critics chafed at the network’s decision to employ a former first daughter with no experience in journalism. The New York Post referred to Clinton as “just another spoiled, aimless child of rich, successful parents chauffeured through adulthood by Mommy and Daddy’s connections.”
Yet Clinton’s appointment did not mark the first time NBC Universal had hired children of high-ranking politicians. In 2009, it hired George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager to serve as a correspondent on the “Today” show. In 2011, it hired Sen. John McCain’s daughter Meghan McCain as a contributor on MSNBC.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/chelsea-clinton-nbc-600-k-salary-107827.html

Chelsea Clinton paid $600K by NBC
By DYLAN BYERS and MAGGIE HABERMAN

6/13/14 9:46 AM EDT Updated: 6/13/14 11:16 AM EDT

Why Meet The Press Host Is Unwatchable

[From article]
I've always thought entrenched left-wing journalists in Washington needed their heads examined. Much to my satisfaction, it appears the corporate media bosses of at least one Beltway anchor now agree.
[. . .]
What's the matter with David Gregory? And why don't people like to watch him?
I could have saved the honchos at NBC News a lot of time and trouble. The first answer is: David Gregory is a phony. The second answer is: He's a jerk.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin042314.php3#.U2b4ud0--yN

Jewish World Review

April 23, 2014 / 23 Nissan, 5774
NBC's Cognitive Dissonant Hack Syndrome
By Michelle Malkin

NBC, Meet The Press Host Under Fire

[From article]
I’ve always thought entrenched left-wing journalists in Washington needed their heads examined. Much to my satisfaction, it appears the corporate media bosses of at least one Beltway anchor now agree.
[. . .]
I could have saved the honchos at NBC News a lot of time and trouble. The first answer is: David Gregory is a phony. The second answer is: He’s a jerk.
[. . .]
That means: If it’s Sunday, it’s “Meet the Jerk.”

http://nypost.com/2014/04/23/why-people-hate-nbcs-david-gregory/

Why people hate NBC’s David Gregory
By Michelle Malkin
April 23, 2014 | 9:39pm
New York Post

Meet The Press Host, Friends, Relatives Being Psychologically Evaluated

[From article]
Friends of Gregory and even his wife were interviewed by a psychologist commissioned by NBC to find out how the host of the flagship Sunday morning show might relate to audiences better.
The Washington Post reported, “Last year, the network undertook an unusual assessment of the 43-year-old journalist, commissioning a psychological consultant to interview his friends and even his wife.

This indicates the therapeutic state has taken control of NBC news. 

http://pagesix.com/2014/04/21/david-gregory-undergoes-psychological-evaluation-to-combat-low-ratings/?_ga=1.204044304.1293864602.1397313014

NBC orders psychological testing for David Gregory
By Emily Smith
April 21, 2014 | 10:35am

New York Post 

Page Six

Jay Leno Too Funny, Too Old?

[From article]
“The main thing is to get people from 18 to 42 watching your station, and for 18 to 40, [Leno] is considered oldie,” Mason continued, on Leno’s release. “Obama had nothing to do with it; it’s all the age, it’s all the age range. The whole idea is to get the young people to watch, and they assume the 20-year-olds are buying everything and if you’re over 50 you’re buying nothing. They’re too stupid to realize that in fact the opposite is true. How many times do you see a 23-year-old person with a Rolls Royce?”

http://www.wnd.com/2014/03/jackie-mason-leno-fired-because-hes-too-old/

JACKIE MASON: LENO FIRED BECAUSE HE'S TOO OLD
'Tonight Show' veteran says NBC 'stupid' for requiring younger host
Drew Zahn
March 2, 2014

Jay Leno Mocks NBC Execs

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