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Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and host of MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown," is immensely quotable, as it turns out (as evidenced by the Drudge-driven preview clip that has been burning up the internet for days now).  Today, we go Inside the White House Press Corps for the rest of our interview, in which Chuck holds forth on the job of the White House reporter, the role of the Press Secretary, and the idea of media bias. He also tells us what he thinks of Fox's Family Guy and 24. (more...)

video Dan Rather, longtime anchor at the CBS Evening News and now of HD Net, has been known for his analogies and anecdotes (Ratherisms). But Newsbusters has caught one that seems to have gone way off the rails during an appearance on the Chris Matthews Show Sunday - involving Pres. Obama and "watermelons." (more...)

video One of the reasons I started the "Inside the White House Press Corps" series was so that people could see a different side of the people who play a large part in guiding the American political narrative. In this preview of my interview with NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd, we see a more animated figure than we're used to, discussing the "Drudge Effect" (my phrase) in journalism. (more...)

video We've written a lot about the trouble at NBCU - from prime time to late night to the Olympics to, well, the executive level. But when it comes to the news division, NBC has cemented itself firmly in first place. Well, except on cable. (more...)

Q&A NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was the first of the Big 3 anchors to get on the ground in Haiti, and spent several days reporting on the damage and devastation. We talked to Williams this week about the experience and the story, still dominating the evening news on a regular basis, in the latest Q&A in our "Back From Haiti" series. (more...)

According to conventional wisdom, liberals trust CNN and the broadcast networks more and conservatives trust Fox News more. And the results of the newest Public Policy Polling survey bears those results out. But even more specifically, more people overall trust FNC than any other network - and the breakdown shows some surprising results. (more...)

Color the world shocked. After months and months of denials, followed by damaging (and sometimes creepy) revelations John Edwards has finally, publicly admitted he is the father of former mistress Rielle Hunter's child. Edwards provided the following written statement to NBC News: (more...)

video There have been so many powerful, heartbreaking moments in the four days of since the mainstream media converged on Haiti to cover the tragic earthquake that hit last week. We've highlighted a few from last week: Anderson Cooper, Campbell Brown, Steve Harrigan (we spoke with Harrigan today - more from him later). Here are videos from this weekend, one from each news network, that show the various sides of the incredibly sad story - and the fantastic work being done by journalists in the region. (more...)

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World Net Daily correspondent and conservative radio host Lester Kinsolving, with an assist from NBC's Mike Viqueira, threw more hilariously loaded questions at Robert Gibbs from behind his signature shotgun mic. He touched on some subjects sure to tickle the sensibilities of the birther/global warming denier/dittohead set when he asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs why it was so cold out, did the President visit the hospital that Rush Limbaugh stayed in in Hawaii, and...just what hospital was the President born in?

A lot of people make the assumption that questions asked by reporters are automatically reflective of that reporter's beliefs, or the credibility they give them. In Viqueira's case, at least, it was tongue-in-cheek:

Lester: Just two questions. Considering -- considering the continuing reports of record worldwide cold, how does the President believe that there was justification for the millions spent on that conference to try to promote acceptance of global warming?

MR. GIBBS: Well, I think one only has to step outside here or visit where I used to work in Chicago to understand that climate change is -- and the record temperatures that climate change is likely causing is with us.

Lester: Thank you. While he was in Hawaii, did the President visit the hospital where he was reportedly born, which is which one? (Laughter.)

MR. GIBBS: I don’t believe I saw any pool reports of hospital visits.

Mike: Robert, you attribute today’s weather to climate change?

MR. GIBBS: I don’t know what specifically causes today’s snowfall --

Mike: Or the cold that’s gripping the nation you attribute --

MR. GIBBS: I would say that there are, even in places that are used to getting very cold weather, record cold. I think scientists will tell you that whether it’s in and around this country or throughout the world that our weather patterns have been affected by our change in our climate, yes.

MSNBC is set to make some more daytime changes - just six months after it last shook up the line-up. Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie - NBC News White House correspondents - will anchor at 9amET for an hour, while Dylan Ratigan moves to a self-titled show at 4pmET. It's a news-personality swap. (more...)

VIDEO NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw was involved in a three car accident on Friday. Though Brokaw and his wife Meredith were not injured, the driver of the second car was killed after being thrown from her vehicle. The Brokaws released the following statement, in which they explain the circumstances of the crash and pass on their condolences. (more...)

Alex Rosenwald, the director of media outreach for Americans for Limited Government, included NBC producer Jane Stone on a mass email to different news organizations attempting to drum up attention for content on the libertarian think tank's website about ACORN. And that's all anybody can agree on. ALG claims that Stone replied to Rosenwald, writing "Bite me Jew Boy.” NBC claims Stone simply wrote “Take me off this list!” (more...)

VIDEO When we talked to CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus this week about the network's big victory Sunday, we ended the conversation with a question about the GE/FOX feud. "Thank heavens it has nothing to do with us," he told Mediaite. The GE/FOX feud shows no signs of letting up, with Keith Olbermann again targeting Fox News hosts during his "Worst Persons" segment last night, and still throwing in a Bill O'Reilly reference at least once a week. And on The O'Reilly Factor, the Fox News host turned his attention to a new NBC News anchor. (more...)

It has been a full week since news of a deal between News Corp. and GE (or, more specifically, between Fox News and MSNBC) broke, and the story continues to evolve. Today, The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz reveals some behind-the-scenes insight about the "war" - and the revelations continue to hurt MSNBC host Keith Olbermann far more than his FNC foil, Bill O'Reilly. (more...)

VIDEO The released Mark Sanford emails revealed the lengths journalists were willing to go to get a sit-down with the Governor. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart brought up the subject during the first segment last night, and revisited the topic in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams. And Williams tried some evasive, vaguely defensive maneuvers to sidestep the issue. (more...)

This is unbelievable. In last night's "NBC Nightly News," Pete Williams had a segment on the Holocaust Museum shooter, James von Brunn, and they presented a guy by the name of John de Nugent to attest to his pre-shooting mental state. Which John de Nugent, you ask? This one - the one who thinks that white men and women should "take back their honor"; the one who says that "When Jews attack and lie, I must be doing my job very well"; the one who thought he should be president and wrote this on his "John de Nugent for President" page: "You will notice my outreach to blacks, appealing to their self-interest. We don't need a race war with blacks triggered by the Jews who are stage-managing Obama and may yet murder him to start a race war." Oh. That John de Nugent. (more...)