Brian Williams is new 'go-to network anchor' for GOP

[kskiska]

So much for the "liberal" media. The favorite right-wing claim that the nation's news biz is in need of a Joseph McCarthy-style purging has been pretty laughable ever since the ascent of cable juggernaut Fox News Channel, talk-radio kingpin Rush Limbaugh and other powerful right-wing outlets. And now conservatives are adding "NBC Nightly News" to their user-friendly list.

"While Fox News Channel remains the favorite network of Republican lawmakers, NBC's new anchor, Brian Williams, is the one turning GOP heads," reports U.S. News & World Report this week. "Message guru and former MSNBC contributor Frank Luntz says in a confidential memo to Hill leaders that Williams has emerged as the 'go-to network anchor' because of his brains and 'lack of detectable ideological bias.' Luntz credits NBC executive producer Steve Capus for 'a flawless transition to a new generation of news anchor.' Still, Fox and CNN lead the nets when it comes to GOP loyalty."

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http://salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2005/02/10/media/index.html

[Chipper Chat]

1. From watching NBC Nightly News the past 3 weeks I can sense

where it is headed - a right turn.
(Hard to break old habits - have been loyal to NBC News since the days of the "Camel Caravan.")

[Moloch]

2. ARGH!

Forking Brian "I've always wanted to be an anchorman" Williams. I hate him so very much he has no journalistic integrity. I think his hiring as anchorman is just a cheap ploy to bring up NBC's ratings so they can be watched by the same jack asses that are on fox news.

[bobbieinok]

3. 1st time I saw him and ever since then...."impossibly broad shoulders

in a suit"

I asked my nephew 'who is this guy? all I get is shoulders?'

nephew 'I think they plan for him to be the next NBC anchor'

(conversation 2+ years ago)