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more about #nbcnews more comments → NotReadyForPrimeTime: Give these people their own show. Except that the storylines should revolve around their various grifting scams. Any monies earned from the show sho... more » hatey: Those extensions are vile. (I've been thinking about them all. damn. day. and couldn't keep quiet any longer.) #fakehair more » TheBusinessGuy: These people are getting exactly what they wanted. Crime does pay. And I don't necessarily mean in money. more » unclevanya: Even a lefty-hippie due process pussy like myself wants these two ghouls locked up for their little "prank", not interviewed by Matt Lauer. This kind ... more » hhpeterson13: Obama's veto power should extend to reality show gigs. These Salahi assholes should not profit from breaking the rules. more » Sergio Hernandez: Hm, interesting. How would this reconcile with LuAnn de Lesseps' appearance on GMA yesterday? (She was on to talk about the Salahis) Since RHONY ende... more » BowlingForDollars: I've got a THIRD UPDATE for you: The first two are lies. ALL LIES! more » BowlingForDollars: Matt Lauer, as part of the NBC "News" (and I use the term loosely) team, never bothered to ask if Michaele Salahi was going to be part of "Real Housew... more » Matt Cherette: Am I too late for the influx of unapproved Drudge commenters? It's always so fun. more » mimigoliath: So now you don't have to be a shitty reality show star, you can still become temporarily famous by being an aspiring shitty reality show star. Aspiri... more » wrongneighborhood: Drudge is linking to Gawker, I never thought I would see the day. Unapproved commenter deluge in 3... 2... 1... more » Tremonius: Next you'll tell us all those actors who appear on talk shows are merely plugging other network product. And which newscasts are "unscripted, reality... more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: That contract has as a defined term "Reality Hold Period." I feel like that includes the last ten years. more » lobstr: the key phrase is "If I appear in the series.." .. but the series hasn't begun yet, so can they be held to that clause? more » intime: So, people will now risk arrest and imprisonment to get on a reality TV show? I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this. more » -
#exclusive
A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
NBC News didn't pay the Salahis for their exclusive Today appearance this morning. They didn't have to: According to rival bookers trying to land the Salahis, they already have a contract with Bravo preventing them from talking to anyone else.
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#spitzerfiles
The Spitzer Files: Today Offers to Help Spitzer's Flack Land a Job at NBC
For our next installment of the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between flacks and reporters during Eliot Spitzer's downfall—we bring you the tale of the Today producer who offered to help a flack find a job at NBC.
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#overkill
The Beatification of St. Russert of Buffalo
The 96-hour orgy of navel-gazing, unseemly on-camera veneration that attended Tim Russert's untimely death was not enough, nor was the accelerated career advancement afforded his son. Nope—now Russert's old NBC News office will become a museum exhibit. More » -
#mysteries
The Case of NBC's Jane Stone, Conservative Policy Groups, and the "JewBoy" Email
So: Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Tucker Carlson. What do the three previous posts have in common? None of 'em are nearly as much fun as watching a conservative policy group play the press cycle over a "Jewboy" "email" from NBC.
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#blagoplease
Exclusive: How the Press Pandered to Blagojevich after His Arrest
On the morning he was arrested on corruption charges last December, Rod Blagojevich was the nation's biggest greaseball. So obviously, the national press was willing to say anything to land an interview. And we've got their emails to prove it. More » -
#documents
Blagojevich's Post-Arrest Interview Requests
The deluge of media e-mails to Rod Blagojevich's press secretary in the wake of his arrest, obtained from the state of Illinois through the Freedom of Information Act. More » -
#journalismism
CNBC Asks Teabaggers to Provide a Riot
"Tea Party Patriots" National Coordinator Jenny Beth Martin got a friendly little "media request" from CNBC: could you crazies maybe go crazy up a town hall somewhere? Sure, a 'Bagger says: how bout the guy who got the swastika? More » -
#journalismism
NBC Agrees to Muzzle Journalists Following Fox News Pressure
Friday night is for dumping embarrassing news, as media companies well know. So it is that the New York Times now surfaces a secret deal in which NBC is said to cravenly promise to ease its criticism of Fox News. More » -
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#theunknowable
With Only One Possibly Innocent Man's Life Ruined, The Wanted Goes Off the Air
Charlie Ebersol, who got into television through his dad Dick and who directed a movie about a snowboarder once, revolutionized TV news with his new Judgment at Nuremberg-meets-Dog the Bounty Hunter show The Wanted. More » -
#howthingswork
How The Today Show Bumped Blago for Leno 'News'
On the morning the FBI arrested Rod Blagojevich, he was supposed to be doing a live exclusive interview with Matt Lauer. But Today canceled so Lauer could flack the "news" of Jay Leno's new 10 p.m. show on NBC.
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#howthingswork
Jake Tapper Knows How to Grease a Gatekeeper
ABC News' Jake "The Octogon" Tapper thinks NBC News is totally "slimy" for their gross and "insulting" reporting during South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's disappearance. The nerve of those guys, suggesting that something untoward was going on! More » -
#journalismism
Holocaust Museum Attack Is an Excellent Media Opportunity For Deranged Racists
Why would a right-wing extremist shoot up the Holocaust Museum? To get the message out. And it's working—news networks are turning to neo-Nazi John de Nugent for background on James von Brunn. He's thrilled about the publicity. More » -
#politics
Osama bin Laden Reduced to Political Pundit
On Morning Joe this morning, NBC News' Chuck Todd offered his analysis of the Osama bin Laden audiotape released this morning: It's a standard political "prebuttal." Does that mean we've won the war on terror? More » -
#notfunny
But What Does Obama Think of Conan's New Show?
NBC News' Brian Williams got full access to the White House and shot 150 hours of tape for his special on Barack Obama. He spent 45 seconds of them shooting a promo for the Tonight Show. And Obama played along. More » -
#flackery
How Apple's Pet Reporter Stole His Talking Points
Jim Goldman, the shameless Apple parrot and CNBC correspondent, did his best for the computer company in an on-air price comparison the other day. But he had to lift his argument wholesale. More » -
#journalismism
CNBC: We're Self-Chastening, Like Any Respectable GE Product
So now a CNBC insider says GE overlords did not apply political pressure in a meeting with the network, as previously reported. The financial network is perfectly capable of flagellating itself. More » -
#journalismism
CNBC's Uncomfortable Dinner with Its Overlords
Top GE and NBC Universal executives called a dinner meeting with CNBC bigwigs inside 30 Rock recently. This much is agreed upon. Still unclear: Whether CNBC was pressured to bash the president less. More » -
#cablenews
Chuck Todd Is Getting His Own MSNBC Show
In 2008, Todd was great as a freewheeling political director and straight-man to Chris Matthews on MSNBC, but he's choking as NBC's White House correspondent. Now, he may get a chance for redemption. More » -
#tvnews
NBC News to Axe Chuck Scarborough and Paul Moyer?
A tipster says a "pervasive rumor" is making the rounds at NBC News that the network is putting long-time local anchors Chuck Scarborough of WNBC and Paul Moyer of KNBC out to pasture. More » -
#television
NBC News Begs Its Employees Not to Make Them Pay Raises
NBC News has instituted an across-the-board freeze on raises for its executives and talent, even those with contracts guaranteeing them salary bumps. More »
