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Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

NBC News White House correspondent appeared on “Morning Joe” Monday morning to discuss Friday’s revelations that the IRS had flagged non-profit groups affiliated with the tea party and conservative causes for greater scrutiny.   In a telling back-and-forth with colleague

Four Gay-Themed TV Shows Get the Ax

Four Gay-Themed TV Shows Get the Ax

LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI)–Four U.S. TV shows with prominent gay story lines during a record-breaking season for openly gay characters will be cut for the next season, officials said. NBC’s “The New Normal” and “Smash” and “Go On” and

Obama Calls For Strategy To Combat Gender Pay Gap

Obama Calls For Strategy To Combat Gender Pay Gap

On Friday, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum to federal agency and department heads tasking them with devising a strategy to combat “unfair pay disparities” which “are a detriment to women, families, and our economy.” Obama added: “The Federal Government

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” host David Gregory played White House Spokesman Jay Carney’s now-infamous November declaration that “the White House and State Department have made clear that the single adjustment that was made to those talking points by either

NBC Cancels Brian Williams Pet Project 'Rock Center'

NBC Cancels Brian Williams Pet Project 'Rock Center'

Head of the NBC News Group Pat Fili-Krushel announced late Friday afternoon that the news magazine “Rock Center with Brian Williams” would be cancelled after its final airing on June 21.   “I would like to thank Brian, Alex, David

Tiger Chasing Sergio at Players

Tiger Chasing Sergio at Players

(AP) Garcia goes 1 up on Tiger at Players ChampionshipBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.The Players Championship already provides plenty of theater because of its thrill-a-minute golf course. Making it even more compelling is the star attraction of

NBC Bringing Back '70s Cop Drama 'Ironside'

NBC Bringing Back '70s Cop Drama 'Ironside'

By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKNBC is ordering up a new comedy for fall from “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence and an updating of the `70s cop drama “Ironside.” The revived “Ironside” stars Blair Underwood as the paralyzed lawman who uses

Report: Tabloid TV Editor To Be Named NBC News President

Report: Tabloid TV Editor To Be Named NBC News President

The floundering and willfully dishonest enterprise that is NBC News has apparently found its replacement for the disgraced Steve Capus. According to The New York Times, Deborah Turness, the current head of Britains ITV News, will become the next president

Obama Speechwriter's NBC Sitcom '1600 Penn' Canceled

Obama Speechwriter's NBC Sitcom '1600 Penn' Canceled

Former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett figured he could translate his Oval Office days into a successful political comedy for NBC. Lovett’s 1600 Penn, a series which never caught fire with critics or the public, instead couldn’t make it to season

#War

It’s time for a full, complete boycott of all of NBC and a boycott of links to all media channels, except in the absolutely legally or ethically required cases. We link a lot of time when it’s easy enough to

Wartime Firearm Exhibits Banned in Chicago

Wartime Firearm Exhibits Banned in Chicago

Although Chicago comes in dead last when jurisdictions are ranked for enforcement of federal gun laws, there’s one thing that leaders in the city are enforcing–a ban on unloaded, historic firearms in Chicago museums. While gangs and other criminals have

Is Gun-Ownership the New Smoking?

Is Gun-Ownership the New Smoking?

With gun control defeated in the Senate, Democrats are stepping up efforts to turn guns into the 21st century cigarette and shame gun owners–and their Senators–into submission. Warnings of this approaching storm have been apparent for decades. As in 1995,

Christie To Co-Host Today Show

Christie To Co-Host Today Show

NBC News announced today that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will co-host the final hour of Friday’s “Today” show from the Jersey Shore.  To add to the Jersey pride, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will join the TODAY team as

Frantic 911 Call Leads to 3 Missing Women in Ohio

Frantic 911 Call Leads to 3 Missing Women in Ohio

(AP) Frantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in OhioBy THOMAS J. SHEERAN and JOHN COYNEAssociated PressCLEVELANDThe woman’s voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. “Help me. I’m Amanda Berry,” she told a 911 dispatcher.