"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams has exclusive interview with Bush

[Newsjock]

http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/news-20051209000000-nbcnightlynewsa.html

"NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor Brian Williams has an exclusive interview with President George W. Bush on Monday, December 12, with expanded coverage to air on "Nightly News," and across all NBC News platforms.

Williams will begin his day with President Bush in the Oval Office before boarding Air Force One and will travel with the president to an event in Philadelphia. He will conduct a formal interview en route to Philadelphia, and they will spend additional time together before and after the president's speech on Iraq. The in-depth interview will include such topics as the war in Iraq, the president's response to Hurricane Katrina and the economy.

[madeline_con]

1. I'd be afraid to get anywhere near him...

lest all the gray matter between my ears be sucked out in the vacuum of what passes for his thoughts!

[DemonFighterLives]

13. That says it all

I think I got too close. :silly:
Williams used to seem alright until he drank the koolaid.

[MADem]

41. Read this blurb from many months ago, and note the highlighted word

Message:
Edited to try to fix this link!
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/050214/14whisplead_2.htm
NBC's Go-To Guy
While Fox News Channel remains the favorite network of Republican lawmakers, NBC's new anchor, Brian Williams, is the one turning GOP heads. 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.

We know who Frank "Pudge" Luntz is. What he is saying is that Brian is one of the rare SMART ones, who does not wear his ideology on his sleeve. There is a stereotype about the GOP, that they all love NASCAR and guns, but I don't believe that ALL people who like those things are GOP. But Brian does like NASCAR and guns, and, he got this odd endorsement of sorts from one of the biggest GOP tools in the shed. Case closed, AFAIAC....

But hey, maybe he will grow a set and do a tough interview...unlike the fawning one Russert did, with his massive frame crushed into a tiny chair, crouching before the Laird, with his notes on his knee...

[DemonFighterLives]

45. Luntz can bite me

My detector went off right away.

I couldn't view the article, but I hear ya.


:)

[MADem]

47. That blurb was the entirety of the item--in the post above

Luntz probably WOULD want to bite you, after smearing you with a fattening breakfast spread. That guy has been blowing up like a balloon over the past few years. He seems like a rather frustrated little toady, the putz.

Edit, think I got the link fixed, thanks for the heads up.

[saigon68]

34. "HOW THE HELL" do you interview this?

[Plausible]

2. thanks for the warning

I'll watch some other channel.

[driver8]

4. I would rather watch paint dry than watch that display of stupidity.

[marylanddem]

3. NBC must be looking for a ratings nosedive.. nt

[rurallib]

5. If Williams asks the wrong question the ejector seat gets tested

Ya' suppose Williams thinks W is going to give him honest answers????? Wouldn't it be great if Williams would give up his seat to Mike Wallace just as the plane is ready to take off? THEN we might get a real interview.

[Jim Sagle]

15. Better yet, Randi Rhodes.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

21. Nah, I would love to see Amy Goodman

interview the chimp... but that will only happen after he is in prison.

[Jim Sagle]

26. I'm no fan of Amy's.

She bashes Democrats from the left as hard as Republicans do from the right. She sucks.

[Miss Chybil]

6. I wonder how far Williams had to bend over for this? nt

[Auntie Bush]

8. To the floor....standing on a stack of books? n/t

[wordpix2]

24. He was one of the best reporters on Katrina. He was really pissed at *

and the total incompetence and neglect.

[leesa]

7. Who cares? Just more lies and spin. Wouldn't give a quarter for that

interview.

[wordpix2]

25. maybe Williams will do a "Matt Lauer" on Bush and surprise him

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

9. No Wonder He Was Kissing Up The Other Day

Williams made some positive comment about Shrub only a couple of days ago. I can't recall what it was, but this explains it all. He's now firmly in the grasp of the administration and the repubs, and they plan to use his new position as nbc nightly news anchor.

[jbnow]

11. I was trying to recall that comment too

and reading this figured here is his reward.

It wasn't news, it wasn't facts, it was his opinion and it was bush loving.

Made me sick, why is a news anchor giving his opinion (though I think it was during an interview, not during the news)...and I felt bad that I vaguely liked him when he was on MSNBC.

[stumblnrose]

12. Yes, Williams Condoned Pentagon Marketing

When asked by Howard Kurtz, Brian Williams said it was okay for admin to pay journalists to present its viewpoint and also blessed the politicisation of PBS. See link. Williams is the most insidious type of whore. Occassionally he takes exception to the admin, but comes home to roost on the big stuff. Reminds me in a way of Woodward.

[w13rd0]

10. And yet another "PR Push" by the PRetend pResident...

...criminey, image really IS everything to these jackals.

[grasswire]

14. well, well, well -- a quid pro quo

Williams has been playing kissyface for the last couple of weeks. I guess we know why now.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

16. Brian Williams has been part of the NeoCon media team for....

...quite some time. This will be nothing but a major puff-piece.

[DemonFighterLives]

19. Correct, he has been whoring for a while

He's worn out now.
:dem:

[progressivebydesign]

17. Oh please. It's not like it won't be scripted to the nth degree..

Bush is hardly going to answer anything that has not been prepared for him in advance. As IF the White House didn't put together their RULES for Williams to do this... yawn.

[Uncle Joe]

39. I suspect the questions will not only be softball, more like T-ball n/t

[rocktivity]

18. Cue the crickets...

:boring:
rocknation

[Sadie5]

20. Williams nose will be BROWN

by the time he exits that plane.

[54anickel]

22. I see Bush is still campaigning ...eom

[Blue_In_AK]

23. And yet "they" won't let Mike Wallace anywhere near **...

Hmm...

[BenDavid]

27. You can bet yo ass

that while in this talk, Williams will report the lastest wall street journal nbc poll and have bush about 44% and Williams will be glowing and smiling wide and gushing so much praise on this sorry excuse for a president... Hell, we all should have seen these polls with higher numbers coming right here towards the end of the year....Just a lil clue...watch fox news when they give a poll if the others will soon follow suit... Case in point 2 weeks ago fox finally had bush down in the mid to high 30's and was the last news org. to issue their poll, but this time they were the first to give their new poll of bush being at 42%...next day cbs 40...abc 42.... and all others are following suit...

[wanpete]

28. this will be a joke and not worth watching

we all know that * would not let anyone near him that wasn't going to paint a pretty picture. This will be all smoke, mirrors, and puff. Won't be watching...

:boring: :boring:

[rooboy]

29. It will be outrated by a re-run of Laverne and Shirley. n/t

[Bozita]

30. (musically) -- "Getting to know you. Getting to know all about you..."

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[gulfcoastliberal]

32. Wonder how much NBC/Williams are getting paid for this propaganda piece?

After all, Williams says it's the regimes prerogative to buy media propaganda.

[Nomen Tuum]

33. NBC = CCCP

Nothing But Constant Republican Ass Kissing 24/7.

I've given up on the so-called Mainstream Presstitutes. Why don't they just come out and tell the truth that they are all asskissers who worship the Golden Elephant.

In fact I have a new term for them, since they are ALL controlled by the Conservative Corporate Controlled Press, they should be called the CCCP. And they lie any lie for the state just like TASS and Izvestia

In fact the only difference between the USSR and Jesusland is one word.

The USSR used Marx

Jesusland uses Jesus

Both in the same context

[pinkpops]

35. kissy kissy

[radfringe]

36. don't expect anything new or

any "hard questions"

just kiss the butt, lick the boots blather while bending over

[Jawja]

37. Won't really be an

"interview," but will be a propaganda session where Williams throws prescreened questions and the Chimp gets to sit there and spew his bullshit unchallenged.

Shame on Brian Williams for allowing himself to be used by Karl Rove.

[Doctor_J]

38. Hey Brian - how many pairs of kneepads did you go through?

This will be worse than the propaganda fest with Timmy last year. DUers - PLEASE don't tune in.

[otohara]

40. Oh Boy - Can't Wait

to read about how Brian Williams asked softball questions and * responded with same old lies and excuses.

[Orsino]

42. You don't get access like that...

...without an understanding of just what questions are permitted, and who owns the tapes afterward. * isn't so desperate for approval that he will risk getting any real journalism on him.

[progressivebydesign]

43. Bush is obsessed with his approval rating... that's all.

He's trying the 'charm offensive' right now. he's trying the 'fireside chat' suggestion that some idiot made to him, to make him likable again. Next the asshole will be on Dancing With The Stars, and a cameo on Desperate Housewives, anything to raise his ratings. The ratings piss him off beyond belief. He's so petty. I can actually picture him reading DU sometimes.. between naps and video games... and swearing at all of us and giving us vile nicknames. You KNOW he cruises this place... he just has to.. morbid curiousity and massive ego.

[oregonindy]

44. so mister president how great are you?

yeah I'm guessing its gonna blow pretty bad.

[yorkiemommie1]

46. will not be watching

' a day in the life of a chimp '