Brian Williams and Amazon are asking election night news-seekers to take a leap of faith with them
Read full article: Brian Williams and Amazon are asking election night news-seekers to take a leap of faith with themFormer NBC News anchor Brian Williams is asking people interested in election night news to take a leap of faith with him.
Former NBC anchor Brian Williams is returning to election night and hosting an Amazon special
Read full article: Former NBC anchor Brian Williams is returning to election night and hosting an Amazon specialLongtime NBC News anchor Brian Williams is returning to the screen on election night, only this time he'll be streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021
Read full article: Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after record-setting engagement numbers in 2020, many people are cutting back on news consumption.
Media outlets recall country's unity after Sept. 11 attacks
Read full article: Media outlets recall country's unity after Sept. 11 attacksMedia outlets that often spend hours each day exploring the country's differences paused to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by recalling almost wistfully the sense of common purpose that united Americans in the aftermath.
On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for āBig 3ā network anchors
Read full article: On TV, 9/11 was last huge story for āBig 3ā network anchorsMillions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news ā Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather.
Tom Brokaw says he's retiring from NBC News after 55 years
Read full article: Tom Brokaw says he's retiring from NBC News after 55 yearsFILE - "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw delivers his closing remarks during his final broadcast, in New York on Dec. 1, 2004. Brokaw says he is retiring from NBC News after working at the network for 55 years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK ā Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, once television news' most popular broadcaster as he told viewers about the biggest events of that late 20th Century, said Friday that he's retiring from television. In 2013, Brokaw was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer that affects the bone marrow. Brokaw said the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 400,000 Americans in the past year, was the country's greatest test since the Civil War.
Networks cut away from Trumpās White House address
Read full article: Networks cut away from Trumpās White House addressNEW YORK ā ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from him. Trump was more subdued Thursday, yet offered a litany of complaints about āsuppressionā polls, mail-in voting and fraud that he never specified. Cordes said there is no indication of a substantive number of illegal votes cast, and said Trump's reference to votes arriving late was āanother falsehood.āMSNBC cut away from Trump to anchor Brian Williams. āThere are no illegal votes that we know of, there has been no Trump victory that we know of.āAfter ABC ended its coverage, the networkās White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, also said there was no evidence of illegal votes. But especially in this election.āWhile CNN kept Trump on the air, a chyron displayed under him said, āWithout any evidence, Trump says he's being cheated.āAnchor Jake Tapper looked weary when it was over.