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Barack Obama Says Change Is About Owning Up to Mistakes
President Obama may have started yesterday with the intention of selling his stimulus plan to the American people with a full-court media press, but he ended it defending his stake on change. On the NBC Nightly News Obama handled ex-nominee Tom Daschle's tax problems by confessing to Brian Williams: "I screwed up." Check out how Obama maintained that he's ushering in the era of responsibility, and other highlights from last night.
Briefing Book! NBC Rejects Obama/Abortion Super Bowl Ad
- Abortion: NBC rejects Obama/aboriton ad that claims unwanted babies can grow up to be president, just like Obama. CatholicVote was ready to spend $1.5 million to air it during Super Bowl. — Jezebel
- Technology: "I'm sorry for any incontinence."
No News Is Good News: Companies Going Broke
Announcements from major media companies yesterday made it clear that the recession has hit those who report on it. Meanwhile, the Pulitzer Prizes announced plans to accept submissions from web-only news outlets, providing a redundant wake-up call to traditional news companies failing to get by. Here's a roundup of traditional media's most recent struggles:
- New York Times: Like many Americans, the New York Times Company will borrow against its house to keep the cash flowing.
Who Should Host Meet the Press?
NBC may soon name the next permanent host of Meet the Press. Whomever succeeds longtime host Tim Russert, who died unexpectedly earlier this year, will surely become one of the most influential journalists in the world.
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SNL Coming to Thursdays for Presidential Election
So, Buzz just gave me the scoop on NBC's upcoming Fall schedule.
Saturday Night Live will be bringing a half hour of its "Weekend Update" to Thursday nights beginning Oct. 16.
New TV Show: Quackers The S*?#" Eating Duck
Due to the unprecedented popularity of Quackers, the duck who appeared on Conan's show and left such a lasting impression, the NBC network has decided to let the duck take a "quack" at prime-time television. The show is titled "Quackers The S*?# Eating Duck." I don't know about you, but it looks pretty promising to me!
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Front Page: 20-Year-Old Whose Father Ran Her Over Is Dead
- Arizona woman Noor Faleh Almaleki is pronounced dead after being in a coma for weeks. Her Iraqi-born father ran her over in a parking lot to protest her becoming "too Western." — New York Daily News
- Half of US kids, and 90 percent of black children, will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, according to a study that looked at 30 years of national data.
TV Showing More Violence Against Women
I typically avert my eyes when graphic scenes flash across my television screen, so it boggles my mind that violence is such a celebrated form of entertainment. A new report from the Parents Television Council suggests that the prevalence of violence on TV is getting even more disturbing. The report reveals that violence against women and teen girls is up 120 percent, while violence shown on television general has raised by only two percent in recent years.
First Couple Had to Negotiate Their Roles in Marriage
Last night, President Obama spoke to NBC about how he and Michelle had a discussion about gender roles and marriage once they had kids. He explained:
"Michelle was trying to figure out, OK, if the kids get sick why is it that she's the one who has to take time off of her job to go pick them up from school, as opposed to me? What I tried to do was to learn to be thoughtful enough and introspective enough that I wasn't always having to be told that things were unfair."
WTF: NBC's Miss USA Ad
If NBC's ad for Miss USA is any indication, folks are dispensing with the whole "beauty pageants are an opportunity for young women to win scholarships/this is a talent competition" pretense. What's shocking is that instead of being honest, and saying, okay, it's. .
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