Accuracy in Media

“Today” took offense to former president Bill Clinton’s remarks about his interview with NBC News reporter Craig Melvin saying that Clinton was “making false allegations” about Melvin. Clinton has received a lot of criticism for the interview with many people–including fellow liberals calling his remarks “tone-deaf” for his response to questions about Monica Lewinsky and […]

NBC News has fired longtime Today show co-host Matt Lauer over a sexual harassment allegation, according to a memo from NBC News president Andrew Lack obtained by The New York Times. “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer,” the memo read. Lack […]

With less than four weeks before the Sept. 25 debut of Megyn Kelly Today, some insiders at NBC are expressing their doubts that the former Fox News anchor will be able to transform herself from her stern persona at Fox into a more female-friendly personality for the network’s ethnically diverse daytime viewership, according to The Daily […]

NBC News’ lavish spending on Megyn Kelly is irritating some of her colleagues at the network, according to The New York Post’s Page Six. Kelly, who is on a five-day nationwide tour visiting affiliates in major markets, is traveling in style— flying on a charter jet with a support staff of five or six people, including a hairstylist, […]

NBC’s golden girl Megyn Kelly is quickly losing her luster as ratings for her Sunday news magazine show recorded its lowest ratings since debuting June 4. According to Nielsen Research “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly” averaged 3.1 million viewers on Sunday, just half of the 6.2 million who tuned in for its heavily hyped premiere, which […]

Meet the Press host Chuck Todd discussed the Hillary Clinton email scandal on the Today show. He told co-host Willie Geist that Bill Clinton is annoyed that more party surrogates aren’t rushing to defend Hillary from the email scandal that has sent her poll numbers downward and threatens the viability of her presidential campaign: GEIST: The […]

Brian Williams may have been banished to purgatory (MSNBC), but his former NBC colleague Chuck Todd stood behind him and praised NBC’s handling of the situation during an appearance Friday on the Michael Smerconish Show. Todd told Smerconish that he was proud that NBC “took issues of credibility and integrity seriously, but, made Brian pay […]

In an interview with The Wrap, CNN President Jeff Zucker defended the changes he has made since taking over the network, and admitted that while CNN doesn’t strive to be No. 1, they would be thrilled to have Fox News Channel’s ratings: The Wrap: Are you guys happy with second place, or do you strive […]

NBC took out full page ads in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal on Wednesday to celebrate their number-one status in several television categories, but stretched the truth when it came to listing the Today show as “#1 Morning News.” That probably came as quite a shock to ABC, where their Good Morning […]

The Today Show, which surrendered its weekly ratings crown to Good Morning America last year after 16 years as the number one morning news show, suffered another indignity last week when it was revealed that it had also lost the annual ratings battle to ABC’s morning show. GMA, which snapped Today’s 852 week winning steak […]