Accuracy in Media

The turmoil surrounding NBC News and MSNBC is beginning to have a deleterious effect on both networks’ finances as revenues are declining while rivals are seeing increases, according to the 2015 Pew State of the Media report. Pew estimated that the Today show’s revenue declined 12 percent from 2013 and even though it’s still the […]

According to Paul Farhi of The Washington Post, a source who is familiar with the months-long investigation of former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams told him that the network has found 11 instances in which Williams exaggerated the facts in his reporting. The investigation was triggered after Williams apologized in February for repeatedly stating that […]

ABC’s World News Tonight topped NBC’s Nightly News in the latest ratings, snapping the Peacock network’s 288 week win streak as the number one evening news broadcast. WNT won in both total viewers with 7.997 million to Nightly News’ 7.913 million, and in the 18-49 demo by a margin of 1.952 million to 1.791 million, […]

In a press release issued on Tuesday, ABC News jabbed rival NBC News for rebroadcasting the Nightly News, in an attempt to boost their ratings following the Brian Williams scandal. NBC began the practice in one market the same week that Williams apologized for lying about his Iraq experiences. They then expanded it to another […]

The debacle surrounding Brian Williams has not only cost NBC News much of its credibility, but based on the initial ratings since Williams was suspended without pay for six months, it is costing them a big chunk of their viewers. According to Nielsen’s fast national data, viewership fell dramatically for the NBC Nightly News in the first […]