Posted on 12/02/2004 4:23:28 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper
NBC's "Nightly News" may be changing in more ways than one when Brian Williams takes over Tom Brokaw's old anchor chair tonight.
While Brokaw was an inveterate liberal who regarded the new media with deep suspicion, Williams is a regular talk radio listener who considers Rush Limbaugh a media icon.
"Rush Limbaugh has a place in American history he has not yet received his due for," Williams told ABC Radio network host Sean Hannity on Wednesday.
"There were millions of Americans who were out in the wilderness and had no one who shared their voice," the NBC'er said. "And he came along and gave birth to a whole bunch of things."
Williams called Limbaugh "a leader in the business" and said he regards it as "my job to listen to Rush."
His comments may not go down too well with NBC morning diva Katie Couric, who's reportedly no fan of Limbaugh.
Describing a somewhat hostile encounter between himself and Couric some years back, Limbaugh told his audience on Tuesday, "There's still some tension there."
One way to lock me in as a viewer is if Williams calls Jon Corzine a "left-winged idiot with a bad hairdo", or refers to Hillary as Hillary SpongeB**** Squarepants. I know that won't happen, wishful thinking on my part, but I'll give him a week or so.
Of course. They know who they are.
Don't fall for the OMwhore! Once a blue lib always a blue RAT!!
the same Brian Williams who said that 9/11 was due in part to America's "military swagger" ???
Yup he's an out and out flaming right winger. Yup. /sarcasm off.
4 years ago when Hillary won and came out in front of the cameras while Lazio was giving his concession speech, I was tuned into msnbc watching Brian Williams.
Msnbc went to a split screen (unlike cnn which dumped Lazio) and while Hillary was shown waving at the crowd, Williams commented something to the effect that in politics it's an unspoken rule to let the loser give his speech before the winner makes an appearance in front of the camera. He then went on to say that the clintons have never been known to be considerate of others. I did not expect such a candid observation from a news guy, Hillary wasn't just inconsiderate, it was plain rude.
The official bio says Williams worked in Carter's White House as an intern. So he's as much a Democrat as Tim Russert, Chris Mathews, "Steffi" Stephanooulos, Bill Moyers and the rest.
Mr. Williams has probably just slit his professional throat. Let's not be naive here.
Yep -- on one of his show anniversaries. That was a particularly good one -- even Paul Harvey called in with his standard "Hello Americans, this is Paul Harvey."
I didn't like his newscast tonight. He's way too stiff, robotic. It's like he's an animatronic mannequin reading the news.
Compare that to any of the guys on Fox, whose personalities all come shining through, even if to a goofy extent in Shep Smith.
Ed
The thing that gets me about Williams is his racoon eyes... take a look at them
Well, that's being a company man. He said more than just that he listens to Rush and thinks it's his job to do so. He talked about how Rush doesn't get his due for what he has done.
He also talked about how he and "my friend Brit Hume" covered the Whtie House together and Brit showed him the way media bias works. "What's wrong with this?" he asked Brian Lamb. "Conservative firebrand Newt Gingrich today labelled Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy..." He noted what he said Brit had told him: "If you're going to call Gingrich something, why not call Kennedy something?" He gets that that's bias, something Rather, Jennings, and Brokaw never got.
Maybe not a conservative, but a guy who seems like he might be more willing to give conservative viewpoints and individuals a fair shake than the rest of the people in network news.
That he is; you should hear him tell the story of how Mickey Mouse humiliated him in front of his own children at Disney World. :-)
You're exactly right. I've always said that those who think Rush is an egomaniac are the ones who have never listened to him once. Rush rules.
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