I spent much of last fall at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government as a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy. While there, I researched issues related to journalism, trust and credibility – and in particular what role emerging social media might play in add...

Prof. Leopold Munyakazi was suddenly accused of genocide by the Rwandan government after challenging the official line on 1994 atrocities. Now NBC News is helping the regime drive him from American academia. The network is said to be working on a show that could be called "To Catch A War Criminal," ...

Today NBC News named Chuck Todd as the network's chief White House correspondent--a position previously occupied by the new moderator of Meet the Press David Gregory. Mr. Todd will be joined on the beat by Savannah Guthrie. He will retain the title of political director of NBC News and has picked up...

Monday Evening News Roundup It appears that the United States warned India back in October that there was going to be an attack on the hotel and business centers in Mumbai. Contrast the above intelligence “success” to President Bush’s interview with Charlie Gibson last night. Bush...

Filed under: News, Web, Celebrities, Reality-Free No one is safe from the snarky and sarcastic jabs of the blogger's literary Uzi. If they've got you in their laser-scope sights, nothing on God's green Earth is strong enough to stop them. But not all publicity is bad publicity. In some cases, it's r...

Reading that NBC will restrict coverage of the Olympics to NBC properties, I wonder if this will cause a rift between News Corp. and NBC. The two companies are 50-50 joint venture partners in Hulu. In all likelihood: Hulu will want access to the coverage (which NBC is only making available after it ...

After leaving his mark on two different Law & Order franchises, Chris Noth has decided to leave the Dick Wolf family once again. Noth, who has been playing Det. Mike Logan on Law & Order: Criminal Intent for three years, originated the character when the first series unfolded on NBC back in ...

Filed under: Television, General Electric (GE), Media World NBC News President Steve Capus and his boss at the General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE)-owned network, Jeff Zucker, are thanking their lucky stars that Tom Brokaw will be the interim host of "Meet the Press" through the November election. Brokaw...

So the guy who posted early news Tim Russert's death to Wikipedia? He's been fired by the NBC News Web contractor that employed him, because the network had been trying to notify Russert's family before breaking the news. In fact, according to the Times, the network waited roughly an hour before put...

Although the network is smack in the middle of an exciting political year, NBC has decided against making rush decisions on its empty posts. After Tim Russert’s passing last Friday, Tom Brokaw assumed the role of guest host on Meet the Press. Now the current anchor of Nightly News, Brian Willi...