Fox News and MSNBC Notch Rating Wins After Trump’s Verdict
The jury was unanimous. But the cable news verdict was a split decision.
Michael M Grynbaum in political news
A Historic Verdict Made for Riveting TV. Then the Punditry Began.
At 5:06 p.m. on Thursday, shortly after NBC News broke in with a special report, Savannah Guthrie and Lester Holt told viewers that a verdict in the first criminal trial against an American president was imminent. After weeks of dramatic testimony that, with no cameras in the courtroom, made little impact on TV, the tension spilled onto the airwaves all at once.
News Outlets Urge Trump and Biden to Commit to Presidential Debates
A group of major news organizations — including The Associated Press and the five big broadcast and cable networks — issued an unusual joint statement on Sunday urging President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump to commit to participating in televised debates before Election Day.
TV Networks to Urge Biden and Trump to Debate, Wading Into a Fraught Topic
In an unusual move, the five major broadcast and cable news networks have prepared a joint open letter that urges President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump to participate in televised debates ahead of Election Day, according to two people with direct knowledge of their plans.
Corporate Polish Meets Partisan Reality for NBC’s News Chief
Cesar Conde is not the typical leader of a major news institution.
In Saga of NBC and Ronna McDaniel, Perks and Perils of Partisan Talk on TV
Trying to juice ratings in an election year, a major TV network hired a pair of provocative commentators from the political establishment to inject some spiky opinion into its otherwise-staid campaign coverage.
Ronna McDaniel, Former R.N.C. Chair, Joins NBC News
Ronna McDaniel, who stepped down as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee this month, is joining NBC News as an on-air contributor, the network said on Friday.
Trump Sues ABC and Stephanopoulos, Saying They Defamed Him
Former President Donald J. Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News on Monday, arguing that the anchor George Stephanopoulos had harmed his reputation by saying multiple times on-air that Mr. Trump had been found liable for raping the writer E. Jean Carroll.