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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (74106)	6/22/2012 1:20:30 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) of 103300

newsbusters.org [iframe style="width: 107px; height: 20px;" class="twitter-share-button twitter-count-horizontal" title="Twitter Tweet Button" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1340341794816&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbusters.org%2Fblogs%2Fkyle-drennen%2F2012%2F06%2F21%2Fnbcs-williams-dismisses-holder-contempt-vote-just-looks-more-our-broke&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbusters.org%2Fblogs%2Fkyle-drennen%2F2012%2F06%2F21%2Fnbcs-williams-dismisses-holder-contempt-vote-just-looks-more-our-broke&size=m&text=NBC's%20Williams%20Dismisses%20Holder%20Contempt%20Vote%3A%20'Just%20Looks%20Like%20More%20of%20Our%20Broken%20Politics'%20%7C%20NewsBusters.org%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbusters.org%2Fblogs%2Fkyle-drennen%2F2012%2F06%2F21%2Fnbcs-williams-dismisses-holder-contempt-vote-just-looks-more-our-broke%23.T-P-IQQ5jsk.twitter" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no"][/iframe] Change font size: A \| A Leading off Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams could barely conceal his contempt for Attorney General Eric Holder being held in contempt by the House Government Oversight Committee: "Washington has blown up into a caustic partisan fight....And for those not following the complexities of all of it, it just looks like more of our broken politics and vicious fights now out in the open." NBC News should be included in the category of "those not following the complexities of all of it" when it comes to covering the Fast and Furious gun running scandal at the heart of the contempt charge. Wednesday night marked the first full story the network offered on the subject, having completely ignored the controversy until June 12, with a 30-second mention of the failed operation at the end of a report. Despite Williams's dismissive introduction on Wednesday, the report that followed by correspondent Kelly O'Donnell was fairly straightforward, explaining: "House Republicans say they have been waiting for eight months to get documents from the Attorney General and only today the White House stepped in. A key committee took an important step toward sending a message to the Department of Justice." The ABC and CBS evening newscasts covered the contempt vote as well, however, neither saw fit to make it the lead story. It was particularly stunning that ABC's World News decided to lead with two reports on the weather before getting to the growing Obama administration scandal. Read more: newsbusters.org

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