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Lester Holt, the NBC News anchor, interviewed the president last week. In response to a question about inflation and “what your definition of ‘temporary’ is,” Joe Biden said he was being “a wise guy.”
While that got the most attention, there was something else worthy of our time. The interview illus...

Ask yourself: ‘What is this story about?’ Try to answer the question in one sentence, or even in 3 words.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. | New Jersey City University (NJCU) will award more than 1,800 doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate degrees in a double ceremony during its 2021 Commencement exercises on Tuesday, June 15 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. NJCU will honor graduates from the classes of 2020 and 2021 during a fully in-person ceremony. The first ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. and will include graduates from the School of Business and the College of Professional Studies. The second ceremony ...

Read Article LEWISTON — Crisscrossing the globe to tell the news stories she believes are “most important,” award-winning broadcast journalist Cynthia McFadden was home again Thursday in the Twin Cities to share stories about her ascendant career and humble beginnings. The senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News who reports on human rights abuse and national security,  among other top line issues, was featured on a Zoom videoconference version of the Great Falls Forum,...

Roger Mudd proved in 1964 that media attention can help overcome Senate obstruction.

Origin Football fans have grown accustomed to some of the biggest musicians in the world stepping up to the stage for the halftime show of the Super Bowl. In recent years, football’s biggest game has featured superstars such as Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake, and Lady Gaga. But back in 1967, when the Green Bay Packers took on the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl I, the halftime show looked a little different. At that event, fans were treated to the spectacle of 300 pigeons, performance...

Reading about the $50 million remodel of the Sears building on Colorado, originally built in 1947, I was pleasantly reminded of the late Ralph Story, the beloved CBS broadcaster. Among numerous programs, Story hosted Things That Aren’t Here Anymore, a nostalgic look at Hollywood and Los Angeles of old and the Sears tale would have been right up his alley. More years ago than I care to admit to, I actually interviewed for an entry level writing job with Story, though the details are somewhat...

Minutes, he would deliver a sermonette. he would tell us how he feels, even though he would probably masquerade it as analysis. it was really opinion. and he would be telling us how we, as decent americans should also feel. he started this whole thing. and we are seeing what he started on cable news every night of the week. i will add one thing. im going right up against the line here. i will add one small thing. fred friendly, how may know, who produced the late fred friendly who produced harve...

>> unbelievable. there are moments like that, where i just im overwhelmed where i say how can this guy who has been such a dinge all through movie come through as the wonderful comment he can give to someone. having worked with you to a woman who had always been insecure about her creative ability. >> you know i think often about the opposite trajectories that harry and pete had. harry started as this nice relatable guy. and ended where he ended in that quote that whack and mild, and pete starti...

Called america is talking and these executives who battled with ailes, the things they said were chilling. in a letter to bob wright, andy friendly, who is a prime time executive at cnbc, son of legendary cbs executive fred friendly, he said, that roger ailes pressured him and his colleagues to lie to the press and that fred friendly feared for his safety and in one conversation roger ailes, quote, said he would blow his brains out. david, another top nbc executive, currently the head of the ceo...