NBC complaint: NBC News Deceitful Coverage of the George Bush September 11 Speech at Shanksville

NBC News has an advertising campaign underway to convince viewers that your organization is the best place to watch honest newscasts. Your ad claims that NBC commentators provide honest reporting, deliver both sides of a news story, and offer discussions that give accurate reports of daily events. NBC comments that followed Bush’s speech proved your advertisements could not be further from the truth!

I viewed your televised report of the speech George Bush delivered at Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11th. Bush’s speech was excellent and called for renewed unity in America. He was nearly in tears as he delivered his stirring words!

Following the speech, during which he made no observations regarding politics, your first commentator described a fully political message and claimed the speech revealed a split in the Republican Party. He described Bush’s comments as an attack on Republicans who (according to your commentator) are destroying unity within our country.

Later, NBC commentators followed up by trying to cover for his message, but they failed. The dirt was out of the NBC bag and the damage already done. NBC News did not offer a fair news report, but paraphrased Bush’s speech in order to attack the Republican Party.