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Zucker was diagnosed at age 31 with colon cancer, worked through two bouts of it, and had a large part of his colon removed, then endured more than a year of chemotherapy. He scheduled his chemo treatments for Friday afternoons, so he could be back at the office on Mondays.[8] Zucker's cancer is in remission, but he still thinks about its impact. "It put my life into perspective," he says. Some say he has said... "I want to win and win honorably and if I can't do that well I will tell my networks to make up news and give bad financial advice to improve ratings. Heck it's only television, it's just a game" I
It's just a game? That is just what I thoght, Thanks for confirming it.

I didn't know who Tina Fey was until she began her pardoy of Sarah Palin. I like Sara better and wonder what Tina is going to do to remain "famous." Yeah, the news media is as corrupt as our leaders on Capitol Hill.

I like both Tina Fey and Sarah Palin and both are attractive. Although I do think Sarah is more the beauty queen quality. Tina does a funny impression of her just as SNL does with all politicos. My favorite of all their impressions was the one recently of Barney Franks whining about the mortgage fiasco. NBC however does need to worry about its growing reputation for profound bias in its "news" reporting. America needs uncorrupted media; and I'm afraid we've crossed over into a dangerous period, as evidenced by our easy election of someone little known.

I really like both Tina Fey and Sarah Palin. Both are lovely, although I must say that Sarah is a bit more of the beauty queen quality. But Tina is funny.

NBC= Nothing But Crap

All Americans should be alarmed by the loss of objectivity by the major networks. It was appalling to listen to Andrea Mitchell defend Obama during the primary and presidential campaigns. She was given the assignment of covering his campaign, but it appeared that she was actively rooting for him. We should expect non partisan coverage during the election. Brian Williams has made sly digs at the Bush administration frequently. I would be just as upset if NBC leaned to the right. The nightly news on all three major TV networks should be unbiased. The PEJ (Project for Excellence in Journalism) found that the media, including newspapers, gave more favorable coverage to Obama.

"We haven't fully trained the audience well enough to believe that it has to pay for the material online."

That remark is wrong on so many levels, I don't even know where to start...

Instead of Zucker if Beth Comstock were President NBC would not be in fourth place. She alone has the drive and vision to see where the network should be. Half of the ideas mentioned above were hers and his.

Countdown & Rachel Maddow show are the best 1-2 punch on cable TV. When I can't catch the show on the tube, I watch it on the web. Hardball is also great! With these three strong shows, MSNBC is a must watch for the newly political awakened! Now I've got bullets to take down the WingNuts of the GOP. Bring 'em ON!

Re: NBC Bias?

(1) Tina Fey and SNL got a lot of credit for going somewhat counter-left in their comedy routines that targeted the press as being ???in the tank??? for Obama, but a person doesn???t have to be a cynic to wonder if the same scathing--for the press, not for Obama--satirical point would have been made had Obama not been running against a liberal female feminist like Hillary.
(2) About a month ago, in his nightly news broadcast, Brian Williams, introducing a short piece on Jeb Bush???s political future, sarcastically said, ???How would you feel right now about another Bush presidency???? Although not a liberal like Williams, I share his dread on that topic, seeing President Bush as sort of the Thomas Jefferson of incompetence, but it is very sad that one of our major networks, and Williams, has so freely cast aside even a good faith attempt at professional objectivity.
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Border Enforcement + Immigration Moratorium = Job & Eco Sanity

Tina Fey's future is bright; Sarah Palin is not going away any time soon.

Tina Fey is a somebody, and multi talented. Palin is a nobody lost in her own personal dreamworld. Get real.

"We are in the middle of one of the worst recessions in our lifetime..." says Jeff Zucker. And keeps his office in the 'balmy 80's" What? Almost as bad as our new president keeping his office warm enough to be in rolled up shirt sleeves. Low sixty degrees is "balmy" for most of the folks in my world up here in New Hampshire. Rolled up shirt sleeves? That's a foreign concept in the middle of winter in the northeast. How many layers is more to the point. I'm a fan of both men - but am pretty aggravated by their casual attitude about heat during these tough times.
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