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NBC News Opens Their New DC Bureau Doors for White House Correspondents’ Weekend 

April 19, 2022 By margaretmturner

Just last year NBC News Group unveiled new state-of-the-art studios in an expansive Washington Bureau right by the Capitol.. Now, after a delay from the pandemic, the bureau is opening up for a celebration of the new space with NBChairman Cesar Conde for the White House Correspondents’ Weekend. The new bureau, located at 400 North Capitol Street, replaces the previous longstanding NBC studio at 4001 Nebraska Avenue. The old studio was there for more than 60 years, with President Eisenhower attending the building’s dedication in 1958. We look forward to celebrating at the new bureau for the next 60 years! 

Supporters of veterans’ causes gather during the White House Correspondents’ Weekend for The 2019 Garden Brunch. Jay Leno gave a lucky veteran a car!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DC, Media, NBC, NBC News, Washington, White House, White House Correspondents Dinner

Trump Fails To Make State of the Union Ratings Great Again

January 31, 2018 By WHC Insider

Media Post’s  Joe Mandese reports that President Trump’s Nielson ratings are below previous presidents.

Donald Trump has been called the “ratings” President, because of his propensity to use the TV industry term to refer to his Presidential performance, and because he’s an ex-reality TV personality and producer. But based on Nielsen’s official ratings, the performance of his first State of the Union Address wasn’t exactly huge.

While it’s true that the ratings of Presidential State of the Union addresses have been trending downward in recent years, Trump’s first SOTU ranks only eighth in terms of viewers among the last 25 to be aired on the major broadcast and cable networks carrying it live, according to an analysis of Nielsen data.

Filed Under: 2012 WHC Garden Brunch, Donald Trump, The White House, Uncategorized Tagged With: ABC News, CNN, Donald Trump, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC News, Nielson ratings, State of the Union

The Great Chelsea Mystery, or Welcome Back from Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2012 By WHC Insider

It’s the Monday after an otherwise quiet holiday week. Your in-laws are gone, your co-workers clad in formless sweaters and jumpers to hide the turkey and then there’s the question of how to shed these newfound pounds?  Why not spend your time fretting over what Chelsea Clinton and NBC News may or may not have done over this election year?

Buzzfeed has the exclusive that NBC News put the kibosh on a planned series of ads featuring Chelsea Clinton, who is a special correspondent with the bureau,  lending her voice and possibly likeness to a marriage-equality campaign during the election. The ads, focusing on legislation in Washington state, were questionable but seemed to be online only:

Three people who saw the videos confirmed their existence to BuzzFeed. They were fully prepared, with the script approved in advance, one source said. The video wasn’t intended for TV broadcast, a second source said, suggesting they were instead to be used as web-based videos. The source added that multiple efforts had been intended beneficiaries of the former First Daughter’s support.

So what exactly did these ads seem to say that caused NBC to backtrack? Well, technically Clinton is an employee of the news division and can’t be shown endorsing any specific measure up for the election. Even if she is a “special correspondent,” she’s still under the peacock’s shadow. But does this actually matter? Not especially. It’s the news equivalent of getting a yogurt with your Peppermint Mocha as a “healthy” reward after so little has happened last week.

But give it a day or two! There’ll be more important things to discuss rather than what seems like an attempt by TheFour.com to get their name on Google Trends. Instead, The National Christmas Tree was spotted on a flatbed truck near the Capitol this morning! And as the weeks lead up to the inauguration, the comings and goings of the administration are sure to be the real news instead of a web-only video that someone in corporate deemed too risque.

Filed Under: DC, Media Strategy, News Media, TV Tagged With: Chelsea Clinton, Correspondents, DC, Media, NBC News

Reagan Centennial GOP 2012 Debate Moves to September

March 30, 2011 By WHC Insider

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, in conjunction with its debate partners NBC News and POLITICO, are moving the Reagan Centennial GOP Presidential Primary Candidates Debate from May 2 to September 14, 2011.

Why the change? Seems not enough contenders are willing to toss their hat into the ring this early. Moving the debate to the fall will allow “enough time for the full slate of candidates to participate,” said John Heubusch, executive director for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.

“The Reagan Foundation prides itself on sponsoring world-class debates in which all of the major candidates in contention can make their point of view known to the widest possible audience,’ said Heubusch. ‘Although there will be a long and impressive list of Republican candidates who eventually take the field, too few have made the commitment thus far for a debate to be worthwhile in early May.“

For more about the move check out POLITICO and read the full release here: http://politi.co/i2Y5U4

Filed Under: 2012 Election, News Tagged With: 2012, Debate, GOP, John Heubusch, NBC News, Politico, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

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