NBC News chief resigns

[Dave]

What this story doesn't mention is the bigger issue with Mr Capus tenure in more recent times. In the last year, NBC & MSNBC have been associated with some journalist issues in their reporting. The biggest of course was the editing of the Zimmerman/Martin 911 tape that cut out an important passage making it appear that George Zimmerman was saying something racist and further inflamed a already explosive situation. To a lesser extent, but none the less important, there was an issue with a tape being edited in such a way during the presidential campaign of Mitt Romney that it made Romney appear to be an idiot (something he was quite capable of doing on his own without the help of anyone) and more recently (as in last week), did another hack job on video of gun law hearings in front of congress this last week where MSNBC's Martin Bashir did a piece on his show telling his viewers that a father of a Sandy Hook victim was heckled by some right wing gun supporters. When the full video of the event is viewed, you actually see the guy ask a question and a few people replying.

It's a shame that journalistic integrity has fallen so far over the years. You pretty much see it every where now, from the national spotlight all the way to the local media with the COLDNews. You have to kind of miss the days of Walter Cronkhite, while he was as it turned out a big liberal he didn't let that show in his reporting for the most part.

NBC News chief Steve Capus plans to exit the network after a 20-year career capped by the Today's loss of its ratings crown to ABC's Good Morning America.

Capus, who became news-division president in 2005, told network staffers today that "it is an extremely difficult decision to walk away from a place that has been the backdrop for everything in my life since 1993," but said it was "time to head in a new direction." He will leave within the next several weeks as NBC seeks a replacement.

His exit had been the source of speculation since last year, when NBC Universal chief Steve Burke installed Pat Fili-Krushel, a trusted colleague, to oversee NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC, and she became Capus' new boss. That move coincided with the dethroning of Today as America's top morning show by GMA after a 16-year run, which continues to win among total viewers. And it followed the messy exit of co-anchor Ann Curry, who never quite clicked with viewers but whose hasty, mismanaged ouster drew outrage from her supporters. Savannah Guthrie, her replacement, does not appear to have helped Today make meaningful gains.

NBC Nightly News continues to lead rivals and MSNBC gained viewers last year, but a new NBC newsmagazine, Rock Center with Brian Williams, is failing.

In her own note to staff, Fili-Krushel praised Capus, saying "Steve has been a friend, boss and mentor to a great many people at NBC News for a long time and we will all miss him very much."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/02/01/steve-capus-leaves...

[Willy]

All I can say is good riddance. He was one of the reasons that many dummies voted for Obama because of the lies and distorted news they reported.