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  Quixtar - Dateline Quixtar Response to NBC Dateline Quixtar Story
After a year of investigative reporting, the Dateline story on Quixtar boiled down to the complaints of three former Quixtar Independent Business Owners (IBOs) – one of whom is a competitor – and ignored the hundreds of thousands of IBOs powered by Quixtar who are achieving their goals.
Dateline NBC apologized and admitted that using sparking devices to trigger a fire was a bad idea.
Dateline NBC has stated that because it provided the opportunity to be interviewed, and because they showed specific portions of letters Quixtar sent to them, they are not obligated to include a link to this response site at the Web site where the transcript of their story is shared publicly.
www.quixtarresponse.com   (958 words)

  
  NBC go BOOM!
NBC News might have been touting itself for having exposed the danger of GM's controversial ''sidesaddle'' gas tanks in a riveting Dateline NBC segment.
Dateline co-anchor Jane Pauley, who shared the awkward duty of apologizing on air, told the staff in a pep talk the next day that she took ''perverse pride'' in the readiness to admit failings.
NBC's testers insisted that the rockets wouldn't matter unless fuel was spilled, and that on the actual day the explosion was sparked by a broken headlamp anyway.
www.whatreallyhappened.com /RANCHO/LIE/nbc.html   (872 words)

  
 Sister of man who killed himself sues NBC over 'Dateline' coverage of sex predator sting - Nation
Conradt said her brother was unable to defend himself when police, NBC employees and associates swarmed his yard, creating a relationship between NBC and her brother similar to the relationship a prison guard has with an inmate.
NBC was "concerned more with its own profits than with pedophilia," she said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in New York, where the network is based.
Dateline didn't cause him to kill himself, the shame he had for himself for preying on young childen drove him to suicide.
media.www.dailyiowan.com /media/storage/paper599/news/2007/07/24/Nation/Sister.Of.Man.Who.Killed.Himself.Sues.Nbc.Over.dateline.Coverage.Of.Sex.Predator-2926453.shtml   (611 words)

  
 NASCAR: Dateline NBC's plan 'outrageous' - Boston.com
NASCAR said it was "outrageous" that "Dateline NBC" targeted one of its race tracks last weekend for a possible segment on anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. NASCAR said it was "outrageous" that "Dateline NBC" targeted one of its race tracks last weekend for a possible segment on anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.
NASCAR said NBC confirmed it was sending Muslim-looking men to a race, along with a camera crew to film fans' reactions.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2006/04/05/nascar_dateline_nbcs_plan_outrageous   (256 words)

  
 Dateline NBC on NBC - Dateline NBC Spoilers, Episode Guides, Message Board | TVGuide.com
NBC's ubiquitous prime-time newsmagazine, the one that finally succeeded after more than a decade of attempts (and the one that has aired in many time slots on the network).
Since 2004, Dateline NBC 's To Catch a Predator has put an uncomfortable spotlight on men who go online to solicit underage boys and girls for sex.
Apparently, NBC is ready to announce a new schedule this week with a few shows making the move to a new night.
www.tvguide.com /detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=100110&sort=ucarticleresult:Subsectionname:True   (468 words)

  
 Benny Hinn's Response To Dateline NBC
On the Dateline NBC program we were treated to very similar information as in previous investigative shows on Hinn.
I want to answer many of the theological assertions he made, since Dateline NBC was incapable of doing that, and since many of the secular aspects of Hinn's ministry have already been dealt with.
Dateline showed one of Hinn's followers, a woman by the name of Carlotta Moore, an ordained minister of a Pentecostal church.
www.deceptioninthechurch.com /hinndatelineresponse.html   (9631 words)

  
 Commentary: NBC's Dateline Caught in NASCAR Scandal - The Post Chronicle
According to producers at NBC News, the show is attempting to film Americans' reaction to seeing Muslim men in their midst at public events.
NBC didn't admit to the deception until threatened by a lawsuit and public ridicule.
Specifically, NBC's contractor did put incendiary devices under the trucks to insure that there would be a fire if gasoline were released from the truck's gas tank." Added co-anchor Stone Phillips: "We deeply regret that we included the inappropriate demonstration in our Dateline report.
www.postchronicle.com /commentary/article_21213528.shtml   (1134 words)

  
 "It Didn't Start With Dateline NBC" (National Review 6/21/93)
NBC was a latecomer to the safety-expose game, and had come under cost-cutting pressure.
He, too, turned up in the Dateline affair, when he boasted of having recommended to NBC that it hire its crash tests out to Bruce Enz--yet another frequent plaintiffs' testifier.
Or why the Dateline rockets were strapped out of sight underneath the truck rather than conspicuously on its side, and were detonated by remote control rather than by a visible wire.
walterolson.com /articles/crashtests.html   (3247 words)

  
 'Dateline' ethics debate / NBC newsmagazine paid pedophile watchdog group to run sting
"Dateline" and Perverted Justice have staged stings in Riverside, Fairfax County, Va., and Long Island, N.Y. During the Fairfax operation last summer, the men lured to the house included a rabbi, a schoolteacher and a physician.
NBC sources said Perverted Justice received compensation in the low six figures for its role in the Ohio sting.
Bob Steele, an ethicist with the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a Florida-based journalism education group, said the arrangement puts NBC in "potentially dicey legal territory" because the distinctions among law enforcement, the news media and a paid agent of the media are blurred.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/09/MNGVTI6G3I1.DTL   (811 words)

  
 Michelle Malkin » NBC: STAGING THE NEWS AGAIN?
I have been talking with a producer of the NBC Dateline show and he is in the process of filming a piece on anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discrimination in the USA.
NBC is willing to fly in someone and cover their weekend expenses.
A few weeks later, NBC will fly all the filmed participants to New York City to interview them as a group about their experience and thoughts on discrimination they’ve faced in America, especially in light of the times we live in (war on terror, 9-11, etc.).
michellemalkin.com /2006/04/04/nbc-staging-the-news-again   (996 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'Dateline NBC' pulls out stops for Trump
Between commercials on the network and stories in the press, most TV viewers will be well aware of The Apprentice finale on April 15 before the Dateline NBC stories run the days before and after, he said.
Corvo said Dateline NBC hasn't reported on the show yet, although it has done three stories about Fox's American Idol, with another in the works.
The full hour of Dateline NBC on April 14 will be devoted to a behind-the-scenes look at the boardroom game.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2004-03-26-trump-on-dateline-nbc_x.htm   (709 words)

  
 NBC drops Dateline co-anchor Phillips | Entertainment | Television | Reuters
Phillips' contract will not be renewed, leaving "Today" co-host Ann Curry as the sole anchor of the NBC newsmagazine, which recently was renewed for Saturdays this fall and Sundays after football.
Phillips' departure is one of a number of cuts mandated by corporate that have hit NBC News, most recently the departure of John Siegenthaler as anchor of the weekend "NBC Nightly News."
NBC decided that in the new TV environment it couldn't justify keeping someone whose primary job was anchoring the weekend news.
www.reuters.com /article/televisionNews/idUSN2245748820070523   (350 words)

  
  NBC.com > News & Sports
NBC's coverage also includes an innovative studio show from "The Rink at 30 Rock", "Goalie Cam" and "Inside-the-Glass" reporters consisting of former players and coaches, who will report from between the teams' benches as opposed to the traditional corner runway position.
NBC News' Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert moderates.
NBC Universal Sports is set apart by a tradition of exceptionally high standards in broadcast production, and an emphasis on building true partnerships with the leagues and governing bodies with which the network is aligned.
www.nbc.com /News_&_Sports   (701 words)

  
  Dateline NBC Information
Dateline NBC (sometimes called just Dateline) is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC similar to ABC's 20/20 or CBS's 60 Minutes.
Dateline NBC did not disclose the fact that this accident was staged, or the fact that the only reason there was an explosion was that the vehicle contained planted explosives.
Dateline NBC was perceived as quickly returning to business-as-usual in a May 4, 1993 piece titled "Cataract Cowboys" in which Brian Ross claimed that doctors unnecessarily performed surgery on elderly patients.
www.bookrags.com /Dateline_NBC   (541 words)

  
 Michelle Malkin: NBC: STAGING THE NEWS AGAIN?
I have been talking with a producer of the NBC Dateline show and he is in the process of filming a piece on anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discrimination in the USA.
NBC is willing to fly in someone and cover their weekend expenses.
A few weeks later, NBC will fly all the filmed participants to New York City to interview them as a group about their experience and thoughts on discrimination they've faced in America, especially in light of the times we live in (war on terror, 9-11, etc.).
www.michellemalkin.com /archives/004920.htm   (699 words)

  
  'Dateline NBC' Is Again Accused of Being Unfair - New York Times
NBC was forced to acknowledge on the air that it had attached incendiary devices to a G.M. truck so a fire would erupt after a test crash.
McDaniel said that NBC had misrepresented the clinic's procedures and that the woman had initiated the scheduling of the surgery even though she had been told twice by the clinic's doctors that she did not need it.
Neal Shapiro, who became the executive producer of "Dateline" this spring, said that the clinic had conducted a campaign in the press to try to negate the effects of the report and that it had done so because "Dateline" is "still incredibly vulnerable" to such attacks because of the G.M. incident.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D81F39F93AA2575BC0A965958260&sec=health&pagewanted=print   (912 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On February 18, 1993, Dateline NBC aired an investigative report about General Motors pickup trucks allegedly exploding upon impact during accidents due to poor design of fuel tanks.
Dateline NBC was perceived as quickly returning to business-as-usual in a May 4, 1993 piece titled "Cataract Cowboys" in which Brian Ross claimed that doctors unnecessarily performed surgery on elderly patients.
MSNBC and NBC News programming is shown for several hours a day on the 24 hour news network Orbit News in Europe and the Middle East.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Dateline_NBC   (637 words)

  
 NAIA: NBC's Dateline features puppy mills   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The long-awaited NBC Dateline feature on puppy mills filled the entire hour of the television show on April 26, and the villains of the piece were substandard commercial kennels, pet stores, and the US Department of Agriculture.
The Dateline report used the phony registration to show how easy it is to circumvent the rules and to condemn AKC for an alleged failure to suspend breeders who violate animal welfare standards.
Dateline examined USDA inspection reports and used one case to illustrate their point that the agency is ineffective at best.
www.naiaonline.org /articles/archives/dateline.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Variety.com - N.C. eye clinic sues 'Dateline NBC'   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The lawsuit says NBC falsely accused officials at the eye clinic of engaging in unnecessary surgery and unethical practices in a May 4 broadcast that implied a healthy woman who posed as a patient was minutes away from needless surgery.
"Dateline NBC" apologized to GM to settle a lawsuit.
NBC acknowledged it attached incendiary devices to a GM pickup so a fire would erupt after a test crash in a report about the design of some pickups.
www.variety.com /article/VR109962   (350 words)

  
 AORN Online: Press Office: AORN on Dateline NBC   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The national news program, Dateline NBC, aired an hour-long show on January 1, 2002, entitled, "A Lesson from Ben", concerning medication safety and its impact on surgical patients.
Using the Institute of Medicine report, To Err is Human, as a springboard, the show focuses on a 1995 incident in which 7-year-old Ben Kolb, received the wrong medication during a routine elective ear surgery, and died.
Dateline NBC contacted AORN's Public Relations Department in February, 2001, and requested AORN-generated information regarding safe medication practices in the OR.
www.aorn.org /Press/dateline.htm   (540 words)

  
 "It Didn't Start With Dateline NBC" (National Review 6/21/93)
NBC was a latecomer to the safety-expose game, and had come under cost-cutting pressure.
After NBC's downfall, 60 Minutes executive producer Don Hewitt was all over the media proclaiming that such things were unheard of at _his_ show.
Or why the Dateline rockets were strapped out of sight underneath the truck rather than conspicuously on its side, and were detonated by remote control rather than by a visible wire.
www.walterolson.com /articles/crashtests.html   (3247 words)

  
 SKINET :: Dateline NBC to Cover Ski Safety Week
Dateline NBC was in Vail over the weekend documenting the activities of Vail's Yellow Jackets safety team for a news segment that will air later this year.
Dateline NBC corespondent Chris Hanson put microphones on Yellow Jackets members Julie Rust and Bobby Cox to get the inside story on skier safety and their educational process with Your Responsibility Code.
Dateline NBC began filming Saturday morning when the Vail Ski Patrol held their early-morning meeting.
www.skinet.com /skinet/news/article/0,26908,324482,00.html   (542 words)

  
 - Dateline NBC - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dateline NBC then called state, county and local health departments across the nation to obtain health department inspection reports covering Nov. 1, 2003 to Oct. 31, 2004.
Dateline NBC then analyzed these reports for critical violations -- things like evidence of vermin, food not kept at proper temperatures to ward off bacteria.
Dateline NBC then ranked each chain based on the average number of violations.
www.cnbc.com /id/7150482   (355 words)

  
 NBC News Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Since NBC is a news organization, much of the footage deals with news events, both in the U.S. and internationally.
NBC requires a detailed description of the project in which the requested footage will be used, as well as script pages showing the context in which the footage will be used.
For all DATELINE NBC requests, a detailed description of the project is required.
www.nbcnewsarchives.com /faq.html   (1007 words)

  
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 NBC Universal > Company Overview
NBC News has been a primary source of global news and information for more than 75 years, first on radio, and today via broadcast and cable television and the Internet.
Dateline NBC is the signature broadcast for NBC News in primetime.
NBC Universal’s coverage of the Athens Games accomplished the first ever 24-hour Olympic coverage featuring all 28 Summer Olympic sports and the first non-English language Olympic broadcast in U.S. television history with Telemundo’s Spanish-language broadcast.
www.nbcuni.com /About_NBC_Universal/Company_Overview/overview03.shtml   (856 words)

  
 ABC News: NBC Schedules 'Dateline NBC' on Pedophiles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
NBC News set up sting operations in Greenville, Ohio and Fort Myers, Fla., using undercover operators pretending to be children chatting online.
NBC was criticized by some journalism ethicists for paying an organization, Perverted Justice, to ensnare the suspected pedophiles in Ohio.
An earlier episode of the "To Catch a Predator" series in February drew the highest ratings of the year for "Dateline NBC." NBC is expecting the series to do tough duty: it's competing against "American Idol" on Fox.
abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1889557&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (228 words)

  
 Reason Magazine - Crash Dummies
On the surface, the dispute over exploding gas tanks in General Motors pickups and dishonest reporting on Dateline NBC may look like two megacompanies scrambling to divert attention from their shoddy products.
For its Dateline NBC segment on G.M. pickups, the network hired a trial lawyers' advocacy group to crash the trucks.
NBC had to eat a plateful of crow when it publicly admitted it rigged the crashes.
www.reason.com /news/show/29356.html   (667 words)

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