Pete Williams

What is Off the Record? - Posted September 8, 2010
When we polled PRNewser readers this past April and asked if they go off the record with the media, 50% said, "Yes. It's a great way to build relationships and help reporters," while 25% said, "No way. It's too risky for me, my clients, or my company." In a story in ... [PRNewser]

Daily Rundown Tackles On Record, On Background, Off Record and Hazy Netherworld of Phrases in Between - Posted September 8, 2010
MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown" ran a segment this morning that many journalists and their sources find perpetually confusing - the rules on sourcing information. "In my view, the term 'On the record' everyone can understand," said NYT reporter Mark Leibovich who appeared in the segment. "Beyond that, a... [FishbowlDC]

Hostage Situation at Discovery Communications HQ - Posted September 1, 2010
The big three cable news channels as well as CNBC and FBN are all covering an apparent hostage situation at the Silver Spring, Maryland headquarters of Discovery Communications. ... [TVNewser]

Michael Isikoff Leaves Newsweek for NBC News - Posted June 7, 2010
NBC News president Steve Capus just announced that Michael Isikoff is joining the network as National Investigative Correspondent. Isikoff, who spent 16 years with Newsweek, will rejoin ... [TVNewser]

NBC Breaks Kagan News When Toobin Could Have Called - Posted May 10, 2010
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin missed the boat on getting the scoop on Solicitor General Elena Kagan being chosen as President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. "I guess that makes me less than a journalist," Toobin said on CNN late Sunday night after NBC broke the ... [FishbowlDC]

Obama Supreme Court Nominee Revealed - Posted May 9, 2010
News broke on the cablers Sunday evening that Solicitor General Elena Kagan will be the president's nominee for the Supreme Court. (AP Story) ... [TVNewser]

Arrest in Times Square Bomb Attempt - Posted May 4, 2010
Here's how the cable news networks reported the overnight arrest of a suspect in the Times Square bomb plot. MSNBC reported the arrest at 12:06amET with NBC's Pete Williams breaking the news, along with WNBC anchor ... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview 02.07.10 - Posted February 5, 2010
• NBC's Meet the Press: • CBS' Face the Nation: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFL Today Analyst Shannon Sharpe, NFL on CBS Announcer Jim Nantz, NFL on CBS analyst ... [FishbowlDC]

The FishbowlDC Interview With Savannah Guthrie - Posted January 15, 2010
Say hello to Savannah Guthrie. She is one of NBC's two White House correspondents and co-host of MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown" each morning at 9 a.m. alongside the network's other White Ho... [FishbowlDC]

Washington TV Newsers Dominate Airtime - Posted January 6, 2010
News consultant Andrew Tyndall added up the airtime of the nation's top network news correspondents (anchors excluded) over the last decade. NBC's Andrea Mitchell topped... [FishbowlDC]

Cablers Cover Shooting at Fort Hood - Posted November 5, 2009
In the 3pmET hour, the cable networks all covered breaking news of a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas near a soldier readiness processing center. (AP story) Early reports had casualties at 7 dead and 20 injured. One suspect was in custody and two others were at large. > Update: As of an Army... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 29, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Bob Shrum, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Maria Shriver CBS' Face the Nation: Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Georgetown University sociologist Michael Eric Dyson ABC's... [FishbowlDC]

Sonia Sotomayor Sworn In - Posted August 8, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor is now an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The cable news networks and ABC News broadcast the swearing-in which occurred just after 11amET at the Supreme Court -- the first swearing-in at the high court in more than 70 years. More recently the associate justices have been... [TVNewser]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted July 17, 2009
What we almost missed today... • PBS' Gwen Ifill was scheduled to speak at UDC this upcoming Monday, but was forced to cancel to host NewsHour that night. • And just because I'm a big fan of NBC producer Andy Gross, check out First Read's Week Ahead, guest starring Justice correspondent ... [FishbowlDC]

Does Sotomayor Have A Chance In This Poll? Who Wore It Best... - Posted July 14, 2009
Our lady journos are taking a fashion nod from Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor so far this week. Check out Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in blue yesterday and CNN's Dana Bash in red today. We're going to go all Us Weekly on you and ask, so who wore it... [FishbowlDC]

Sonia Sotomayor Hearings Underway - Posted July 13, 2009
The Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings are underway on Capitol Hill. The three cable news channels are covering them live, as is PBS. HLN is keeping a small box in the lower right corner reminding anyone watching in an airport that the hearings are on. And PBS is doing it old-school --... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 10, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and a roundtable with former adviser to Pres. George W. Bush, Karen Hughes, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Democratic Strategist Bob Shrum and Politico's ... [FishbowlDC]

News Websites Cover Holocaust Museum Shooting - Posted June 10, 2009
The Websites of the nation's news broadcasters are covering this afternoon's deadly shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. At 1:57pmET CBSNews.com was first to report that the shooter was a man in his late 80's. By 2:16pmET, CBS News had id'd him as Jam... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Cablers Cover Shooting Inside Holocaust Museum - Posted June 10, 2009
At 1:15pmET, Fox News and CNN reported a shooting inside the Holocaust Museum in DC, with MSNBC reporting the news out of a commercial break a few minutes later. By 1:23, all three were in wall-to-wall coverage of the shooting. Early reports say the shooter is arrested, three people have been... [TVNewser]

Souter: Who Broke It? - Posted May 1, 2009
NPR's Nina Totenberg was first with the news at 9:36pm yesterday, according to TVNewser. NBC's Justice correspondent Pete Williams was first with it on TV, on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show at 9:57pm. ... [FishbowlDC]

Update: NBC's Pete Williams NOT First with Souter News - Posted May 1, 2009
Update: Actually, NPR was first with the news at 9:36pm. Nina Totenberg reported that Souter is expected to remain on the bench until a successor has been chosen and confirmed. Earlier: Last night on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show, NBC's justice corresponden... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Sec... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 23, 2009
Meet the Press: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, House Minority Leader John Boehner and a roundtable with New York Times' Thomas Friedman, NPR's ... [FishbowlDC]

At Security Checkpoint, a Security Stand-up - Posted August 25, 2008
As dozens of convention hopefuls were being turned away, literally while in camera shot, NBC News' justice correspondent Pete Williams taped a stand-up for a report on tight security at the Democratic Convention. The location of the stand-up was the only possible spot for conve... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 20, 2007
Meet the Press: Michael Leavitt, Margaret Spellings, Col. Gerald Massengill, Tom Ridge, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Gregory, Jon Meacham, Pete Williams. Face the Nation: Sen. Patrick Leahy , Jim and Sarah Brady, and criminal profiler Gregg McCrary. This Week: Newt Gingrich, Sen. Chris Dodd and Jackie Dodd. Fox News Sunday: Virginia Lieutenan... [FishbowlDC]

NBC Explains Decision To Air VT Killer Video - Posted April 19, 2007
STATEMENT FROM NBC NEWS The pain suffered by the Virginia Tech community and indeed the entire country is immeasurable. Upon receiving the materials from Cho Seung-Hui, NBC News took careful consideration in determining how the information should be distributed. We did not rush the material onto air, but instead consulted... [FishbowlNY]