Richard Phillips

Matt Lauer Gets First Interview with Captain Held Hostage by Pirates - Posted April 24, 2009
Matt Lauer wasn't on the Today show today...and now we know why. Lauer was in Vermont interviewing Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips — Capt. Phillips' first interview since returning to America after being held hostage by Somali pirates. The interview airs on Tuesday's Today show. Last Friday we asked you who you thought... [TVNewser]

John Berman Goes Behind-The-Scenes of a Scrum - Posted April 22, 2009
ABC News' John Berman uses his "Quick Fix" segment this week to focus on what happens at a "press scrum." In this case, Berman was in Vermont for Captain Richard Phillips' arrival. Also featured (briefly), NBC's Mike Taibbi:... [TVNewser]

John Berman Goes Behind-The-Scenes of a Scrum - Posted April 22, 2009
ABC News' John Berman uses his "Quick Fix" segment this week to focus on what happens at a "press scrum." In this case, Berman was in Vermont for Captain Richard Phillips' arrival. Also featured (briefly), NBC's Mike Taibbi:... [TVNewser]

ABC, CBS, Cablers Cover Phillips Arrival - Posted April 17, 2009
Captain Richard Phillips touched down in Vermont just after 4:30pmET, and the cablers covered the landing. At 4:53pmET, he and his family stepped to the podium to say a few words, and joining CNN, FNC and MSNBC were ABC and CBS with special reports. Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric anchored. "I'm... [TVNewser]

Captain Phillips Returns: Where Will He Land? - Posted April 17, 2009
The American captain held hostage by Somali pirates, Richard Phillips, will return home in the next couple of hours. The news networks have been covering the story throughout the day. As of 2:30pmET, Phillips has been mentioned 23 times on CNN, 18 on MSNBC and nine on FNC. Capt. Phillips is... [TVNewser]

Reporting the Return of the Crew of the Maersk Alabama - Posted April 16, 2009
The crew of the Maersk Alabama returned to Andrews AFB around 1amET this morning. The Alabama's Capt. Richard Phillips was unable to meet his crew before they left Kenya because of another pirate attack on a U.S. ship, so he remains aboard the USS Bainbridge. The 1amET arrival was perfect timing for... [TVNewser]

Goldberg to Hannity: "The Right Has To Stop Behaving Like The Left Used To Behave With George Bush" - Posted April 15, 2009
Tonight Sean Hannity will be in Atlanta with Newt Gingrich, Joe the Plumber and others for a Tax Day Tea Party, but earlier this week he got a bit of a talking to by FNC contributor, Bernie Goldberg. As Hannity described the Obama administration's "racing to take credit" after the rescue of... [TVNewser]

Goldberg to Hannity: "The Right Has To Stop Behaving Like The Left Used To Behave With George Bush" - Posted April 15, 2009
Tonight Sean Hannity will be in Atlanta with Newt Gingrich, Joe the Plumber and others for a Tax Day Tea Party, but earlier this week he got a bit of a talking to by FNC contributor, Bernie Goldberg. As Hannity described the Obama administration's "racing to take credit" after the rescue of... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams Talks With Captain of the USS Bainbridge - Posted April 13, 2009
NBC's Brian Williams conducted an interview this afternoon with Commander Frank X. Castellano, pictured here with Capt. Richard Phillips on Sunday. Cmdr. Castellano is the captain of USS Bainbridge, which welcomed Capt. Phillips after his four-day hostage ordeal in the Indian Ocean. The only other interview Castellano has done is with... [TVNewser]

Reporting the Rescue of Capt. Phillips - Posted April 12, 2009
CNN, Fox News and MSNBC were all in taped programming during the 1pmET hour when the news broke that Capt. Richard Phillips, held hostage by pirates for four days, had been rescued. CNN was first to report the news during "Fareed Zakaria GPS" at 1:21pmET. MSNBC interrupted their documentary programming at 1:31pm... [TVNewser]