"Can an American network decide when the U.S. surrenders in Iraq? Can that network decide when the U.S. leaves Iraq and under what conditions? Is NBC covering the news or creating the news?" John Gibson was just getting warmed up. On Wednesday's Big Story, he continued:

"Maybe Bob Wright knows a lot about civil war because that is apparently what has been happening inside NBC News."

And he concluded with this: "People are entitled to their opinions, even network chairmen. But you have to wonder if it's such a great idea for network chairmen to decide when it is we have lost a war."