On Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander excitedly
promoted an upcoming Obama campaign ad disguised as a documentary:
"Next week the Obama campaign will release this 17-min
ute documentary
about the President's first term in office. And Today was given an
exclusive first look."
In
the first clip, actor Tom Hanks narrates: "How do we understand this
president and his time in office?" The next clip is of Vice President
Joe Biden praising the President's decision to kill Osama Bin Laden: "As
he walked out of the room, it dawned on me. He's all alone. This is his
decision. Nobody is standing there with him."
Making sure viewers knew the liberal star power behind the campaign
video, Alexander remarked: "And by the way, you may recognize a familiar
voice, Ann, in that documentary, its narrator is Tom Hanks." Seemingly
surprised co-host Ann Curry replied: "Huh, it did sound familiar, Peter
Alexander. Thank you so much."
Here is a portion of Alexander's March 8 report:
7:10AM ET
(...)
TOM HANKS [NARRATOR, OBAMA DOCUMENTARY]: How do we understand this president and his time in office?
ALEXANDER: Meanwhile, next week the Obama campaign will release this
17-minute documentary about the President's first term in office. And
Today was given an exclusive first look.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Decision 2012; Campaign Previews Obama Documentary]
JOE BIDEN: The entire national security apparatus was in that room. And
now we had to make a decision. Go or not go. As he walked out of the
room, it dawned on me. He's all alone. This is his decision. Nobody is
standing there with him.
ALEXANDER: That clip is, of course, referencing the President's
decision to order the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan last
spring. And by the way, you may recognize a familiar voice, Ann, in that
documentary, its narrator is Tom Hanks.
ANN CURRY: Huh, it did sound familiar, Peter Alexander. Thank you so much.
-- Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center. Click here [1] to follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.