http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24537/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/incest-nbc-shows-its-love-parent-comcasts-merger-plan <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> If you want to know about the downside, you have to watch CBS News. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/mike-ciandella">Mike Ciandella</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr"><img height="130" width="200" src="/sites/default/files/uploads/NBC%20Nightly%20News%20-%2007_20_53%20PM.jpg" style="float: right; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;" />When its parent company’s planned merger made national news, NBC News turned into little more than the PR branch of Comcast.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Mike Ciandella is Research Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@mikeciandella" target="_blank">Follow Mike Ciandella on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/incest-nbc-shows-its-love-parent-comcasts-merger-plan" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Media abc antitrust laws cbs CNBC Comcast Comcast merger ethics journalism journalism industry media outlets mergers MSNBC NBC Time Warner Cable Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:52:41 +0000 julia.seymour 46015 at http://archive2.mrc.org