http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24991/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-notes-apollo-11-astronauts-meeting-obama-ignores-press-shut-out-oval-office <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/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/2014-07-22-NBC-NN-Apollo11_Obama.JPG" style="width: 280px; height: 156px; float: right;" />On Tuesday's <em>NBC Nightly News</em>, Brian Williams reported the Apollo 11 astronauts' meeting with President Obama to mark the 45th anniversary of the first moon landing, but failed to mention that only photo journalists were permitted to cover the event.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MatthewJLB" target="_blank">Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-notes-apollo-11-astronauts-meeting-obama-ignores-press-shut-out-oval-office" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Barack Obama Brian Williams Buzz Aldrin Major Garrett Michael Collins Michael Griffin NBC NBC Nightly News Washington Times Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:45:30 +0000 matthew.balan 46771 at http://archive2.mrc.org