Thanks again for the blog and now for making the Nightly News available as a podcast, via iTunes! Can't wait to listen (which I will on my next commute to work). Also thanks for putting a Mac version of the netcast on msnbc.com.

Great way to use new media!

I really appreciate NBC for bringing Netcast or Videocast of the 6:30 PM daily Nightly News again at 10 PM onwards to watch any time till next day 10 PM over the Internet on a PC (soon on many portable devices like Cell Phones, PDAs, and iPods- any time any where by downloading your video feed?- in addition to live TV on these portable devices!). It will be really helpful for the people to catch up on TV News who get home late.

Thank you for your open Blog and couragiously admitting for Dropping a Ball (not covering a story about the President's recent trip to S.America). I am sure Bloggers and other news readers love your Blogs.

I've noticed that news programs, NBC included, keeps referring to Bill Clinton as "President Clinton" then in the same news clip refer to President Bush as "Mr. Bush". Also, it's Vice President Cheney, not Mr. Cheney or simply Cheney. I think this is extremely disrespectful to President Bush and the Vice President and an good example of the mainstream media's attempt, in a sly and clever way, to influence the public's perception of the past and present administration.
I've also got to tell you how happy I was that after two months of Katrina & New Orleans every day, NBC "finally" sent reporters to show us some of the areas in the rest of the Gulf Coast [1 week].

I would like to commit on your story about women and the relationship between caffeinated sodas and high blood pressure. When the media decides to write a story about medical research I think it's providing a great service. However, you(NBC) need to be very careful on how you decide to report the story. To be fair to your audiance, you need to spend a few second on who the subjects that participated in the study actually were. All the story said was they were nurses. What was there age group? What was there fitness level? ETC... To make such a dramatic cause and effect relationship is the most powerful research conclusion possible. However, to do so without descibing the subject population (and then generalizing to the entire female population)can be very miss leading and not very responsible journalism. There are only so many stories that you can report on each night. Please make sure that your stories that you do decided to report are complete and discriptive when you are talking about such sensitive stories such as medical issues.

Just to commend - putting the Nightly News online is the best thing to come from NBC News since Tom Brokaw. And we grow more enamored of Brian Williams everyday. Like Brokaw, he comes off not as just a figurehead anchor, but intelligent, self-effacing, someone who can appear hardhitting while retaining a sense of dignity, of class. He can be considered a trustworthy source on important issues, not a ratings chaser. Today, more than ever, it is imperative that we have confidence in the handful of people that present the whole world to us each night. Way to Go, NBC!!!

Good job, guys! Another big and important journalistic step forward.

We'll offer a pass to you and the producers of Nightly News on the President's South American trip. I'm sure he's grateful as well. The tragedy resulting from the violent weather in Indiana should remind us all how vulnerable we are and that life in our own neighborhoods can change in seconds.

The net cast of Nightly News is terrific, particularly for those of us who travel a good deal and miss the live telecast. Congratulations and thanks,

I encourage you to pitch the stories you can't air on this netcast. I know there are times as content creators, when you can't get the entire story out. If the network approves of it, I would be willing to watch Nightly News on the web exclusivly if it meant getting the true content.

Just as a courtasy, I would really appreciate it if you provided this video netcast for non windows users. Otherwise keep up the good work! I enjoy reading the blog!

Very well done with the webcast, it is great for college students like myself who can't always be in front of the TV at 6:30 every night. Nobody delivers the news quite like Brian Williams, hands-down the best in the business.

Didn't the main stream media learn any lessons from being manipulated, such as WMDs, and embedded journalists? You run a story addressing the torture issue and totally ignore the Italian documentary: Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre, where it is documented/alleged the US forces used chemical weapons during the assault on the city of Fallajah. If true, the use of white phosphorus know as Willy Pete is a huge issue. Apparently not huge enough for the US mainstream media to cover. And people wonder why the world hates the US.

I know there are a lot of problems going on in Iraq, but I know there must be a lot of good things happening, too, because without a doubt, every soldier home on leave interviewed on local news is very upbeat about what's happening in Iraq and says we're not getting the whole story. Many soldiers are apparently signing up for return trips to Iraq, they are so convinced its worthwhile. Instead of coverage of every bombing (which often do not involve Americans at all), I'd like to see some stories about what good is happening over there - I read there are one or two cable news channels who cover this stuff, but I don't have, and won't get, cable.
Could NBC News do an introspective and evaluate whether it's been balanced in its coverage of Iraq's rebuilding?

This is my first read of your blog. I don't always enjoy your show, but I did tonight. Anyway, I've been meaning to check out your blog as a way of saying thanks for embracing the new media.

Wouldn't it be great if the Netcast was also available as a Video Podcast? I bet you would get an amazing number of subscribers.

Thank you for your commmentary regarding the Philadelphia Eagles decision regarding T. Owens. Your statement was right to the point!

It is a gutsy decision for results on the field but the Eagles understand the results off the field are more important.
This decision is a great statement that hopefully many youth, high school, college and other professional organizations will recognize and follow.

Dear Brian, (and Nightly News folks)
I became an NBC Nightly News Junkie when John Chancellor was still at the helm, during the Watergate era. It simply wasn't news if I hadn't heard it from John. Tom Brokaw was the "kid" reporter who covered the White House.

I really like what has happened with the entire program since Brian Williams has moved in. Once again it's a very warm comfortable, sincere newscast. (Now tied with my new favorite, The Daily Show, but that's another story).

I'm sending you a copy of an email exchange I had today with my cousin who lives in West Virginia. I think the gist of the story speaks for itself.

I hope you deem it something worth covering.

Thanks. Keep up the great work.

It was really an amazing this to have all that snow without ever even having frost yet. AND all the weather people were so wrapped up with hurricane Wilma, they didn’t even predict it coming. So when we woke up with no power and 7 inches of snow, it was a total shock. We were one of the lucky ones – our power was only out for 9 hours. Shirley on the other hand did not get her power back until Sunday! (this happened during the night on Monday/Tuesday the week before). I had to actually drive UNDER a fallen tree to get out of my road! I took some pictures so when I get them developed, I will try to scan them. The reason all the trees broke so badly was that the leaves were all still on and it made for a heavy heavy load on the branches! My yard suffered some but Min’s yard sucks! I thought the bulletin was appropriate! JK

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From: Ann @ Goal-Makers [mailto:goal-makers@cox.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:41 PM
To: Joyce Keefover
Subject: RE: News from West Virginia

Wow! That's a terrible story. Thanks for sharing it. I'm going to put it on my blog. :o)

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From: Joyce Keefover [mailto:Jkeefover@gabrown.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:23 AM
To: jcota@isind.org; 'Ann @ Goal-Makers'; JBPitrolo@aol.com
Subject: FW: News from West Virginia

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Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:10 PM
To: akhood@verizon.net; gunderwood@ma.rr.com; IAMJUSTLOVED@aol.com; jkeefover@gabrown.com; joshuaerobinson@earthlink.net; BIGDOG@HREA.COOP; TJLINK25@aol.com
Subject: News from West Virginia

>West Virginia News
>
>This text is from a county emergency manager out in Phillippi
>West Virginia after the recent snow storm.
>
>
>WEATHER BULLETIN
>
>Up here in the hills we just recovered from a Historic event ---
>may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a
>historic blizzard of up to 10" inches of snow and winds to 30 MPH that
>broke trees in half, , closed all roads, isolated scores of
communities
and cut power to 80% of the County. This began October 25th and as of
10/31/05 many are still with power and of course no email.
>
>
>FYI:
>
>George Bush did not come....
>FEMA staged nothing....
>No one howled for the government...
>No one even uttered an expletive on TV...
>Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.....
>No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House....
>No one looted....
>Phil Cantori of the Weather Channel did not come....
>And Geraldo Rivera did not move in.
>
>Nope, we just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people
out
>of snow engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil
lanterns
>or Aladdin lamps, and put on an extra layer of clothes because up here
it

>is 'work or die'. We did not wait for some affirmative action
government
>to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare
program

>that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.
>
>Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen
this
>early...we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.
>
>"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about
48
>degrees North Latitude, 90% most of the world's social problems
>evaporate."

Mr. Williams, thanks for your thoughtful reflections. You noted your executive producer still does not think the summit warrants the level of coverage that you now consider appropriate. I'd be curious to hear why. We hear a lot about how the news networks have been moving away from coverage of serious foreign reporting because of business pressures -- did this push come into play? If so, that's unfortunate. I'm 20 years old, and having grown up watching national and cable news, I am always surprised about how little context I have for the world outside the United States. Thanks for recognizing the misstep -- and keep up the good work.

Thank you so much for the web broadcast of the Nightly News. I, like many people, am often in transit when the Nightly News is broadcast. Many evening I scan your website to catch up on the day's events. It will be wonderful to watch the web cast.

Thank you for illuinating the challenging process of deciding which news will be covered on NBC Nightly News. I appreciate the transparency and thank you for continuing to strive for balance and depth in your coverage. By the way, it would be great to be able to sign up to receive the Daily Nightly via email each day (perhaps I've missed how to do this). It would encourage me to watch the NBC Nightly News. Thank you - Lisa

I'm anxious to see if you all cover the VA/NJ gubernatorial elections today - I'm a Virginia resident who is interested in seeing if the relationship between presidential election in the previous year and gubenatorial election in the current year still pan out. Hats off to you all though, for balancing so many stories on the tip of a cane.