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David Gregory Now Follows "Redbone Booty" on Twitter (NSFW)

Jordan Sargent · 10/24/14 03:00PM

David Gregory, according to his bio, is a husband, a father and a journalist. He is also a man. A man who recently followed @sexc_body23—aka Redbone Booty—on Twitter. "I love Girls Booty!" says Redbone Booty, and so does David Gregory.

"Wanted" Posters Call for Vigilante Quarantine of NBC Ebola Doc

Jordan Sargent · 10/16/14 11:41AM

Dr. Nancy Snyderman—the NBC medical expert who was working in Liberia until a freelance cameraman working for her contracted Ebola—is currently under a mandatory quarantine after residents of Princeton, New Jersey recently witnessed her breaking a voluntary quarantine. At least one person wants to ensure Snyderman is caught if she leaves her house again, and he's put up effective wanted posters to make it known.

Everything You Need to Have Seen From Last Night's Emmys

Aleksander Chan · 08/25/14 11:10PM

Did you watch the Emmys last night? No? Good for you! They were kind of boring. And weird. Breaking Bad cleaned up for its final season and most of the shows you wanted to win (Game of Thrones, Orange is the New Black, True Detective) were shut out. Here's everything you missed:

Why Did NBC Yank a Gaza Reporter Who Saw Children Killed on the Beach?

Adam Weinstein · 07/17/14 02:05PM

Media attention in Gaza yesterday focused on a sudden Israeli artillery strike that killed four children as they played on the beach, in front of numerous journalists. One of those reporters, NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin, documented the aftermath in stark detail. Today, NBC pulled him out of Gaza.

NBC Paid Chelsea Clinton $600,000 To Be Chelsea Clinton

J.K. Trotter · 06/13/14 02:35PM

A few years ago, NBC News hired Chelsea Clinton as a “special correspondent”—which meant, in practice, that Bill and Hillary’s daughter didn’t have to do any actual reporting. It turns out that coddling a child of privilege is very expensive! Politico reported on Friday morning that NBC News paid Clinton $600,000 per year to star in hard-hitting segments such as:

Community Canceled After Five Seasons and No Movie

Jay Hathaway · 05/09/14 02:15PM

Much like Abed Nadir's favorite superhero show, The Cape, NBC's Community lasted a lot longer than anyone expected. Community survived having Chevy Chase as a main cast member and Dan Harmon as its showrunner, and then it survived with no Dan Harmon and no Chevy Chase. And then Harmon again.

Statue of Jesus as a Vagrant Leaves Today Show Hosts Speaking Tongues

Adam Weinstein · 04/14/14 08:44AM

For months, residents of Davidson, N.C., have debated the merits of a bronze statue of Jesus Christ as a homeless man on a local park bench. But when news of the hobo lord hit national TV this morning, NBC's hosts had a decidedly less coherent religious experience.

George R.R. Martin Stops by SNL's Weekend Update Desk

Kelly Conaboy · 04/06/14 08:15AM

The fourth season of Game of Thrones premieres tonight on HBO. (Have you heard of that show? People like it!) Ahead of the event, GOT author George R.R. Martin stopped by the Weekend Update desk at Saturday Night Live to discuss what has been keeping him from continuing the series.

Uncomfortable Post-Race Interview Drives Skier Bode Miller to Tears

Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/17/14 12:18AM

Bode Miller won a bronze medal in the Super G today, making him both the most medaled skier in history and the oldest person to win an alpine medal at the Games. But during his post-race interview, NBC correspondent Christin Cooper asked him so many questions about his dead brother that he eventually broke down crying and walked away.