March 30, 2011

Washington Post
“NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” has yet to mention that General Electric — America’s largest corporation and one of NBC’s parent companies — essentially avoided paying federal taxes in 2010. An NBC spokeswoman says ignoring the story “was a straightforward editorial decision, the kind we make daily around here,” but to others, “NBC’s silence looks like something between a lapse and a coverup,” writes Paul Farhi. || TVSquad.com: Jon Stewart calls out NBC for not reporting GE’s $0 tax bill.

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