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===Present===

When [[Brian Williams]] became the seventh anchor of the show he began at the top of the ratings, where "Nightly News" has been since 1997. However, the network soon began losing viewers as its competitor, [[ABC News]] gained first place in ratings. During a thirty-nine week period, Nightly News with Brain Williams has lost over over 533,000 viewers. The loss of viewers is even greater hen at the struggling CBS. Williams said: "It is predictable...This is why I haven't allowed any champagne toasts in the newsroom when the ratings have been flawless and spectacular and joyous. This is a back-and-forth dogfight<ref>http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/LIFE/706290333/1005</ref>."

When [[Brian Williams]] became the seventh anchor of the show he began at the top of the ratings, where "Nightly News" had been since 1997. However, the network soon began losing viewers as its competitor, [[ABC News]] gained first place in ratings. During a thirty-nine week period, Nightly News with Brain Williams has lost over 533,000 viewers. The loss of viewers is even greater then  CBS, which was also struggling in ratings with their new anchor [[Katie Couric]].. Williams said: "It is predictable...This is why I haven't allowed any champagne toasts in the newsroom when the ratings have been flawless and spectacular and joyous. This is a back-and-forth dogfight<ref>http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/LIFE/706290333/1005</ref>."

==Controversy==

==Controversy==

Conservatives claim that NBC Nightly News shares the mainstream [[liberal]] media bias, and portrays [[conservative]]s in a negative light. [[Larry Grossman]], former President of NBC News said in an interview with the [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]]; that the employees at NBC tend to be [[Democrat]]s:

Conservatives claim that NBC Nightly News shares the mainstream [[liberal]] media bias, which portrays [[conservative]]s in a negative light. [[Larry Grossman]], former President of NBC News said in an interview with the [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]]; that the employees at NBC tend to be [[Democrat]]s:

  {{Cquote|"The fact is most reporters are skeptical. They are -- tend to be slightly anti-establishment, but not much because they all went to college. They all are making a lot of money, in television certainly, so they reflect everybody else's views. They are the echo chamber of conventional wisdom, by and large. They don't allow their liberalism -- most of them vote Democrat, I have no doubt. Most of them tend to be more liberal than more conservative -- although that is changing, because they're reflecting the nature of the society, which is becoming more conservative.<ref>http://www.echochamberproject.com/grossman</ref>}}

  {{Cquote|"The fact is most reporters are skeptical. They are -- tend to be slightly anti-establishment, but not much because they all went to college. They all are making a lot of money, in television certainly, so they reflect everybody else's views. They are the echo chamber of conventional wisdom, by and large. They don't allow their liberalism -- most of them vote Democrat, I have no doubt. Most of them tend to be more liberal than more conservative -- although that is changing, because they're reflecting the nature of the society, which is becoming more conservative.<ref>http://www.echochamberproject.com/grossman</ref>}}