6.5.2009
NBC goes Inside the People’s House…
All this week NBC has been showcasing their spectacular documentary “Inside the Obama White House” on all of their NBC Universal stations. Anyone who missed this wonderful 2+ hours of television and loves American politics should check it out on NBC’s website http://whitehouse.msnbc.com/.
My thoughts?
As a politics lover, what NBC broadcasted was unbelievable. I have only been in the White House 4 times in my life and it was very interesting to see the President walk by the places that I knew existed and even cooler to see the places that I have never seen before ie. the Chief of Staff’s office.
I can only imagine the amount of time all of the producers, editors, and camera personal put in to making the two hours that we all saw so enjoyable, let alone the negotiation process between NBC and the White House Press office as to the access NBC could receive.
The Drudge Report (a traditionally conservative news source) had a field day with the picture of Brian Williams, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News and host for the special, apparently bowing before the President. In my opinion however this was nothing more than a “thank you” for an extraordinary day from one guy to another, especially since these two high profile individuals have seen a lot of one another over these past few years and have probably established a report.
Another focal point that I was intrigued by is the amount of young people surrounding the President. Now don’t get me wrong, young staffers are ubiquitous around politicians on Capitol Hill (I should know I was one of them for over a year and a half) however I thought the President might be different. NBC found this point interesting as well and I have included the video below.
NBC goes Inside the People’s House…
All this week NBC has been showcasing their spectacular documentary “Inside the Obama White House” on all of their NBC Universal stations. Anyone who missed this wonderful 2+ hours of television and loves American politics should check it out on NBC’s website http://whitehouse.msnbc.com/.
My thoughts?
As a politics lover, what NBC broadcasted was unbelievable. I have only been in the White House 4 times in my life and it was very interesting to see the President walk by the places that I knew existed and even cooler to see the places that I have never seen before ie. the Chief of Staff’s office.
I can only imagine the amount of time all of the producers, editors, and camera personal put in to making the two hours that we all saw so enjoyable, let alone the negotiation process between NBC and the White House Press office as to the access NBC could receive.
The Drudge Report (a traditionally conservative news source) had a field day with the picture of Brian Williams, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News and host for the special, apparently bowing before the President. In my opinion however this was nothing more than a “thank you” for an extraordinary day from one guy to another, especially since these two high profile individuals have seen a lot of one another over these past few years and have probably established a report.
Another focal point that I was intrigued by is the amount of young people surrounding the President. Now don’t get me wrong, young staffers are ubiquitous around politicians on Capitol Hill (I should know I was one of them for over a year and a half) however I thought the President might be different. NBC found this point interesting as well and I have included the video below.
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So Bravo NBC and thank you for showing us politics nerds the inner workings of the White House in a way never before televised.
Joe St. George
(Full Disclosure: I am currently interning for NBC’s sister network CNBC in their Washington Bureau)
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