How ‘NBC Nightly News’ addressed the Brokaw in the room

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“NBC Nightly News” addressed the controversial comments its own former anchor made on its Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 broadcast.

.@tombrokaw has apologized for his remarks on '#MeetThePress' https://t.co/JRPan6y8GJ

— TVNewsMix (@TVNewsMix) January 29, 2019

• Lester Holt, the broadcast’s current anchor, introduced a segment headlines “Brokaw’s Comments” about 12 minutes into Monday’s newscast.
• “The former longtime anchor of this broadcast is in the news,” said Holt, standing next to a video wall graphic of Brokaw.
• Holt then tossed to a package from Stephanie Gosk, which featured clips of Brokaw’s comments during a “Meet the Press” panel Sunday.

• Interestingly, NBC chose to frame the “Meet the Press” clips inside of a “tube style” TV frame.
• At the end of the report, Gosk appeared in-studio at the anchor desk with Holt, with a collage of photos of Brokaw and the Rock Center marquee behind them.
• Brokaw later issued an apology.
• Neither “CBS Evening News” or “ABC World News Tonight” covered the controversy on their Monday first feed editions.