• NBC Blames Sources for Inaccurate Reporting About Gunmen in 'Charlie Hebdo' Massacre

    If you were tuned in to either NBC or MSNBC last night, Jan. 7, as your source for learning what was unfolding in France, then you no doubt were shocked when the network actually was reporting completely inaccurate information for at least an hour. While there has been major police activity in Paris and various parts of France, NBC claimed there had been a shootout about 90 minutes north of the City of Lights that killed one suspect in the terrorist attack on the offices of "Charlie Hebdo." Supposedly, the other two gunmen were in custody, tying up the manhunt with a nice, neat bow. Unfortunately, none of it was true. French police did capture the youngest suspect, 18-year old Hamyd Mourad, but even as of now, Said and Cherif Kouachi remain on the run. Once NBC realized its huge mistake, its representatives issued retractions of their earlier reporting. The network told Deadline, "NBC News issued an earlier report based on intelligence from two consistently reliable U.S. counterterrorism officials in different government agencies. As soon as it became evident that our sources doubted their information, we immediately updated our reporting across all platforms and continue to do so as this fast-moving story unfolds." At the time, NBC was saying that a senior security official was the source of their information. Even though the network acknowledged their misinformation as soon as they were made aware of it, it never actually apologized for its part in passing on misleading information in something as serious as a manhunt following a terrorist attack.

  • 'LHH' Yandy Smith: Trusting Mendeecees Harris's Loyalty Not an Issue

    "Love & Hip Hop" returned for a new season on VH1 last night, Dec. 15, bringing with it a reunited Yandy Smith and Mendeecees Harris. Fans of the show are already familiar with the couple's checkered history. They have been a couple for the better part of eight years and parent to their son as well as Harris's older boy from another relationship. This new season picks up right as Harris has made bail after spending 13 months locked up for his alleged role in a drug ring. The first episode showed fans those first few days of togetherness for Smith and Harris, but the truth is it was all filmed months ago. Smith is currently pregnant with a little girl and planning her wedding to Harris while he is still awaiting trial. The Hip Hop Socialite caught up with Smith by phone recently and asked her a lot of the tough questions, like how she manages to deal with some of the negative press and scandalous rumors that have haunted her in recent years.

  • NBC Debates Whether to Fire Dr. Nancy Snyderman for Breaking Ebola Quarantine

    Up until recently, Dr. Nancy Snyderman was heralded as one of the top medical staffers employed by NBC. The network sent her to cover the Ebola virus in West Africa because viewers had come to trust her judgment, so it made sense for her to be one of the leaders when it came to educating NBC's audience. When Snyderman and her team returned, she claimed they were going to voluntarily quarantine themselves for 21 days just to be extra careful, said the "Hopewell Valley News." When Snyderman was spotted out grabbing take-out less than a week later in New Jersey, said the "Princeton Packet," the fallout was pretty explosive, and now weeks later the network's honchos are divided over whether or not to fire her for breaking her Ebola quarantine. At first NBC announced that Snyderman and her team would be given a few extra weeks off and return in November. Execs were hoping that a bit of time off would put distance between Snyderman and the scandal that had surrounded her.

  • Blake Shelton's '60 Minutes' Interview Will Ignite Rumors of Marriage Trouble with Miranda Lambert

    If we have learned nothing else about Blake Shelton, we know he cares precious little what people think about him. Not only does he ignore the constant rumors about there being trouble in his marriage to Miranda Lambert, but he seems to like saying things that further ignite them. Shelton recently sat for an interview that will air on CBS's "60 Minutes" tonight, and some of his answers will leave fans speculating on the status of his marriage. When he was asked about the rumors of his infidelity and whether or not his love of alcohol has an effect on his home life, Shelton eventually said: "Gosh dang, man, I hear about it all the time. You know, 'It's the same subject matter over and over again,' and, 'All y'all sing about is' you know, 'Pretty girls,' I like pretty girls and I like drinking and I like singing about it. So get over it. It's not just our music, I think, that people feel like they can relate to. But it's us. It's the artists that they feel like they can relate to. I know for me when I go home I hunt, I fish, and I plant corn, and I drive back roads. I literally do the things that I sing about."

  • Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton Leading Separate Lives, Tour Buses' Literally Passing In The Night

    Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert's marriage has been subject to rumors of divorce for more than a year now. He is often accused of making a misstep while partying a little too hard and after the media screams divorce Lambert will usually be quoted, saying something to at least try and shoot things down. One thing that is definitely true though is the fact that these two are rarely together. Both Lambert and Shelton decided to tour this past summer and at one point she admitted that their tour buses often travel in opposite directions on the same highways and all of that space between them isn't a good thing.
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