NBC

==Criticism and controversies==
{{See also|Today (American TV program)#Controversies|MSNBC controversies}}
During the [[Gulf War]] NBC was criticized for playing a role in the [[military–industrial–media complex]], biased reporting of the war in favor of [[the Pentagon]], having U.S. officials speak about the war which has been called a [[conflict of interest]], calling reports on [[Iraqis|Iraqi]] [[civilian casualties]] during the war [[propaganda]], reporting in racist manner towards Iraqis, glorifying U.S. bombing weapons, and being owned by [[General Electric]] which had $2 billion worth of U.S. military contracts during the war and airing segments that glorified military equipment owned by General Electric which was seen as a conflict of interest.<ref>[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1518 "Gulf War Coverage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908122021/http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1518 |date=September 8, 2012 }}, Jim Naureckas, FAIR, 1991</ref>

In March and April 2019, the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' and ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' reported that NBC had paid a firm to [[Reputation management|improve its reputation]] by [[Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia|lobbying for changes]] to the [[Wikipedia]] articles on NBC, [[Nextdoor]] and several others.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wikipedia-paid-editing-pr-facebook-nbc-axios_n_5c63321be4b03de942967225 |last=Feinberg |first=Ashley |title=Facebook, Axios And NBC Paid This Guy To Whitewash Wikipedia Pages |date=14 March 2019 |work=HuffPost |access-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408121951/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wikipedia-paid-editing-pr-facebook-nbc-axios_n_5c63321be4b03de942967225 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/want-to-know-how-to-build-a-better-democracy-ask-wikipedia/ |last=Cohen |first=Noam |title=Want to Know How to Build a Better Democracy? Ask Wikipedia |date=9 April 2019 |magazine=Wired}}</ref>

The NBC television network has been accused<ref>[[Ronan Farrow|Farrow, Ronan]]. ''[[Catch and Kill]].'' New York: [[Little, Brown and Company]], 2019.</ref> of tolerating a culture of [[sexism]] and [[sexual harassment]] among its employees (especially within upper management and among senior anchors such as [[Matt Lauer]]) and also of covering up indiscretions committed by prominent figures in the company through intimidation campaigns against victims that include widespread use of [[non-disclosure agreements]]. This may have exposed the company to pressure from [[Harvey Weinstein]] to delay or terminate reporting on [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases|Weinstein's criminal abuse of many women]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/10/harvey-weinstein-matt-lauer-ronan-farrow|title=Ronan Farrow Alleges That Harvey Weinstein Used Matt Lauer Blackmail to Pressure NBC|first=Laura|last=Bradley|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/ronan-farrow-book-how-harvey-weinstein-may-have-leveraged-matt-lauer-1246149|title=Ronan Farrow Book: How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer|date=October 9, 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=May 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505101803/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/ronan-farrow-book-how-harvey-weinstein-may-have-leveraged-matt-lauer-1246149|url-status=live}}</ref>