Connie Chung, full name: Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich (; born August 20, 1946 ) is an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for the U. S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC.

An online news story on MSNBC. com by Marilynn Marchione of the Associated Press, released on Saturday, May 5, 2012, discussed the risk of birth defects in ICSI versus natural conception or normal IVF ; the following is a directly quoted segment of that release:

MSNBC ( stylized as msnbc ) is a cable news and information channel based in the United States available in the US, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and Canada.

MSNBC and msnbc. com were founded in 1996 as partnerships of Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, which is now NBCUniversal.

Gradually MSNBC began to put more emphasis on politics The Project for Excellence in Journalism found in 2007 after a seven year survey of cable channels that " MSNBC is moving to make politics a brand, with a large dose of opinion and personality.

" Addressing MSNBC ' S low ratings, Kaplan quoted CNN co-founder Reese Schonfeld, who said that " verybody compares MSNBC to Fox and CNN — when its real competition is Headline News ".

" In the column Kaplan remarked that " the running joke in TV news is Fox and CNN are news channels with websites, but MSNBC is a website with a cable channel ".

Oversight of MSNBC is now provided by Phil Griffin, a senior vice president at NBC.

MSNBC is also expected to expand West Coast operations, as the channel recently announced new studios near the Universal Studios lot, which will assemble all NBC West Coast news operations in one building.

A New York Times article quotes Charlie Tillinghast, president of msnbc. com, a separate company, as saying, “ Both strategies are fine, but naming them the same thing is brand insanity .” As a result, msnbc. com is considering changing its name to prevent confusion with the television network, MSNBC.

MSNBC HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast of MSNBC that launched on June 29, 2009.

Beginning on June 29, 2009, MSNBC officially launched a new graphic scheme co-created by Adam Gault Studios and Carlo Vega, whereby a newly redesigned MSNBC logo, current series title, time, stocks number and ( when necessary ) " live " bug were moved to the top of the screen, leaving the lower thirds to be used by the news ticker, story title and short summary, the last of which is replaced frequently by the name of the guest or correspondent currently being shown.

MSNBC is shown only in the United States, Canada, South Africa, parts of Latin America, and parts of Northern Africa ( see below ).

In Southern Africa, MSNBC is distributed free-to-air on satellite on Free2View TV as MSNBC Africa, a joint venture between Great Media Limited and MSNBC.

In Asia and Europe, MSNBC is not shown on a channel of its own.

This never happened ; however, MSNBC is shown for a few hours a day on the 24 hour news network OSN News in Europe and the Middle East.

OSN News is a network of three 24 hour satellite and cable channels offering exclusively American news programming from ABC, NBC, PBS, and MSNBC to U. S. expats and other viewers abroad, primarily geared towards an audience in the Arab countries.

But 28 years later, in an appearance on MSNBC television, Falwell said he was not troubled by reports that the nominee for Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John G. Roberts ( whose appointment was confirmed by the U. S. Senate ) had done volunteer legal work for homosexual rights activists on the case of Romer v. Evans.

In June, in a sign of continuing trouble at MSNBC, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that he would not have started MSNBC if he knew then what he knows now.

In May 2008, NBC News President Steve Capus said that " It used to be people didn't have to worry about MSNBC because it was an also-ran cable channel .... That's not the case anymore.

In January 2012, Buchanan was indefinitely suspended from MSNBC as a contributor and MSNBC President Phil Griffin said he had not decided whether to let Buchanan come back.

: MSNBC said Hillary knocked it “ out of the park ”.

During an interview with " Morning Joe " on MSNBC on Feb. 21, 2012, Reverend Graham said that Rick Santorum was most closely aligned to Christian values in his words and deeds and that Senator Santorum was certainly a Christian at heart.

Rowling said in an MSNBC interview that she always knew Fred would be the twin who would die, though she could not specify a particular reason.

Newsweek called it " exquisite " and " thrilling " and MSNBC said " the mystery and characters are very fascinating " and " this game is definitely for everyone ".

Media critic Howard Kurtz, former MSNBC anchor David Shuster, and an anonymous NBC executive said that Olbermann's 2010 suspension was a more likely precipitating factor in Countdowns cancellation.

Total revenue, including affiliate advertising and MSNBC, was said to be $ 50 million.

As MSNBC rolled tape of the game footage, Imus said in a voiceover, " They're some rough girls from Rutgers.

Röhm said to MSNBC, " If I had stayed, I don ’ t think it would have made much sense, and as much as I loved the show I personally had to kind of kick myself out of the crib.

Steinberg has been featured on national television programs such as “ 60 Minutes ,” “ Larry King Live ,” “ The Today Show ,” " Good Morning America ," " CNN ," " CNN World News ," " Charlie Rose ,” Fox Business ,” “ Fox News ,” “ CBS Morning News ,” “ Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ,” “ The Pat Sajak Show ,” “ Morning Joe ” on MSNBC, “ The Leeza Gibbons Show ,” “ Living Large ,” and “ The Man Show .” A host of magazines have covered him including Business Week, Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, People, Success, Forbes, Playboy, GQ, FHM, LA Times Sunday Magazine, Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, United Airlines ’ Magazine Hemispheres, Hawaiian Airlines ’ Magazine Hana Hou !, and US Airways Magazine.

* " Bomb under road may have killed Hariri " February 19, 2005 Associated Press article citing Jaber, hosted by MSNBC

Spokespeople from the group have appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC and NY1.

" Jon Bonné of MSNBC used " Homer's Enemy " as an example of a bad episode of the eighth season and wrote " even now 2000, when subsequent episodes have debased Homer in new and innovative ways, the Grimes episode stands out as painful to watch.

However, after over 2 years on the air, the channel's owners announced its decision to shutter the service citing difficulties in operating a 24 hour breaking news service, which relied primarily on MSNBC programs, with then-current CRTC mandated Canadian content requirements, calling them " disruptive to subscribers and have proven to be financially burdensome beyond expectation ".

As satellite and other forms have evolved, the term cable news has become something of an anachronism but is still in common use ; many other television channels have since been established, such as BBC World News, BBC News, Sky News, Al Jazeera, ABC News 24, France 24, STAR News, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and ABC News Now.

Together they have a son, Dan Abrams of MSNBC, and a daughter, Judge Ronnie Abrams of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

MSNBC was accused of editing the video to conceal the race of the man, who was black, and Brewer commented " you have a man of color in the presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waists or to their legs.

Former FBI profiler, behavioral science expert and MSNBC analyst Clint Van Zandt challenges statements about psychics helping law enforcement arguing, " If psychics were truly successful and if their results were not simply the consequence of trickery ( at worse ) or good interviewing skills ( at best ), then why don't law enforcement agencies have psychic detective squads, a real X-Files Unit, or other ways to integrate these paranormal investigative capabilities?

Wolfe has served most frequently on Saturdays since, while MSNBC host Tamron Hall, weekday TODAY show hosts Savannah Guthrie, Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb, and Dateline correspondent Kate Snow have also appeared.

" The Simpsons under Scully has been negatively labelled as a " gag-heavy, Homer-centric incarnation " by Jon Bonné of MSNBC, while some fans have bemoaned the transformation in Homer's character during the era, from sweet and sincere to " a boorish, self-aggrandizing oaf ", dubbing him " Jerkass Homer ".

O ' Donnell has done reports that have appeared on numerous NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Dateline NBC, and MSNBC.

Such reports would occasionally be referenced by those in the traditional media, including an article in the Baltimore Sun that included excerpts of a Macteens report ; noting several government related features in Mac OS X. Macteens contributors have also been interviewed by television news crews, including G4techTV, CBC and MSNBC.

Attorneys from the Law Center have appeared on numerous local and national television and radio programs including The O ' Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, MSNBC, EWTN, the Laura Ingraham Show, The Radio Factor w / Bill O ' Reilly, American Family Radio, and Dennis Prager.