NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News 6:30pm rundown:

1) The first topic covered by NBC was, you guessed it, the latest on swine flu. This time however, the reporter gave us a more mild, optimistic outlook on the disease that, as I've said before, has been wrongfully frightening everyone for the past couple of weeks. Supposedly, the disease isn't as dangerous as we first believed (big shocker). The other good news was there still have not been any new deaths, the count still remains at one.

2) NBC then covered swine flu as it relates to Mexico, the country where this disease spread from. The Mexicans are also more optimistic than they have been but they continue to wear those goofy masks and spray down the subways.

3) Coverage then moved to Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting where CEO Warren Buffett was answering questions from equity holders and making comments on the economy. Buffett has got to be one of the only people in America that everyone listens to and agrees with when it comes to market talk. It makes sense though, he is a self-made billionaire who just recently became the richest man in the world, and is generally thought of as the best business investor there is.

4) A brief report on a federal investigation into the campaign fundraising of John Edwards followed the Buffett news. Edwards, who had recently been outed by the National Enquirer for having an affair, was allegedly involved in some questionable fundraising practices. First time I've gotten John Edwards news in awhile.

5) Then there was a story on saving the orangutangs in Indonesia. Not gonna lie, I went to grab something to eat when this one came on. zero interest.

6) Finally, NBC's Nightly News concluded with a story on a lending company that has been giving poor women in New York a chance at starting their own businesses. The company provides loans to less fortunate women but women who are in the workplace. The reporter said that the company gave out a total of $1,000,000 in loans last year and received 99% of them back. Most interesting about this piece was the fact that this company only provides loans for women who are struggling. Their reason: women are more likely to pay them back.


Overall, the order of the news stories was in a pretty predictable lineup. Swine flu, while not a huge concern for me, has still riveted news networks and I didn't expect that to change. To be honest, I didn't really have a whole lot of concern for any of the stories reported tonight. They probably could've done without the story on the monkeys. And, the reasoning by the lending company to only provide loans for women probably makes sense, I've owed a friend $30 for about two weeks now and I don't know if I feel like paying him back anytime soon.