https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2012/01/29/two-anchors-in-one/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 03:19:58 -0400<![CDATA[In what amounted to a love letter to California&#8217;s Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday&#8217;s NBC Nightly News, special correspondent Tom Brokaw gushed: &#8220;It&#8217;s not sunshine every day for the California economy, but Jerry Brown has not given up on big dreams. His new big dream, a high-speed rail line from the north to the south&#8230;&#8221; Anchor Brian Williams set the scene for Brokaw&#8217;s fawning report: &#8220;California is mounting a comeback led by a man whose name has been synonymous with California government for decades.&#8221; Brokaw sympathetically declared: &#8220;The one-time boy wonder of California politics is now the state&#8217;s aging lion&#8230;.Sticking up for his state.&#8221;]]>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:02:21 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2012/01/29/two-anchors-in-one-n255123