NBC: Senate GOP Letter ‘Patronizes’ Iran; Gives More Airtime to Iran’s Foreign Minister

NBC: Senate GOP Letter ‘Patronizes’ Iran; Gives More Airtime to Zarif than Cotton (NewsBusters)

On Monday, NBC Nightly News featured a full report on the letter signed by 47 Republican Senators to the leaders of Iran concerning its negotiations with the Obama administration over its nuclear program, but took the step of describing the letter as one that “patronizes Iranian leaders.” 

In addition, the report by NBC national correspondent Peter Alexander gave three times the airtime to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and President Obama than Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton (who authored the letter).