NBC NEWS EXPANDING IT'S BLOG COVERAGE.

It seems as though NBC News is continuing to expand it's online presence, in case you may want to check out another decent source of information and/or analysis during the day.

For awhile, NBC Nightly News anchor/managing editor Brian Williams takes time after the afternoon's editorial meeting to post about the stories to air or being considered to air, along with other items he decides to include. In addition, The Daily Nightly blog includes bits from producers, editors, and correspondents with information you may or may not get on the broadcast. Always an interesting place to go to in the afternoon/early evening.

NBC has been a leader among the broadcast networks for extending it's reach into the blogosphere. It also has Blogging Baghdad, a look by correspondent Richard Engel from the Iraqi capitol, and Ann Curry (the Today anchor and Dateline co-host) doing a daily commentary among others from both NBC and MSNBC personalities.

Now, the NBC/MSNBC News Political Unit has added it's First Read to the blogosphere. What had been formerly a weekday analysis of the day's political news e-mailed to subscribers has become a regularly updated blog. For those who keep up with national politics and what's going on in Congress, this is one source to check out. Among the bits noted today: Andrea Mitchell writes about the case of CIAer Mary McCarthy, who was fired from The Agency but is fighting back, President Bush's reaction to the terrorist attacks today in Egypt, and the blame game in DC over gas wars.