“I wish him the best of luck,” he said.Alexander and Catalano bombarded TV at all hours with their ads. I’m not saying it will.” He added that if the drug did help, it would be a “game changer.”Alexander then pushed back, and the following exchange ensued.The question about Americans being scared came after Alexander asked about giving Americans “false hope.” Trump tried to answer patiently, and finally vented his frustration once it seemed that Alexander was trying to emphasize fear, even after his question was answered.Alexander also contrasted Vice President Mike Pence’s answer with the president’s, as if to show that his question was reasonable, and to make Trump’s answer look bad by comparison.What Alexander’s tweet omits is that Pence’s answer are much later, after journalists had peppered the president and other officials with a barrage of questions about the president supposedly attacking the media. One ad showed the lawyers offering counsel to space aliens who had crashed their UFO.In 2010, Alexander successfully challenged an effort by state judges to restrict the content of lawyers’ commercials. "NBC's Peter Alexander is Dishonest. — Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 20, 2020 Before I get to the actual facts, let me just say that watching our media behave in such an unserious way … His reports appear across all platforms of NBC News, including NBC Nightly News, Today, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, MSNBC and NBCNews.com. The firm is headquartered in Syracuse, but also has offices in Rochester and Binghamton. — You ought to be ashamed of yourself. And by the way — for answers, and they’re looking for hope, and you’re doing sensationalism. You get a prescription. NBC’s Peter Alexander Addresses His Question That Prompted Trump to Erupt: ‘In TV Terms, We Call This a Soft Ball’ By Zachary Petrizzo Mar 20th, 2020, 2:43 pm John? One works in accounting and the other is a paralegal.“I was happy to resolve this without litigation,” Alexander said.The two lawyers, known for their steady stream of TV ads, worked together 23 years. — Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 20, 2020.
The commercials were theatrical and humorous. Attorney Peter Catalano no longer appears in TV ad. Alexander said Catalano’s two brothers still work for him. Attorney James Alexander is keeping the "Heavy Hitters" brand and phone number at the firm he and Catalano started in 1995. It might, and it might not.
… And we’ll see how it works out, Peter. And the same with NBC and Concast. Catalano said they are still friends. This file photo shows a screenshot of a TV commercial for Alexander and Catalano.SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse personal injury attorneys James Alexander and Peter Catalano, who have long promoted themselves in TV ads as “The Heavy Hitters,” have parted ways.Catalano said the split, which took effect Nov. 15, was amicable.“He (Alexander) likes to do things his way and I like to do things my way,” he said. He declined to say why Catalano left.Alexander said he will continue to run the firm. The Full Video Proves It," an email headline from the campaign read on Saturday. That is not, in fact, what happened. In another ad, he slipped and fell in a shopping mall. In October 2018, he was named co-anchor of Today on its Saturday editions. Alexander first asked whether the president was giving Americans “false hope.”Peter Alexander is attempting to defend himself after being called out by President Donald Trump on national television during a White House briefing on the coronavirus outbreak on Friday.Alexander claims that he was simply asking the president “to reassure Americans.”I offered both Pres Trump and VP Pence an opportunity to reassure Americans.Simple question: “What do you say to Americans who are scared?”Pence, an hour later: “Don’t be afraid.