More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie introduced “a new Rossen Reports series, Keeping You Safe” to show off “new technology that promises to protect you and help avoid attackers.” Correspondent Jeff Rossen declared: “Can your smart phone help protect you when you’re out there alone? This morning, new apps and devices you can get right now that could save your life and we're trying them out.”
He noted “Women’s safety back in the headlines right now in a major way” and cited the recent case of “that terrifying abduction of a woman in California, a mom grabbed by kidnappers in broad daylight. She was out for a run by herself. Her family says she had her cell phone with her when she was attacked...” Sherri Papini was kidnapped, brutally beaten, and dumped by the side of the road weeks later.