The David Gregory Effect Continues

4:59 pm EST May 15th, 2009 | Media | 9 Comments

I’m betting NBC execs are seriously rueing the day they handed the keys to the premiere news chat show to Gregory after Tim Russert’s death. They’ve hit another new ratings low. Perhaps if Gregory did a little less glad-handing and stuffing panels with conservatives and the same old tired MSM journalists people might tune in. Nah. Conventional wisdom uber alles!

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9 Responses to “The David Gregory Effect Continues”

  1. I'm a Hick says:
    May 15, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Eric Alterman called Tim Russert (whom he seemed to like) the Great Collator, and Gregory seems to be continuing the tradition, as does This Week. Here a said of pre-selected excerpts I’ve decided to work into a spontaneous conversation. Meet the Press used to be that. A moderator and a panel of journalis asking a single guest questions. I would like to see the show get back to that.

  2. I'm a Hick says:
    May 15, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    Can’t type today.

    Eric Alterman called Tim Russert (whom he seemed to like) the Great Collator, and Gregory seems to be continuing the tradition, as does This Week. Here’s a sample of pre-selected media excerpts I’ve decided to work into a spontaneous conversation. Meet the Press used to be what the titlw implies. A moderator and a panel of journalists asking a single guest questions. I would like to see the show get back to that.

  3. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    May 15, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    I’ve seen a video clip of David Gregory ‘getting down’ to Hilary Duff when she was a musical guest. (Not on Meet the Press, obviously.) That should have precluded him from being the new host.

    “A moderator and a panel of journalists asking a single guest questions. I would like to see the show get back to that.”

    You mean the press doing their goddamn jobs? Never work.

  4. News Reference says:
    May 15, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    Maybe it’s karma. Replacing Republican Dick Cheney’s mouthpiece Tim Russert with Republican Karl Rove’s dance partner David Gregory was a serious race for the bottom for NBC.


    David Gregory and Karl Rove: Dancing Partners.

  5. jr says:
    May 15, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    David Gregory is the male Greta Van Susteren

  6. Organic George says:
    May 16, 2009 at 11:57 am

    YAWG (Yet Another White Guy) is alive and well with the MSM.

    I read that Dylan Ratihan, formally of CMBC fame, is going to take the time spot after Rachael on MSNBC.

    You would think there might someone who is not YAWG to be found in the universe that has a brain and can talk.

    Then of course there are more conservative black commentators on TV than there are proportionally in the black community.

    This is how you fashion the news to your beliefs.

  7. Grandjester says:
    May 16, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Two Words: Jack Fucking Cafferty.

    He’d chew up those beltway marshmellows.

  8. daniel rotter says:
    May 17, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Would the Fox “News” Channel try to make hay out of a picture of a supposedly unbiased reporter and moderator partying with James Carville or David Axelrod? Is water wet?

  9. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    May 17, 2009 at 6:58 am

    Grandjester: “Two Words: Jack Fucking Cafferty.
    He’d chew up those beltway marshmellows.”

    That would be funny as hell to watch.