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David Gregory: Brian Williams Was Wrong But We Need to Have 'Compassion'

By Ken Shepherd | September 15, 2015, 8:10 PM EDT

"I think what he did was wrong" but "I also want to have compassion for him, and I don't want to judge him for his mistake," former NBC Meet the Press anchor David Gregory told Yahoo! News Global Anchor Katie Couric earlier today ...

David Gregory: ‘I Don’t Miss NBC’; They Were Afraid I’d Have ‘Ann Curry Moment’

By Kyle Drennen | September 9, 2015, 12:17 PM EDT

Appearing on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, former Meet the Press moderator David Gregory shared the inside story of his 2014 ouster from NBC: “Things happen in television news, we know that. It's a tough business....it’s just that it was handled in w ...

Bashing Ben: The Media's Worst Attacks on the Neurosurgeon Turned Presidential Candidate

By Geoffrey Dickens | May 4, 2015, 12:29 PM EDT

Newly-announced presidential candidate and neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson broke onto the national scene at a National Prayer Breakfast in 2013 when he, while sharing the same stage as the President, had the courage to rail against the deficit, political corr ...

Pew Poll Finds 59 Percent Support For ‘Completely Changing’ Federal Tax System, Networks Ignore

By Joseph Rossell | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

Tax Day is rapidly approaching and most Americans say the federal tax system “should be completely changed.” The Pew Research Center recently conducted a poll that found a majority of Americans supported “Congress completely changing the federal tax syste ...

Judge Orders Cops to Release Arrest Affidavit for David Gregory

By Ken Shepherd | December 30, 2014, 12:15 AM EST

Not only did the Metropolitan Police Department warn producers for Meet the Press back in December 2012 that then-host David Gregory possessing a high-capacity ammunition magazine at NBC studios would be a misdemeanor weapons offense, the MPD shortly ther ...

Ugly Behind the Scenes Turmoil at Meet The Press Revealed

By P.J. Gladnick | December 22, 2014, 2:25 PM EST

Shield your eyes! Read no further!  The Washingtonian magazine has revealed some really ugly behind the scenes turmoil and backstabbings that accompained the departure of David Gregory from Meet The Press last summer. The revelations could be too much of ...

Fired NBC Host David Gregory Decries Media 'Laziness'

By Kyle Drennen | September 17, 2014, 4:22 PM EDT

As reported by Politico, recently dumped Meet the Press moderator David Gregory moderated a panel for the No Labels Strategic Agenda conference in Washington on Wednesday and lectured his media colleagues: "[I]n Washington political journalism the na ...

MRC Study: TV Buries the Bad News on Obama’s Collapsing Polls

By Rich Noyes | September 19, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT

It’s no secret that television news has long been addicted to public opinion polls; decades ago, all three broadcast networks decided to partner with an influential newspaper (ABC News with the Washington Post; CBS News with the New York Times; and NBC Ne ...

'Right-Leaning' Joe Scarborough, Tim Russert's Son Added As 'Meet the Press' Panelists

By Randy Hall | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

In an effort to reverse the perpetual and disastrous ratings slide Meet the Press experienced during David Gregory's tenure as anchor of the Sunday morning program, NBC is going all out and bringing in Joe Scarborough, the co-host of MSNBC's Mor ...

Washington Monthly Blogger Has List of Panelists He Wants Banned on MTP

By P.J. Gladnick | August 27, 2014, 2:50 PM EDT

Eeeeek!!! Diversity of political opinion must not be permitted. Expressing this deep fear is Washington Monthly contributor Ed Kilgore who is worried about a politically diversified panel at the post David Gregory Meet The Press. He presents his "rem ...

David Gregory's Liberal Tenure at 'Meet the Press': More Mouthpiece Than Moderator

By Kyle Drennen | August 19, 2014, 2:44 PM EDT

Filling in as host of NBC's August 17 Meet the Press, Andrea Mitchell looked back at departing moderator David Gregory's years anchoring the broadcast. The tribute followed Thursday's announcement that Gregory was being replaced by politica ...

David Gregory Paid $4 Million to Leave NBC News... Quietly

By Randy Hall | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

“Don't go away mad,” an old saying goes, “just go away.” That seems to be the case with David Gregory, who is receiving a grand total of $4 million to end his six-year tenure as host of the NBC News Meet the Press program. Part of the 43-year-old anc ...

Ouch! Politico Kicks David Gregory as He Exits NBC

By P.J. Gladnick | August 14, 2014, 7:59 PM EDT

David Gregory is now the poster boy warning for that old adage: be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down. And now that Gregory is on the down career escalator because of his quick removal today from both Meet The Pre ...

Todd Takeover: A Top 10 List of the Most Liberal Outbursts from the New 'Meet the Press' Host

By Geoffrey Dickens | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

On Thursday, NBC News sources confirmed that Chuck Todd will bump David Gregory from the Meet the Press host chair. And while Todd isn’t as liberal as his predecessor, he has played defense for the Barack Obama administration on a number of fronts. Most r ...

Here's Chucky! Politico Reports Chuck Todd Likely to Replace David Gregory as MTP Host

By P.J. Gladnick | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

No big surprise here but Politico is now reporting that Chuck Todd will probably be replacing David Gregory as host of Meet The Press. It was almost inevitable that NBC News would be ousting Gregory due to the terrible ratings of that Sunday news show whi ...