Posted on 02/19/2006 5:14:27 PM PST by wagglebee
NBC White House correspondent David Gregory ate a little crow Sunday on this "Meet The Press," apologizing for his arrogant behavior during White House press briefings dealing with the shooting of a hunting companion by Vice President Cheney.
Reacting to the storm of criticism leveled by the public at the Washington press corps for complaining that they were not told immediately about the incident, leaving the job of reporting it to a small-town Texas newspaper, Gregory apologized for his boorish behavior.
"I think I made a mistake,” he told host Tim Russert. "I think it was inappropriate for me to lose my cool with the press secretary representing the vice president. I don’t think it was professional of me. I was frustrated, I said what I said, but I think that you should never speak that way, as my wife reminded me, number one. And number two, I think it created a diversion from some of the serious questions in the story, so I regret that. I was wrong, and I apologize.”
But Gregory quickly reverted to type complaining that another guest, Mary Matalin, "and others in the White House have been eager to stoke this as a false debate between the vice president and the White House press corps, attempting to cast this as the White House press corps is a ping-pong in the culture wars.”
Then, in a comment that once again revealed how remote the Washington media has become from the American people, he made the astounding comment that "No matter how you feel about the White House press corps -— and we’re worthy of criticism, and we can take our lumps —- this is about how the vice president chooses to communicate to the American people. We are a proxy for the American people. Whether you have faith in us or not, and we do make mistakes, we are still a proxy. This is about how the vice president chooses to communicate to the public. My view is not that I should have been informed or others should have been informed. It’s not about that. It’s a question of, "Does the vice president have a responsibility to the American people to inform them of his public and private activities?”
"We are a proxy for the American people"
The man is delusional. He does not represent anyone but himself and his media company.
For someone who THINKS so much, he still doesn't have a clue.
He is not my proxy and I thought a proxy was chosen. That being the case let him show is a$$ for his friends that signed the proxy.
He has a wife, I would have expected a Life Partner. She has my pity living with that pompus bore!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Sniveling little weasel.
I guess the DC prima donna press didn't get the memo about acting a little more red statish instead of red-faced.
I did say acting........
As were none of the other issues that the Clinton's didn't want to know about.
Does anyone recall how long Vince Foster was dead before Wife of Willie notified the press that she had ordered the hit?
Even Chicago is cowtown to them.
He appologized then went on to complain .... what a creep.
Superb question. Salute.
Fmr. Sen. Alan Simpson said on FOX this am, whoever follows the Washington Press Corps is lead by "Conflict, Crap and Confusion."
What a distillation of truth.
Boy does he work fast! Didn't she and Lance just break up?
Here's today's Meet The Press transcript.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11363075/
Thank you, reads much better!
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