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Petition: NBC Should Fire David Gregory
HumanEventsOnline.com ^ | Mar 3, 2006 | Robert B. Bluey

Posted on 03/03/2006 12:39:57 PM PST by boryeulb

A new website -- FireDavidGregory.com -- debuted today calling on NBC to oust its chief White House correspondent, David Gregory.

The website includes a petition that outlines two recent incidents involving Gregory that propelled him into the national spotlight. The first was a boisterous encounter with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, and the second was Gregory’s odd behavior yesterday on Don Imus’ program.

“These two episodes illustrate serious breaches in journalistic integrity,” the petition reads. “Mr. Gregory has done damage to NBC News' reputation and the reputation of journalism as a whole.

“Journalists should report the story, not become a part of it. Mr. Gregory, who was unable to control his emotions at a White House press conference and behaved inappropriately on a nationally syndicated radio program, is unfit to work for NBC News.”

The petition asks NBC Chairman Bob Wright to immediately fire Gregory or ask him to resign.

Video of Gregory on Imus’ program -- Imus accused him of being drunk -- is prominently displayed on the website. There is also a clip of Gergory at the White House briefing when he yelled at McClellan about the handling of Vice President Cheney’s accidental shooting.

“In the past month, Mr. Gregory has become part of the stories he is supposed to cover,” the petition says. “This is not the proper role of a journalist, especially someone as powerful of Mr. Gregory, who covers President Bush and the White House.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: davidgregory; fire; gregory; imus; mcclellan; petition; seenit; yeahthatmighthappen
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To: boryeulb
Oh, please NO, don't fire him, he is some of the best weapon we can have on OUR side as a member of the "drive-by" LSM!
The more these self-anointed idiots speaks = "performs" the better for us!!
These brain-dead talking heads are Godsends to us!!!
21 posted on 03/03/2006 1:03:06 PM PST by danamco
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To: AbeKrieger

"Every time I get drunk and call Imus, they never let me on the air."

That's because you need to be high.


22 posted on 03/03/2006 1:04:46 PM PST by jdm (Ports Deal: Why not just let Qaddafi water your flowers?)
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To: danamco
Watch for NBC to can Gregory's sorry butt. The fact that so many FReepers want to keep him proves what an embarrassment he has become.
23 posted on 03/03/2006 1:06:23 PM PST by BW2221
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To: caisson71

I agree, make him CEO of NBC. It would be the nail in the coffin for at least NBC.


24 posted on 03/03/2006 1:15:31 PM PST by Wasanother (Terrorist come in many forms but all are RATS.)
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To: boryeulb
NBC will promote him.
25 posted on 03/03/2006 1:17:22 PM PST by b4its2late (Terrorists will either succeed in changing our way of life, or we will change theirs. - Rummy)
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To: USNBandit
Can we stop using MSM as an abbreviation for the far left media?

There is nothing 'mainstream' about the media. Their bias and overall disdain for mainstream america is contemptible at best. Most americans (and canadians for that matter) would in almost every instance have nothing in common with the left wing media.

They say they share our values but in truth they simply despise the rest of us. Elitist bastards if anything.

I would simply call them the Lame-stream media or LSM for short. Anyhow their days are numbered.

26 posted on 03/03/2006 1:19:08 PM PST by bubman
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To: BW2221

"Watch for NBC to can Gregory's sorry butt. The fact that so many FReepers want to keep him proves what an embarrassment he has become."

You're probably right but darn it I agree with the other Freepers we need boneheads like Gregory, its the slick ones that are the most dangerous.


27 posted on 03/03/2006 1:20:32 PM PST by don'tbedenied ( D)
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To: don'tbedenied

How about instead of firing him, we force him to date Paula Abdul? That ought to produce some interesting offspring.


28 posted on 03/03/2006 1:42:55 PM PST by Steve_Stifler
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To: cchandler; Sir Gawain
Why would we want to get rid of David Gregory? The guy is pure entertainment, and his 'gotch journalism' helps to make the case for liberal bias.

David Gregory is the missing link. Monkey boy.

Both very accurate statements. Far more accurate than any MSM story could ever be.


29 posted on 03/03/2006 1:51:25 PM PST by edpc
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To: boryeulb

Gregory is a jackass, but I'm against this. This sounds like something the Left would try.


30 posted on 03/03/2006 2:02:46 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: bubman
"Can we stop using MSM as an abbreviation for the far left media?"

Based on the ads you see during their newscasts, the "Hemorrhoid Cream Media (HCM)" would be more appropriate.

31 posted on 03/03/2006 2:04:22 PM PST by norwaypinesavage
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To: bubman

Fine by me. I will now refer to the media as the LSM.


32 posted on 03/03/2006 2:10:40 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: bubman
Can we stop using MSM as an abbreviation for the far left media? There is nothing 'mainstream' about the media.

God, I feel exactly the same way. Call it the old media or we could go low and call it what it is, The Lamestream Media.

****

The old established/liberal/socialist media is America's most ruthless, relentless, and destructive enemy.

33 posted on 03/04/2006 4:22:35 AM PST by beyond the sea (Alan Simpson: "All you get is controversy, crap, and confusion from the media.")
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To: edpc

Great pics. There is quite a resemblance.


34 posted on 03/04/2006 4:23:46 AM PST by beyond the sea (Alan Simpson: "All you get is controversy, crap, and confusion from the media.")
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To: Steve_Seattle
Gregory is a jackass...

Please refrain from insulting jackasses or your Free Republic account privileges will be revoked.

Thank you,

The Management (aka Karl Rove)

36 posted on 03/04/2006 4:30:01 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (Progressives do not want progress....they want power.)
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To: beyond the sea
"Call it the old media "

I like the new term, "Antique Media"
It certainly is no longer main stream.
In the last year, they have really gone over the cliff.
37 posted on 03/04/2006 4:34:25 AM PST by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia)
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To: Sir Gawain
David Gregory is the missing link. Monkey boy.

Now that was just 'not nice'....

You have offended simians everywhere.....

38 posted on 03/04/2006 4:36:20 AM PST by eeriegeno
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To: boryeulb
Keep Gregory on the staff. I long for the day he is falling down drunk at the White House and his "Brethren" in the media are stepping all over themselves to get the footage onto the news first.

I heard Gregory on Imus live. Gregory was way past tipsy. He was very drunk, like a frat boy.

39 posted on 03/04/2006 5:00:15 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: boryeulb

40 posted on 03/04/2006 5:01:46 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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