Anti-Gregory Petition Has Nearly 1,000 Signatures

HumanEventsOnline.com ^ | Mar 4, 2006 | Robert B. Bluey

[boryeulb]

Less than a day after the website FireDavidGregory.com launched, it has collected nearly 1,000 signatures for a petition calling on NBC to fire its chief White House correspondent.

As of 1 p.m. Saturday, the petition had 905 signatures. The petition is addressed to NBC Chairman Bob Wright, and it asks that he “immediately fire Mr. Gregory or ask him to resign.”

As HUMAN EVENTS first reported yesterday, the petition was inspired by two recent incidents involving Gregory that made him “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.”

It cites Gregory’s antics at the White House—calling spokesman Scott McClellan “a jerk”—and his recent interview with Dom Imus when he laughed uncontrollably, prompting Imus to question if he was drunk.

“These two episodes illustrate serious breaches in journalistic integrity,” the petition says. “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.”

[SquirrelKing]

Geez, people! Don't fire him, he's the MSM poster-boy. =)

[Echo Talon]

i signed it. :) i don't know if he was drunk or not but he acted unprofessional during an overseas trip, also he stunk during the Cheney thing. :)

[jocon307]

"David Gregory, clearly drunk" - Don Imus.

[jazusamo]

There's no way they'll fire Gregory, they would be admitting the MSM is a joke.

[Socratic]

Is Gregory somehow related to Jessica Savitch? Her downward spiral at NBC seems to be reflected in him.

[indcons]

Ping....

[Gordongekko909]

I'm number 934! Wheeeee!

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

That's because they still have their "Bubbly" Kattie Kremlin, loved and adored by all..........

[HardStarboard]

David Gregory is to the MSM what Howard Dean is to the Democrat Party.

Leave him just where he is!

[Socratic]

Kattie Kremlin

LOL How right on that is!

[joesbucks]

Gee Bob, all you can get out of this web site is 1,000 people to log in and call for Gregory's job?

[quantim]

LOL! The meter is running. We're all gonna' fight to be #1000!

[devolve]

[BW2221]

If anyone should be signing this petition, it's Kos Kids and the DUmmies.

We need people like Gregory. He's become a laughing stock. He has no credibility.

They played a clip of Gregory drunk on the O'Reilly Factor. O'Reilly kind of defended him (saying he's a nice guy and this could be overlooked)and took a lot of flack from some FReepers. Looking back on it, I think O'Reilly defended Gregory because he realizes how incompetent Gregory is and wants to keep him there as the MSM poster boy. If he goes, you know NBC will replace him with another liberal. Why not keep a liberal who is a laughing stock?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Gregory, fix yerself up with a big-mouth woman. It worked for me.

[Echo Talon]

You're probably right. lol

[freedumb2003]

i signed it. :) i don't know if he was drunk or not but he acted unprofessional during an overseas trip, also he stunk during the Cheney thing

We need an obvious clown we can point to. He is more help to us in than out.

[Echo Talon]

looking back at it i think you're right... I signed the petition last night, i think exposetheleft.com had the link to the petition.

[freedumb2003]

Not to worry -- 1K "signatures" is only a "groundswell" in DU.

Those of us who inhabit the real world know you need a few million before you can even enter the discussion.