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?”
It sounds like David Gregory is speaking on behalf of his Clinton knee pad wearing wife!
The white house press corps are a bunch of spoiled bratty moroms.
It is embarassing to watch how they demean our president. Like our V.P., Mr. Bush should ignore them all.
Hellen Thomaas is how I think of them all.
Not worth the air they breath.
No.
Look, if you married David Gregory, it would appear that you were willing [or prepared] to be his mother.
Yea, but did Gregory speak French when he said it?
What a maroon. First, yes, the White House press corps can function as a proxy for the public; however, so can the Corpus Christi Caller Times, as well as any other medium outlet. And, Cheney did inform the public of this incident in less than 24 hours. Even though he was under great stress--most of it self imposed--he disclosed the event in a very responsible manner. And as a side benefit, he gave the MSM and the 'Rats plenty of rope to hang themselves once again. Damn, I wish he'd run in '08.
Well, I don't and you're not.
Not for me.
And not for a lot of others judging from your ratings and circulation figures.
Exactly!
And of course that 17 hours was spent taking care of HIMSELF (getting himself a prop for the sympathy scenario) - whereas Cheney was seeing that his friend was getting taken care of.
Gregory's outburst was typical of someone abusing some really hard illegal drugs.
The Secret Service should do mandatory urine tests on everyone in the White House Press Corp before they are brought into the White House or even its grounds.
This should be an entry in the Top Ten Most Arrogant Utterances list, shouldn't it?
Thanks for the ping!
"You'll never know the good [from the media]. All you get is controversy, crap and confusion."
ROTFL! Pretty in pink.
Boy it sure didn't take long for Sheryl to get over Lance Armstrong.
Apologize?
To whom?
Russert?
Apologize?
To whom?
Russert?
Inform them of his Private activities?
This asshat makes Cindy Sheehan sound sane.
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