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Ugly Behind the Scenes Turmoil at Meet The Press Revealed
NewsBusters ^ | December 22, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 12/22/2014 11:37:22 AM PST by PJ-Comix

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 a shock for some of you to endure. If the shock doesn't terminate you, suffocation from uncontrollable laughing at NBC's absurd antics could finish you off.

If you dare to read on, you will find out that Chuck Todd was hardly a modest shrinking violet when it came to replacing David Gregory. In fact, he had been clawing for that job since the moment Tim Russert passed away over six years ago.  Todd's fervor was matched by that of Joe Scarborough who also coveted that position. These are but two of the Washingtonian revelations about Meet The Press. There are many other juicy tidbits such as the fact that OWS supporter Al Sharpton was hired primarily to enable a corporate merger at NBC. But more on that later as we join the description of Chuck Todd desperately grasping to replace Tim Russert the instant he died in 2008:

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; chucktodd; comcast; davidcohen; davidgregory; deborahturness; demagogicparty; joescarborough; meetthepress; memebuilding; mtp; nbc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; timrussert; turness
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You will either groan or laugh or both.
1 posted on 12/22/2014 11:37:22 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Website is not cellphone friendly.


2 posted on 12/22/2014 11:41:20 AM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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David Gregory...He should have been nominated for an Oscar for his work in the Planet of the Apes series....


3 posted on 12/22/2014 11:41:32 AM PST by clintonh8r ( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
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“...he worried that Turness’s approach was about to turn Meet the Press into a political gong show.”

It would not matter. The only thing the show does is present the DNC.

It is unwatchable at this point. NBC is not presenting news. It is presenting the democrat line and ideology.

~And I’m a former democrat.


4 posted on 12/22/2014 11:50:08 AM PST by OpusatFR
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It was funny.

MTP is just plain predictable. Like NPR, they have a horrible tendency to interview journalists so they can focus on maintaining the narrative. Politicians sometimes disrupt it.


5 posted on 12/22/2014 12:01:22 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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Journalists aren’t getting any smarter, either. It shows, on a daily basis, for those who can stand to watch...


6 posted on 12/22/2014 12:05:16 PM PST by W. (If government could truly create jobs communism would have worked the first time it was implemented.)
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Did you know they put Meet the depress at 5am in the morning here in Los Angeles market LOL!

Seriously


7 posted on 12/22/2014 12:06:58 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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Their 4 viewers will be very upset to hear this.


8 posted on 12/22/2014 12:10:44 PM PST by PGR88
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They would have earned more credibility if they had just hired Pee Wee Herman.


9 posted on 12/22/2014 12:11:30 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Chuck Todd? I thought Chuck Schumer was the moderator of MTP.


10 posted on 12/22/2014 12:13:51 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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Did you know they put Meet the depress at 5am in the morning here in Los Angeles market

Just in time for last call.

11 posted on 12/22/2014 12:15:46 PM PST by AU72
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In Sept 2012, someone brought up Benghazi. David Gregory interrupted and said we get back to that in a minute.

Of course, they never did.


12 posted on 12/22/2014 12:21:09 PM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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Gregory's biggest mistake was that he did MTP in English. Since he's a gifted French speaker, he should have used that.
13 posted on 12/22/2014 12:27:30 PM PST by JPG (The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
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" Between 2008 and 2010, Comcast’s corporate foundation donated more than $3 million to 39 minority groups that wrote letters to federal regulators in support of the NBC deal. "

This is why news stories are always biased in favor to a 'black' subject- money. It costs money to defy the race pimps.

14 posted on 12/22/2014 12:39:40 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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Laura Ingraham should host MPR.

Frankly, the show does need a conservative voice. That’s the only way they are going to get ratings.


15 posted on 12/22/2014 1:21:39 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Liberalism isn't a mental disorder. It's a cult.)
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IMO their advertisers much prefer stupid, gullible viewers. A conservative host would offend such people and also distract from the whole network’s appeal to them.
NBC wants more viewers for their advertisers but they also want the right kind- “dumb sluts”.


16 posted on 12/22/2014 1:30:00 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: AU72

It is seriously Cozi TV which NBC digital network show old shows they rerun 2am in the morning before Lassie and Lone Ranger the 1950s version

OUCH


17 posted on 12/22/2014 2:33:04 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: PJ-Comix

Why just an excerpt?


18 posted on 12/22/2014 2:42:01 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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I saw Chuck Todd for the very first time when he interviewed Cheney. I was truly amazed at his amateurism; I was mentally comparing him to Tim Russett and Todd fell extremely short. You talk about the J. V. team! And I was laughing the whole time for remembering how Rush refers to him. I thought that was his real name.


19 posted on 12/22/2014 2:56:31 PM PST by odawg
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...which NBC digital network show old shows they rerun 2am in the morning before ...

Personally, I prefer to watch at 2 a.m. in the afternoon...

20 posted on 12/22/2014 3:09:52 PM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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