Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
David Gregory asked Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod a question near the end of their interview on Meet the Press yesterday that bothered me for two reasons. Why, Gregory asked Axelrod, did President Obama not say anything publicly about the death of Michael Jackson, given that "some African-American leaders say the significance of this popular cultural icon...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player! DOWNLOADS: (5) PLAYS: (38) Dana Milbank wasn't the only Beltway Villager all wanked out about President Obama prearranging a question with HuffPo's Nico Pitney yesterday. On Meet the Press, David Gregory pressed David Axelrod about it, suggesting that somehow this sort of thing is anti-democratic:...
VOT3R (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 28/06/2009
The Republican Party is in such a state of disrepair and scandal that television news hosts can't keep track of which prominent figures are dealing with marital problems and which are simply abandoning ship. On Sunday, "Meet the Press" host David Gregory offered an innocent but humorous slip-up, accidentally accusing former Republican Utah Governor and current China Ambassador...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Meet the Press with David Gregory was #1 again last week and for the second quarter of 2009 - the show's 47th consecutive quarterly win in Total Viewers. But the gap continues to narrow. "Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer " was second in Total Viewers last week while "This Week with George Stephanopoulos " was second in younger viewers. Schieffer's show is...
The Pakistani Politics (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
In an interview with NBC News which aired on June 28, Zardari claimed that he “knew” that Osama bin Laden was an American “operator” during the 1980s. Zardari told David Gregory, in the part of the interview, that this knowledge dates from 1989, when, he said, his late wife, Benazir Bhutto, who was then Pakistan’s prime minister, [...]
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 28/06/2009
Sunday morning + political talk shows + coffee. The equation has been a vital ritual in Washington for six decades now, manned by a rarified fraternal order of newsmen who practice some very basic journalism. It's the David Gregory, Chris Wallace, George Stephanopoulos, Bob Schieffer hour of charm. They ask questions, they get answers turning the well-coached politician or policy wonk...
