Posted on 12/24/2013 6:42:28 AM PST by Zakeet
NBC's flagship Sunday show, Meet The Press, has seen its ratings go bust as it continually props up members of the permanent political class in Washington, D.C.'s "Boomtown." Now the show may get axed from NBC News's lineup.
According to the New York Post, new NBC News president Deborah Turness "has been trying to figure out the future for David Gregory’s 'Meet the Press.'" She is reportedly considering "bringing in MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' team of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for a Sunday show, or blowing up the entire franchise and trying something completely different."
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The show has seen its ratings hit a 21-year low. As Breitbart News reported, the nosedive started when Gregory accused 2012 Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich of racism for merely stating that the number of Americans who have had to go on food stamps has increased in President Barack Obama's economy.
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... and we still have no idea how this could have possibly happened!
I haven’t watched Meet the Press in several years.
Used to watch it religiously.
Different anchor. I guess.
Buh-bye, David!
They were axing the wrong questions.
“...She is reportedly considering “bringing in MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ team of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for a Sunday show,...”
Bwahahahahahaha.........!
Guess she wants to make sure that what’s on the screen is at least as dumb as our dork-O-dent.
The propaganda that "continually props up" "The Capitol People," i.e. "members of the permanent political class in Washington, D.C." is beginning to bore even the Lower Slobovians who slavishly conform to its groupthink.
Poetic justice?
Are news programs now anything other than reality shows?
Probably. But I doubt that they've got much wit to begin with. We're not talking about great minds.
We need shows like Press the Meat, but they have to feature real questions by actual journalists. I doubt canceling the show will lead to the right lessons being learned.
They should give baseball bats to everyone on these shows.Then ring Jerry Springer’s fight bell.
THAT I would be willing to watch.
Meet the Propagandists.
Adios.
I have never watched “Meet the Press.”
Could not care less it is going away.
Brilliant.
Joe will make things better.
I bet if they had Jody Miller from Newsbusted as a weekly guest it would prop up their ratings significantly.
Her latest episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9HiFyWTJU
As SNL would say, Bubye!
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