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NBC Hired 'Psychological Consultant' to Assess 'Meet the Press' Host
Weekly Standard ^ | April 21, 2014 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 04/21/2014 5:57:01 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

NBC has been so alarmed at Meet the Press's decline, the network hired a "psychological consultant" to assess the host, David Gregory. The Washington Post reports:

Last year, the network undertook an unusual assessment of the 43-year-old journalist, commissioning a psychological consultant to interview his friends and even his wife. The idea, according to a network spokeswoman, Meghan Pianta, was “to get perspective and insight from people who know him best.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: consultant; davidgregory; meetthepress; nbc; nbcnews; psychologist
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Too funny. They don't have to pay me to fix the show - stop the Obama and lib worshipping BIAS. People aren't entertained by this, they are smart enough to see it's a charade to promote liberalism.
1 posted on 04/21/2014 5:57:01 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Here, I’ll give this to them absolutely FREE.

You continue to tank because Meet the Press is MSNBC lite. The country is in no mood to listen to an hour of an Obama press conference every Sunday morning.

There, see, no charge.


2 posted on 04/21/2014 6:00:23 AM PDT by Obadiah (I like Krabby Patties.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Is “HE SUCKS!!” considered a psychological disorder?


3 posted on 04/21/2014 6:03:13 AM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: 1Old Pro

I don’t like Dick Gregory, for the reasons you mentioned. However, he is doing exactly what they want him to do. The network bosses are the ones who need a psychiatrist if they don’t understand why his ratings are tanking. The low information voter (who everyone panders to these daze) isn’t going to watch Meet the Press.


4 posted on 04/21/2014 6:03:53 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: 1Old Pro

He leaves the image of “Planet Of The Apes” in most peoples minds,hence zero credibility from “Monkey Man”


5 posted on 04/21/2014 6:05:23 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: rbg81

Dick G was a comedian I think.Davie is Monkey Man


6 posted on 04/21/2014 6:06:25 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: 1Old Pro

Of course getting rid of him and hiring some one with some appeal was totally out of the question. :-)


7 posted on 04/21/2014 6:08:26 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Exec: “I don’t understand it. he’s a liberal metero; why isn’t it working?”


8 posted on 04/21/2014 6:10:36 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
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To: 1Old Pro

9 posted on 04/21/2014 6:11:04 AM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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Mr. Halper and all Freepers;

By design of stock ownership (Class A and Class B) and voting agreements, among other things, the man that can hire or fire Grgory at will is Brian Roberts, son of Ralph Roberts, who with a big silver spoon in his mouth woke up one day and was boss of the largest media empire in the US.

Roberts, a Jewish man himself, frequently brags about how big a pal and how much money he gives to fellow Marxist Obama.

So, Brian Roberts name needs to go Household at FR. Blaming Gregory or even discussing him is a fools errand.


10 posted on 04/21/2014 6:18:39 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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The gibsmedat crowd never watched MTP and the people with a brain that used to got tired of having their intelligence insulted by a minor league propagandist like Gregory.

Here's an idea,tie the EBT card to watching NBC. No watch, no free stuff.

11 posted on 04/21/2014 6:20:38 AM PDT by Rome2000
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Hahahaha!!! Good. Horseface Gregory snarls when talking to or about Republicans.


12 posted on 04/21/2014 6:21:32 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: CGASMIA68

Oops. You’re right. I meant David not Dick. A Freudian slip if there ever was one.


13 posted on 04/21/2014 6:22:07 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: rbg81
Dick Gregory:

David Gregory:


14 posted on 04/21/2014 6:22:20 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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For the record, I don’t like either Dick or David Gregory!


15 posted on 04/21/2014 6:22:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Of course getting rid of him and hiring some one with some appeal was totally out of the question. :-)

Ronan Farrow????

16 posted on 04/21/2014 6:23:36 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Perhaps they need to add more Marxists? That should bring in the ratings!

Pray America wakes up


17 posted on 04/21/2014 6:26:26 AM PDT by bray (The Republic of Texas 2022 is here)
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Too funny. They don't have to pay me to fix the show - stop the Obama and lib worshipping BIAS. People aren't entertained by this, they are smart enough to see it's a charade to promote liberalism.

You nailed it but I'll only add that most people have seen through the veneer of phony “hard questioning” Gregory tries mightily to simulate when quizzing liberals, while he attempts to skewer conservatives with "gothcha" questions.

18 posted on 04/21/2014 6:34:04 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished)
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most people have seen through the veneer of phony “hard questioning” Gregory tries mightily to simulate when quizzing liberals, while he attempts to skewer conservatives with "gothcha" questions.

Exactly, when their "strategy" is simply too predicable and has become very stale. How many times can one watch this and yell better questions at the TV and not become so tired so for relief we simply turn the channel.

19 posted on 04/21/2014 6:49:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Neither conservatives or liberals appear to like David Gregory. I don’t think it has to do w/ Gregory’s political views that no one likes to watch his show. I think no one likes to watch MTP because David Gregory sucks at his job. MTP is an unwatchable mess.

I’m thinking that there are two people left who want MTP to stay on the air...McCain & his lovely ‘buddy’ Lindsey. If not for MTP...how would we be able to hear the lovely tones of John and Lindsey?

Now why anyone would need to hire a psychologist to talk to Gregory’s friends (hello Karl Rove)...is beyond me. Would have saved some time if they just had the psychologist watch MTP a time or two. They would then just have to let the network folks know that there is nothing ‘wrong’ w/ David...he’s just not good at the job.


20 posted on 04/21/2014 6:58:52 AM PDT by conservaKate (R got it wrong in 2012. We must get it right in 2014 & 2016.)
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