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David Gregory, Unplugged (Gregory afraid to be interviewed about his tantrums)
Hugh Hewitt ^
| 2/18/06
| Hugh Hewitt
Posted on 02/18/2006 10:35:53 AM PST by frankjr
" [T]he debate playing out in the blogosphere, cable airwaves and on talk radio pits the Vice President against an allegedly left-wing, overly cynical, prissy White House press corps in a tizzy because it wasn't the first to know and angry because it hates the President and Vice President anyway. "
That's exactly right. And it comes from NBC's David Gregory.
Gregory goes on to announce that this description is "nonsense," but of course Gregory has not allowed himself to be questioned outside of his network. He doesn't return calls and he won't make himself available for questions about what appears to be his deep seated hostility for the vice president and the Administration.
A professional would have calmly assenbled the facts and asked specific questions from McClellan. Gregory's overheated demands to know the president's "feelings" about the incident revealed a great deal about Gregory's bias and his talents. Soxblog suggested in his 2/15 post that those who know Gregory say he is wrongly judged on his meltdown this week, but unless and until Gregory is as willing to answer questions as he is to pose them, we can assume that what we saw is what he is.
Gregory is now caught up in controversy and he's both stonewalling and trying to change the subject.
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To: golfisnr1
Its not his lack of respect for the Office of President. Its his contempt for Bush and all things Republican that got him into this. His is intellectual elitism at its finest as the rest of us are just dumb schmucks.
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posted on
02/18/2006 10:56:18 AM PST
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: ThePoliticalDookie
It's like the Washington Post reporter not wanting to be interviewed by his own paper, for fear he'de get screwed.
Does NBC news ever give anyone a fair shake?
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posted on
02/18/2006 10:56:19 AM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: frankjr
NBC News
It's real news.
Isn't it?
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posted on
02/18/2006 10:57:51 AM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: frankjr
"He doesn't return calls and he won't make himself available for questions..."
How dare this be said about Vice President Chaney...oops, sorry, this is about David Gregory. Hmmmmm!
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posted on
02/18/2006 10:58:10 AM PST
by
bcsco
("He who is wedded to the spirit of the age is soon a widower" - Anonymous)
To: frankjr
He doesn't return calls and he won't make himself available for questions about what appears to be his deep seated hostility for the vice president and the Administration.
He won't allow himself to be interviewed for fear of admitting that instead of reporting the news, he has become the news.
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posted on
02/18/2006 10:58:30 AM PST
by
adorno
To: willstayfree
David's favorite Olympic athlete mailed in his final skate.
To: frankjr
On the Crissy Mathews show yesterday DG took a clip from President Bush's speech and inferred he was talking about the VP. It was completely out of context.
What a POS!
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posted on
02/18/2006 10:59:40 AM PST
by
Balata
To: D-Chivas
Re:
he'd be hired quickly at CNN... CNN already has a premature-grey-haired poser, but I forget his name.
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posted on
02/18/2006 10:59:43 AM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: frankjr
I would like to ask Gregory if he has ever heard of the Peter Principle.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:04:20 AM PST
by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia)
To: GW and Twins Pawpaw
Its his contempt for Bush and all things Republican that got him into this.They have a history.
Cyber Alert.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:05:28 AM PST
by
Stentor
To: ChadGore
Journalists should report the news, not make the news. But, when they do. like Gregory, they should be ready to face the press because suddenly they are news makers.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:06:00 AM PST
by
BW2221
To: frankjr
I heard him the morning he melted down on Imus when kidded about his question in french to Bush and Chirac at a press conference.
A press secretary with a taste for blood sport could have him chewing the carpet and howling on camera inside a week.
So9
To: butternut_squash_bisque
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:06:30 AM PST
by
golfisnr1
(Democrats are like roaches, hard to get rid of.>)
To: frankjr
From Gregory's blog: "I see myself as a proxy for the public that has raised questions about what happened and why the Vice President did not immediately disclose it."
Translated: He means he is only going to print what reflects the view of the dimocrat party and his personal view of what that "view" should be.
To: frankjr
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By attempting to destroy our great president, David has destroyed himself. Cf. Dan Rather.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:08:51 AM PST
by
Jackie
To: Stentor
Weel, he is loathe to admit that Bush is the elected leader of the Free World and this happens when the reporter wants to be the star of the show instead of simply reporting the facts as he knows them as a news story.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:10:51 AM PST
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: frankjr
There are NO facts that justify Gregory's tantrum.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:14:08 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: onyx
He does look like he escaped from the set of The Planet of the Apes.
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:15:17 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: frankjr
Which one are you taking David ?
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posted on
02/18/2006 11:16:09 AM PST
by
John Lenin
(Rehab is for quitters)
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