All of these show are little more than agenda meetings for the DNC. They drive the DNC talking points at Republicans and generally make them look like crazies because the questions are so slanted.
As the picture with Gregory holding the 30 round AR magazine, what was the purpose of that, except to drive home how really scary those magazines are.
Gregory and his ilk are not the press, they are not the fourth estate, they are a fifth column. They are nothing more than DNC operatives and they are no longer even wearing a disguise.
Why is Meet the Press failing... for the exact reason you cite, they are not flies on the wall, they are DNC activists.