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Ugly Behind the Scenes Turmoil at Meet The Press Revealed
NewsBusters ^ | December 22, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 12/22/2014 11:37:22 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Shield your eyes! Read no further!  The Washingtonian magazine has revealed some really ugly behind the scenes turmoil and backstabbings that accompained the departure of David Gregory from Meet The Press last summer. The revelations could be too much of a shock for some of you to endure. If the shock doesn't terminate you, suffocation from uncontrollable laughing at NBC's absurd antics could finish you off.

If you dare to read on, you will find out that Chuck Todd was hardly a modest shrinking violet when it came to replacing David Gregory. In fact, he had been clawing for that job since the moment Tim Russert passed away over six years ago.  Todd's fervor was matched by that of Joe Scarborough who also coveted that position. These are but two of the Washingtonian revelations about Meet The Press. There are many other juicy tidbits such as the fact that OWS supporter Al Sharpton was hired primarily to enable a corporate merger at NBC. But more on that later as we join the description of Chuck Todd desperately grasping to replace Tim Russert the instant he died in 2008:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; chucktodd; comcast; davidcohen; davidgregory; deborahturness; demagogicparty; joescarborough; meetthepress; memebuilding; mtp; nbc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; timrussert; turness
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To: Bigg Red
Why just an excerpt?

What? Too much energy to click the mouse to see the entire article?

21 posted on 12/22/2014 3:10:28 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Coakley/Gruber 2016!!!)
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To: PJ-Comix

What? Too much energy to click the mouse to see the entire article?

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No, it’s just that the move is suggestive of blog-pimping.


22 posted on 12/22/2014 6:18:39 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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