David Gregory

David Gregory's "Meet The Press" Ratings Hit New Low — The Sunday Morning Horse Race Is On

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media


If the Sunday morning TV throne is empty, then the race for the crown is on. NBC's "Meet the Press" suffered its lowest ratings since David Gregory...

White House Pet Correspondent Lucky Sees Stars & Stripes!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living


Wendy Diamond

With all the presidential advice Lucky received this past weekend from the above-mentioned, she is well on her way to being appointed White House Pet Correspondent to Bo Obama.

First Snapshots from the First Obama WH Correspondents' Dinner (Photos)

Scott Shrake | Posted 06.09.2009 | Media


Scott Shrake

The mix of Beltway media personalities and Hollywood types was jarring but fun.

David Gregory To Anchor Weekly Hour On MSNBC

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media


MSNBC continues to shake up its dayside lineup. Just one day after announcing Dylan Ratigan would join the network as a weekday anchor from 9-11 AM, ...

Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment


Jeffrey Buchanan

The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

Sunday Morning Still Searching For Successor To Russert's Throne: Will It Be Stephanopoulos?

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.21.2009 | Media


"The throne is empty." So said "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace, meaning that there has been no successor as the king of Sunday morning televisio...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 27, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Congratulations are in order to Mickey Kaus, who proved, through the disclosure of a single, intended-to-be-off-the-record threaded discussion from Jo...

NBC's David Gregory Says: You're Stupid

Adam Green | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media


Adam Green

David Gregory, instead of calling the public stupid, how about saying on the air that there are, in fact, no "best and brightest" at AIG worth giving bonuses to if they threaten to leave?

Why Does Obama's Teleprompter Hate America?

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

Without a doubt, many of the attacks from the far-right against President Obama have amounted to nothing more than the political equivalent of speaking in tongues.

Web Ad for Bobby Jindal Uses Celebrity Voices (and Mine) Without Permission

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

How do I know? I'm one of the voices they used, which is quite curious because I am neither a celebrity nor anywhere near a Bobby Jindal fan.

Laughing with Obama, Laughing at McCain

Stu Kreisman | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media


Stu Kreisman

With the national media's insistence of dwelling on the trivial (Who's twittering who, Obama's NCAA brackets, Dick Cheney's opinions about anything) a...

Paper: "'Meet The Press' Is Now The De Facto Safe Show On Sunday Morning"

Newsday | Verne Gay | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media


The new moderator often seems like he's wearing a suit made for someone else - Russert - and as a result has yet to clearly establish why he got this ...

Cheney, Rove, and Fleischer and the Importance of Net Neutrality

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer and other right-wing mouthpieces are trying to frame future debates while they reinvent the George W. Bush years...

Meet The Real Press

Stu Kreisman | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media


Stu Kreisman

The fourth estate has abdicated its responsibilities to Stewart, Letterman, Olbermann, Maddow, Campbell Brown and the bloggers on the internet.

Media Focus On Earmarks Allows Omnibus Opponents To Control Debate

Media Matters | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


Numerous media outlets have devoted significant coverage to the earmarks contained in the pending omnibus appropriations bill, even though, according ...

Mike Murphy Moves a GOP Message

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

In case you thought it was only the CPAC crowd arguing that Obama was the second coming of "European-style socialism," Murphy wanted you to know precisely which slice of Europe they had in mind.

There's More to Influence on Twitter Than Being Famous

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 03.31.2009 | Media


Joanne Bamberger

Al Gore, it's not really kosher Twitter etiquette to have 160,000+ people on your list and then only be interested in what two of them are tweeting.

TV News Anchors Can't Stop Twittering

New York Times | ALESSANDRA STANLEY | Posted 03.31.2009 | Media


Left alone in a cage with a mountain of cocaine, a lab rat will gorge itself to death. Caught up in a housing bubble, bankers will keep selling mortg...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: February 27, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


I quite liked Mark McKinnon's piece in The Daily Beast, today, about Twitter "jumping the shark." I especially liked his admonition that we all must ...

Are GOP Governors Who Turn Down Stimulus Money Unpatriotic?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Bobby Jindal is playing politics, branding himself and his party in an effort to return to power, all at the expense of the people of his state.

Twitter Growing In Popularity Among TV News Personalities

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media


"Here's a chance through Twitter, all these social networks, to break the glass in front of the tube," says "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran. "It giv...

Jason Linkins

MSNBC Places Twitter On Motorcycle, Readies Shark Tank

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics


All day long, I waited for this afternoon's promised primer on Twitter, that would be rendered unto MSNBC's viewers by none other than David Gregory. ...

Republicans Say They'd Support the "Right" Stimulus Bill, But Stimulus for Them Is Only More Tax Cuts

Mitchell Bard | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

If you look closely at what the Republicans are saying, this isn't a debate on the merits of this stimulus legislation, but rather another round of policy battles fought during last year's campaign.

"Meet The Press" Ratings Lowest Since David Gregory Became Moderator

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media


Updated to include Super Bowl note "Meet the Press" posted its lowest ratings since David Gregory became moderator this past week, with the show airi...

David Gregory: "Obama Team Would Like To Have A Measure Of Control Over The Press"

Broadcasting & Cable | Marisa Guthrie | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media


David Gregory has settled in as the new host of NBC's Meet the Press, Sunday's most-watched public affairs program. As the Obama administration takes ...