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Blue Idaho

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14. MTP can't return to the original format

Reply to Segami (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 11:57 PM

Mar 2014

Because there are no real journalists left to ask the kind of unbiased hard hitting questions that gave the program it's edge back in the day.

NBC would be better off selling Sham Wows in that time slot.

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LOL!!- 'MEET THE PRESS' Needs Your Suggestions For An EXTREME Makeover [View all] Segami Mar 2014 OP

Danceoff with Chris Christie derby378 Mar 2014 #1

Hire Phil Donahue. grasswire Mar 2014 #2

+1 Segami Mar 2014 #3

Or Keith Olberman GP6971 Mar 2014 #6

MtP host must be Comcast-friendly derby378 Mar 2014 #11

I agree GP6971 Mar 2014 #12

Actually, that'd get ratings. If ratings is what they want, that would suck in a LOT of eyeballs. calimary Mar 2014 #17

Replace Gregory with somone like Maddow or Kornacki. And have more female guests on each week. n/t Tx4obama Mar 2014 #4

And MORE than a few Dems and progressives, dammit!!! calimary Mar 2014 #16

Remove hack Gregory for starters n/t malaise Mar 2014 #5

Hack is too nice of a term for that idiot. n/t GP6971 Mar 2014 #8

Steel cage death match Fumesucker Mar 2014 #7

Time to end MTP. The NBC suits know nothing about news and can't save the program. nt SDjack Mar 2014 #9

It might not be the messenger, it might be the message. lob1 Mar 2014 #10

Pardon me, but.. I googled David Gregory+Doormat and got Chuck Todd instead.. Cha Mar 2014 #13

MTP can't return to the original format Blue Idaho Mar 2014 #14

Maybe they could hire Robert Fisk, and Naomi Klein, and Jim Hightower, and . . . . hatrack Mar 2014 #15