I am watching a rerun of MTP

[Grateful for Hope]

and, I am wondering if anyone disliked how Gregory kept interrupting Summers during his interview?

I am not sure that Summers is what our economy needs, but, I was aghast at what I perceived as Gregory's obvious disdain at what he had to say.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

1. he did...but he didnt do that with boehner.

[Snarkoleptic]

3. No doubt. He allowed 'boner' to drone on and on.

Gregory is a closer personal friend of KKKarl as well, which is very telling about his character.

[Grateful for Hope]

5. I turned it off when Boehner came on

because I can't stand to watch him.

Thank you for validating what I thought I was seeing.

[underpants]

8. Gregory allowed 61-detainee falsehood to stand unrebutted on Meet the Press

http://mediamatters.org/items/200901250006?f=h_top

Summary: On Meet the Press, host David Gregory allowed Rep. John Boehner to repeat the falsehood that, in Boehner's words, "we've already found" that 61 detainees released from the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay are now "back on the battlefield." In fact, the figure, which comes from the Pentagon, includes 43 former prisoners who are suspected of, but have not been confirmed as, having engaged in terrorist activity. Moreover, even the Pentagon's claim that it has confirmed that 18 former Guantánamo detainees have returned to the battlefield has been questioned by experts.

Gregory did not note that according to the Pentagon, the 61-detainee figure includes 43 former prisoners who are suspected of, but have not been confirmed as, having engaged in terrorist activity -- detainees who have not been "already found <...> back on the battlefield," as Boehner asserted. Indeed, as Media Matters for America noted, during a January 13 press conference, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell stated: "The new numbers are, we believe, 18 confirmed and 43 suspected of returning to the fight. So 61 in all former Guantanamo detainees are confirmed or suspected of returning to the fight."

Further, the Pentagon's definition of "returning to the fight" has been challenged by some analysts. As CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen noted on the January 23 edition of Anderson Cooper 360: "eturning to the fight, in Pentagon terms, could be engaging in anti-American propaganda, something that's not entirely surprising if you have been locked up in a prison camp for several years without charge." Bergen further stated: "hen you really boil it down, the actual number of people whose names we know are about eight out of the 520 that have been released , so a little above 1 percent, that we can actually say with certainty have engaged in anti-American terrorism or insurgence activities since they have been released. ... If the Pentagon releases more information about specific people, I think it would be possible to -- to potentially agree with them. But, right now, that information isn't out there."

[FrenchieCat]

2. I dislike Gregory because he only kisses Republican ass.

[Grateful for Hope]

4. He pretends to be "rough"

on repubs, but, it is very forced and phoney.

You are very right.

[Muttocracy]

6. didn't watch, but I'm baffled that Chuck Todd didn't get that job. At least Obama

doesn't have to deal with Gregory directly.

[underpants]

7. Todd is next in line

but Gregory will be there for yeeeeears

That is the way it works at NBC-WH reporter gets the MTP gig when it comes up.

[Ilsa]

9. Maybe, if his ratings fall enough, DG will be out and Todd will come in. nt

[underpants]

11. As long as ADM is paying the bills and they don't talk about agriculture ....

it doesn't matter who is reading the DC conventional wisdom

Even mention ethanol and your ass is GONE let alone anything else.

[Muttocracy]

13. ADM - supermarket to the world. I don't even have TV and that's burned in my brain.

When they were advertising heavily on "public" radio I knew it was gone as a news source too.

[Muttocracy]

10. Russert had it so long there were probably WH reporters who never got MTP

was Andrea Mitchell WH correspondent?

[underpants]

12. Well yeah there does have to be an opening

I don't think Andrea was at WH. I think she was Capital Hill or just rotating between cocktail parties

Glad I checked before posting-YES she was at the WH '93-94
She has been the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News since November 1994. Previously, she had served as Chief White House Correspondent (1993–1994) and Chief Congressional Correspondent (1988–1992) for NBC News.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mitchell