NBC's 'Meet the Press' Hops Aboard Hillary in 2016 Bandwagon

December 10th, 2012 4:52 PM
On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory eagerly touted the approval rating of outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and gushed over the prospect of her running for president in 2016: "...her popularity has soared to an all-time high. According to a new Washington Post/ABC poll out this week, 66 percent view the country's top diplomat favorably..." [Listen to the audio or…

NBC Hoping Supreme Court Hands Down 'Roe v. Wade of Gay Rights

December 10th, 2012 1:05 PM
Reporting on the Supreme Court taking up the issue of gay marriage for the first time, on Friday's NBC Nightly News, justice correspondent Pete Williams proclaimed: "The fact that the Court has agreed to take up both cases could mean that the Justices are prepared to get to the heart of the same-sex marriage issue, and that could result in what would essentially be the Roe v. Wade of gay rights…

Newt Gingrich Schools Lawrence O'Donnell On Clinton Tax Hikes

December 9th, 2012 4:33 PM
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on Sunday gave Lawrence O'Donnell a much-needed education on the economic impact of the Bill Clinton tax hikes in the '90s. As O'Donnell precipitated the exchange, he perfectly demonstrated why MSNBC commentators are far too liberally biased to be invited on NBC's Meet the Press (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CNBC's Cramer Slams Norquist: You Want to Sacrifice Economy 'On the Cr

December 4th, 2012 10:46 AM
During the panel discussion on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer launched an assault against Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist for holding Republicans to a pledge not to raise taxes: "What this is about is avoiding a recession which is going to happen....You're going to sacrifice that on the cross of two percent. Is that what you want?" [Listen to the…

Remembering Some of Those Who Said the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Was

November 30th, 2012 10:54 PM
Reviewing several dispatches from the past couple of days, the latest news out of Egypt is that Egyptian "President" Mohammed Morsi "is not backing down in the showdown over decrees granting him near-absolute powers," that "clashes between the two camps (Morsi's Islamist supporters and secular opponents) ... left two dead and hundreds injured," and that the country's Muslim Brotherhood-…

David Gregory: 'You Could Have a Permanent Democratic Majority

November 21st, 2012 4:57 PM
NBC's David Gregory put forth on national television Tuesday every liberal media member's fantasy. Appearing on the Tonight Show, the Meet the Press host said, "You could have a kind of permanent Democratic majority" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Lindsay Lohan Challenges David Gregory On Public's Right To Know About

November 21st, 2012 12:22 PM
NBC's David Gregory on Tuesday appeared to make the case that the public really didn't need to know about former CIA Director David Petraeus's affair with biographer Paula Broadwell. Appearing with him on NBC's Tonight Show was Lindsay Lohan who surprisingly challenged the Meet the Press host on this point (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CNBC's Harwood: Benghazi Scandal Being 'Prolonged' Because of Campaign

November 20th, 2012 11:02 AM
Appearing on Saturday's NBC Today, CNBC chief Washington correspondent John Harwood completely dismissed the scandal surrounding the Benghazi terrorist attack as merely leftover campaign politics: "...what we're seeing in the Petraeus scandal and the Benghazi issue being prolonged is an extension of some of the conflict and the bitterness that we had during the election campaign." [Listen to…

NBC's Gregory to Liberal Historian: What Can Obama Learn From Lincoln

November 19th, 2012 5:27 PM
In an interview with liberal historian Doris Kearns-Goodwin for NBC's Press Pass, Meet the Press moderator David Gregory invited her to draw parallels between President Obama and Abraham Lincoln: "It seems like it's so hard to put Lincoln in a modern political context...But there is a leadership lesson that you think is important now and is important for President Obama embarking on a second…

House Intel Chairman: 'I'm Not Sure President Was Not Told' About Petr

November 18th, 2012 2:01 PM
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) dropped a bit of a bombshell on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday. Talking with host David Gregory about the David Petraeus affair, Rogers said, "I'm not sure the President was not told before Election Day."

David Gregory Praises Romney For Having Favored 'Massive Immigration R

November 16th, 2012 9:03 AM
For a second there, it sounded like David Gregory was onto something. But just as fast, he reverted to liberal form . . . On today's Morning Joe, the Meet The Press host first argued that Republicans don't have to become more moderate—they just need to change their "tone."  But within seconds, Stretch was singing Mitt Romney's praises for having favored, prior to the primaries, "massive…

NBC's Gregory and BuzzFeed's Smith Blame Conservatives Only for 'Polar

November 13th, 2012 3:43 PM
During an exchange on NBC's Press Pass on Sunday, Meet the Press moderator David Gregory and BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith wrung their hands over political divisiveness on social media sites like Twitter, but only managed to cite a list of Obama critics as the worst offenders. Gregory lamented: "We talk about how polarized the country is....we see this reflected in particularly nasty…

David Gregory Foolishly Equates Obama's Reelection 'Mandate' to Bush's

November 11th, 2012 3:14 PM
Since election night, President Obama's fans in the media have been trying to establish his victory as giving him a mandate to enact his agenda. Doing his part Sunday was NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NBC: After Being Hurt By 'Demographic Time Bomb,' GOP Must 'Shed Ortho

November 7th, 2012 1:29 PM
On Wednesday's NBC Today, political director Chuck Todd cited Florida as evidence of "this demographic time bomb went off and caught the Republicans off guard," referring to the Hispanic vote in Tuesday's election. He then predicted the same "bomb" could go off in other states in the future: "...it's going to happen in Georgia....Texas and the state of Arizona..." [Listen to the audio or watch…