David Gregory will take over as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
He had been a leading contender for the permanent spot since Tom Brokaw stepped in as interim moderator following Tim Russert’s tragic and sudden death in June, according to reports.
Phil Griffin, the president of cable-news network MSNBC, is getting sick of defending his decision to replace Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews with David Gregory as anchor for big political events.
Griffin is claiming that a report from the New York Post, which stated that the change came from Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of NBC’s parent company General Electric, after “a lot, maybe thousands” of shareholders had called up to complain about Olbermann during the DNC and RNC, is categorically false.
“This makes me so mad, because it’s so untrue,” Griffin said. “Somebody is spreading rumors. It’s wrong. It’s getting into the echo chamber.”
David Gregory loves to dance. Here he was getting down to Mary J. Blige while on the Today Show. We can only hope that we’ll see more of this type of choreography when he takes over for Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews while he anchors the election coverage for MSNBC.
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As the co-anchors of MSNBC’s coverage of the election.
The on-air squabbling between Keith and Chris was fun to watch while it lasted!
But apparently the editorialising of the campaign wasn’t building a large enough audience.
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Only days after the sudden death of Tim Russert, NBC News now must find the person to replace him on Meet the Press, according to the New York Times.
“Nobody should even think about replacing Tim Russert,” Jeff Zucker tells the NY Times. “What someone will need to do is find the next way to do ‘Meet the Press’ and provide political analysis. Anybody who thinks they can replace Tim Russert is kidding themselves.”
The potential candidates for Meet the Press include Brian Williams, David Gregory, Andrea Mitchell, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough and Keith Olbermann.
NBC could smooth the transition by offering the post on a temporary basis to Tom Brokaw, who stepped down as the network’s anchor in 2004. Katie Couric’s name has also been thrown in the mix.
Thoughts?
