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.
Today on Meet The Press, Tom Brokaw gave Joe Lieberman every opportunity to publicly apologize to President-elect Obama - but he simply stated regret for some of the things he said.
In addition, Joe Lieberman called Barack Obama after the completion of the campaign.
Surprise.
This marked one of the biggest moments for Barack Obama this campaign season.
John McCain has a ton of nerve.
If you listen and look closely, you’ll hear one of the McCain supporters scream out that Barack is a terrorist.
This happens after McCain asks “Who is the Real John McCain?”
According to a new NBC News/WSJ poll, 50 percent believe that Barack Obama-Joe Biden do a better job in debates compared to 29 percent for John McCain-Sarah Palin.
Why do you think that is?
Perhaps, because John McCain was rude and didn’t look at Barack Obama once during the debate or because Sarah Palin is an outright liar who will say anything to get elected?
Tonight at 9 p.m. marks the second presidential debate.
And that will be the big question Americans will be asking.
Who is better to take charge in this global economic crisis?
PBS scores two presidential debates with Jim Lehrer hosting the first Presidential debate and Gwen Ifill hosting the only Vice Presidential debate.
NBC’s Tom Brokaw and CBS’ Bob Schieffer (not Katie Courice?) will host the remaining two Presidential debates.
For those of you that missed Meet the Press this weekend, Tom Brokaw asked about his choice for VP.
He said he’s looking for somebody “with integrity..with independence..who is willing to tell me where he thinks OR SHE THINKS I’m wrong.”
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Some good news for NBC.
They’ve got some time in terms of announcing a permanent host for Meet the Press.
Tom Brokaw, former anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” would fill the role as moderator for Meet the Press for the rest of this election year, reports the New York Times.
“I volunteered,” Tom Brokaw, told the NY Times.
“It was really not a hard call for me to make,” Brokaw said.
He had already planned to be heavily involved in NBC’s political coverage, he said, and was up to date on the program, having held regular conversations with Tim Russert.
“We would talk almost every Sunday after the show,” Brokaw said. “I’d say, that worked or that didn’t. We’d talk about guests. We had just been saying that using surrogates for the candidates really did work.”
Early ratings results for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” indicate that viewers tuned in big time.
Based on preliminary stats, it appears the show Tim Russert had hosted since 1991, and which this week was hosted by Tom Brokaw and devoted to Russert, may have logged nearly 60 percent more viewers than its May average ratings - in the range of 6 million viewers.
The show has averaged about 3.9 million viewers to date.
Click here for video tributes to Tim Russert.
