Meet the Press

NBC's Gregory Grills Rep. Issa for 'Politically Overreaching' on Benghazi Scandal

kyle.drennen — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:01:24 +0000

Kyle Drennen

In an interview with House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory attempted to dismiss the growing Benghazi scandal for the Obama administration as a GOP political attack: "You've got Republicans talking about this being Watergate. One Republican raising the specter of impeachment. Conservative groups raising money off of the Benghazi story.

NBC’s Joy-Ann Reid: Only ‘Sane’ Way to Boost Economy is More Spending and Higher Taxes

brent.baker — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:13:35 +0000

Brent Baker

NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday brought aboard another lefty whose far-left views are usually only heard on MSNBC, but Joy-Ann Reid, Managing Editor of TheGrio.com, the NBC News site aimed at African-Americans, perfectly reflected the true liberal view of how to boost the economy. It’s not a “balanced” approach of budget cuts and tax hikes. She urged higher taxes and more spending.

“When you look at the economy and the fact that it isn’t growing more strongly, we’ve been trying to force ourselves to do austerity,” Reid ludicrously asserted in the midst of ever-increasing federal spending. She fretted the inability “to do a robust agenda from Washington that does smart spending and smart tax increases,” regretting that “without being able to do sane policy in Washington,” you can’t expect Obama to fix the economy.

'Meet the Press' Panel Bemoans Failure of Gun Control Bill, Calls on Senate to 'Kill the Filibuster'

kyle.drennen — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:42:17 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Sunday's NBC Meet the Press panel decried gun background check legislation being voted down in the Senate, with liberal historian Doris Kearns Goodwin lamenting: "Maybe the problem is also the structure of the Senate....given the 60 votes that are needed, given who they listen to, given the power of special interests, public sentiment cannot penetrate." [Listen to the audio]

NBC's Brokaw Blames U.S. Drone Attacks for Motivating Islamic Terrorists

kyle.drennen — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:49:52 +0000

Kyle Drennen

On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, special correspondent Tom Brokaw used a discussion on the Boston Marathon bombings to argue more broadly that the "roots" of anti-American terrorism across the Islamic world are U.S.

NBC's Gregory Hits Rubio With Colin Powell's Rant About 'Intolerant' GOP

kyle.drennen — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:17:09 +0000

Kyle Drennen

In an interview with Florida Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory hyped: "The political problem the party faces, Republicans face, among minority communities, is so large if you look at the results from the 2012 election." Gregory then introduced a clip of Colin Powell ranting over a supposed "dark vein of intolerance" in the GOP during a January appearance on the program.

NBC News/Saturday Night Live Synergy: ‘Problem’ Is Lack of Action on Gun Control

brent.baker — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:30:37 +0000

Brent Baker

NBC synergy in action. Saturday Night Live opens with a skit hitting President Barack Obama from the left for celebrating picayune progress on gun control and, the next morning, Meet the Press host David Gregory uses that clip to illustrate his liberal point about how the “problem” is insufficient action on gun control.

Peggy Noonan Interrupts Blackout as Networks Continue to Ignore Abortionist's Trial

matthew.balan — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:12:01 +0000

Matthew Balan

The Big Three networks' morning and evening newscasts still haven't covered the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell as of Monday morning.

NBC's Gregory to Bloomberg: Will You 'Target' Gun Rights Supporters With 'Lots of Money'?

kyle.drennen — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:10:54 +0000

Kyle Drennen

In an interview with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory invited the anti-gun advocate to issue a political threat to gun rights supporters in Congress: "Will you target people, Republicans and Democrats, who do not support a weapons ban, an assault weapons ban, who do not vote for background checks?

NBC Reporter Parrots Concerns Obama 'Went Too Far to Embrace Zionism' During Mideast Trip

kyle.drennen — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:50:25 +0000

Kyle Drennen

At the top of Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel forwarded anti-Israel sentiment during a segment about President Obama's trip to the Middle East: "I think the President went there to give Israel a big hug. Some people in the region think that he went too far, that he went too far to embrace Zionism as an ideology, not just the State of Israel." [Listen to the audio]

NBC's Gregory to Israeli Ambassador: Will Obama Be 'Rock Star' in Israel?

kyle.drennen — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:28:35 +0000

Kyle Drennen

In an interview with Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren for NBC's online Meet the Press: Press Pass, which is also aired by some NBC-owned stations following Meet the Press on Sundays, moderator David Gregory wondered about President Obama's upcoming trip to Israel: "...the last Democratic president who had significant ties to Israel, President Clinton, was really a rock star in Israel.

NBC's Gregory: Would Reagan Be Able to 'Exist' in 'Today's Republican Party'?

kyle.drennen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:39:05 +0000

Kyle Drennen

During an interview with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for NBC's online Meet the Press Press Pass, which is also aired by some NBC-owned stations following Meet the Press on Sundays, moderator David Gregory referenced Bush being at the Reagan Presidential Library and employed the tired liberal talking point that Ronald Reagan would be too moderate for the modern GOP: "...the president you speak of and so many conservatives do, raised taxes, was for immigration reform, that a lot of modern-day conservatives would – would find quite distasteful.

NBC Elevates Matthews’ Mendacity to Meet the Press, Right Wing Has Made Congress ‘Undemocratic’

brent.baker — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:47:59 +0000

Brent Baker

It’s bad enough that Chris Matthews gets two hours a day on MSNBC to showcase his anti-conservative rants, but why does host David Gregory undermine any pretense that NBC News is not the same as MSNBC by bringing Matthews aboard Meet the Press? Worse, Gregory prompted Matthews to repeat his Hardball diatribe about how, in freshman Senator Ted Cruz, “I saw Joe McCarthy.”

NBC Journalists Agree: Obama 'Clearly Has the Upper Hand On the Budget'

kyle.drennen — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:42:29 +0000

Kyle Drennen

NBC's Gregory: 'Central Beliefs' of GOP 'Have Hurt it With the Electorate'

kyle.drennen — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:15:33 +0000

Kyle Drennen

On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory demanded Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor admit that the Republican Party's fundamental principles led to electoral defeat in 2012: "Isn't this more than tone that's an issue? Isn't it more than re-branding? Isn't it some of the central beliefs of the Republican Party that have hurt it with the electorate?" [Listen to the audio]

NBC's Gregory Grills DeMint on GOP 'Intolerance' and 'Racist Comments'

kyle.drennen — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:50:44 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Talking to Heritage Foundation president and former Republican Senator Jim DeMint on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory eagerly cited recent criticism of the GOP: "Colin Powell on this program a couple of weeks ago talking about a deep vein of intolerance within the Republican Party. How do you respond to that as you take a look at where the party needs to go?" [Listen to the audio]