NBC Hires A Shrink To Evaluate David Gregorys Ratings Slide For Meet The Press ::posted Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:41:37 +0000:: ift.tt/QAEy3R Color this weird. Since David Gregory took over Meet The Press, the industry heavyweight of the Sunday political talk shows, their ratings have taken a nose dive. When they were looking for a replacement for Tim Russert, I wrote that NBC should search their vast resources of reporters to find a new voice to fill the slot because there was nobody capable in their current stable (in 2006) to take over the job. NBC instead chose to tap Gregory, who was their White House correspondent at the time, to be the man and it has proven to be a disaster. He did well beating up George Bushs press secretaries, but that does not come close to equaling what it takes to run an hour-long interview show. The Washington Post wrote a featured article about MTPs ratings struggles, and reported that NBC News commissioned a psychological consultant to interview his friends and wife so that they can try and figure out how to make Gregory succeed and raise Meet The Presss horrible ratings. read more [Forwarded by the MyLeftBlogosphere news engine. Link to original post below:]
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