Lindsay Beyerstein provides another solid gold example of the watchdog lapdog “journalism” for which David Gregory is so renowned:
NBC’s David Gregory tried to entice disgraced South Carolina governor Mark Sanford onto Meet The Press by promising a friendly hearing. Gregory subscribes to the Burger King model of journalism: Have it Your Way.
“Meet The Press allows you to frame the conversation as you really want to,” Gregory assured Sanford’s press secretary by email. Unfortunately for Gregory, that email found its way into the hands of a South Carolina paper that published it online.
The press secretary abruptly resigned after the letter came to light, but Gregory still has a job. I don’t see why the press secretary should resign, it’s his job to subvert journalistic integrity to assure favorable, preferably sycophantic, coverage for his boss. It’s Gregory who should step down over this.
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