Like most high profile journalists in the MSM he is more worried about his access than actually practicing his craft. I tend not to watch the Sunday morning political shows...there are only softballs a plenty and RARELY any meaningful follow-up to the responses that are invariably misrepresentations and often out and out lies.

I too have sworn off MTP but I haven't totally escaped John King and I think he's even worse. Gregory is just stupid. King seems to have bought the center-far-right as a given. Once again we had the full range of Democratic opinion all the way from Feinstein to Lieberman.

My dad tried that profanity/weak mind crap on me too. I told him to fuck off. And so did my mom. :)

I confess I watched a little of it. Did you catch the part where he was grilling whatshisname - Obama's press secretary? He was asking about Obama's edict that there will be no more torturing, and Gregory desperately wanted him to admit that well, just MAYBE he would okay torture if the situation presented itself.

Then he asked if Obama would have okayed it after 911. The response was less than stellar -- "can't really say," essentially.

The problem with Gregory is that every question has an agenda behind it rather than an effort to find out information. That is why he is such a bad interviewer.

I wonder what kind of contract Gregory locked NBC into. I hope no longer than the time needed to get the Kid up to speed so he can take his father's place.

I agree regarding David Gregory and John King. It's been very disappointing to see that there are no follow-up questions. Further, there is either an ignorance of facts or a desire to support false statements. It seems like any republican talking point is accepted as truth. I've stopped watching both shows.

Awww. You don't like David Gregory. He has great taste in rap music doncha know. He has got some great dance moves too.

Check him out dancing right next to Karl (MC) Rove.

It is all about the issue of creation versus evolution. Creationist believe it does not matter what the facts suggest, we can create our own story. Evlolutionists believe we have to reduce everything to the things we know in a scientific way and we will have the truth revealed gradually. It will evolve as we learn more. Creationists already know what they want it to be. Evolutionists are still studying the matter.

Gregory is trying to maintain the creationist perspective. The thing is that all of the people are not folled anymore but he remains one of them.

I watched it once after he took over and stopped. No point wasting your time on bad tv.

Yes. I don't watch MTP anymore. I don't have cable like TherP but I watch Rachel Maddow and Keith Olberman on the web. I tried watching David Gregory but he does seem like he belongs on FOX. I watched Morning Joe a few days ago, which I don't do often, and Gregory was a guest and the discussion on torture was apalling in my view. I find Gregory's perspective and 'whatever you call what he does on MTP' useless.

The only real reporting is on "Democracy Now". Even Keith and Rachel keep to the news stories the corporate news wants covered. Where are their stories on union workers harassed at Smithfield? Where are their stories on the latest Monsanto attempts to make their genetically modified seeds part of US aid to Africa? Why was an Italian journalist killed in Somalia following a story on Italian mafia connections to the pirates? Why are there 4.4 million people displaces in Colombia, more than Darfur, and why don't we know about it?
Why is the 2nd largest embassy next to Baghdad in Bogota?