David Gregory is an asshole, if you think the media is in bed with Hillary you are fucking crazy

[Herman Munster]

Seriously, what other candidate has to put up with this kind of belligerent media 24/7?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOnkDekFe80#

[sniffa]

1. hold on

:popcorn:

let's get it on!!

[babylonsister]

2. Got butta?

:D Deja vu!

[graywarrior]

3. He makes me want to scream.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Bill said Obama is a risk, Gregory asked Hill about it, she avoided the question

:shrug:

[Auggie]

11. By not answering the question she spoke volumes...

of bullshit.

[durrrty libby]

14. lol.....Such nonsense

[Tejanocrat]

5. God forbit a journalist set aside 30 seconds during the ass-kissing session to demand an answer to a

straight forward question.

[bullimiami]

6. to be fair. gregory gives everyone the business including bush and co.

[Catchawave]

12. Not to worry, even Olbermann gets " DUed" here, and

Keith definitely calls them as he sees them :D

I'm starting to warm up to Joe Scarborough's quick cut-to-the-chase interviews on "If it's too early, it's Morning Joe" :D I really enjoyed his interview with Hillary this morning, brought out the Hillary I love best :)

[lvx35]

7. What an ass. Why can't journalists just try to uncover truth?

Is it so bad to have interviews that seek to inform viewers, not control their minds?

[FrenchieCat]

8. The media hates the Clinton.....always have, always will.

And the higher up they go, the further down they fall.

The media in intent on destroying any Clinton legacy left......and they ain't playing.

[w4rma]

9. Big media wants Hillary to win the primary and lose the general. She is the GOP's best hope. (nt)

[Quixote1818]

10. It was an easy question to answer. I don't know why she avoided it???

All she had to say was that she felt she was more experienced and qualified and that Obama lacked experience in this area and that area. She is horrible on the campaign trail.

[durrrty libby]

13. I don't give 2 shits about the interviewer, but her response

was excellent. She wasn't going to play his silly game and she prevailed

:woohoo: :applause: :woohoo:

[Cha]

15. Who you callin'

"fuckin' crazy"? :popcorn:

[AX10]

16. He asked serious questions, but he was by no means...

rude. Hillary was fortunate to not have had Lauer or Couric. They are MSM tools and would have smeared her in this interview. It would not have been an interview, but a hit piece on Clinton, which she has gotten from so much of the media.
She did not fall into any traps.

[K Gardner]

17. Poor Hillary?? Just guessing that's the next TPM...

[Kucinich4America]

18. Yeah, by this time tommorrow, there will be 500 different threads here

Concerning what drugs David Gregory did as a teenager, and what his homework was in kindergarten.

[JackORoses]

19. All Gregory did was ask for a straight answer to his question, Hillary refused.

All she did was give him back a mouthful of slogans.

[EffieBlack]

20. There was definitely a difference in how the two candidates were treated

David Gregory was all over Hillary. On the other hand, Meredith Viera fell all over McCain.

For example, compare the opening questions:

Clinton Interview:

GREGORY: Now Senator Hillary Clinton. She's hoping that endorsement from The Des Moines Register will put her over the top in Iowa, where she is battling for the lead. She joins us in Iowa's capital this morning. Senator Clinton, good morning to you.

Sen. CLINTON: Good morning. It's great to talk to you.

GREGORY: Thank you. Despite this endorsement from The Des Moines Register, as we mentioned in the piece, your husband, the former president, said that it would be a miracle if you win the caucus in Iowa. So where has all of your momentum gone from six weeks ago?

McCain Interview
VIERA: The other presidential candidate picking up key endorsements over the weekend, Senator John McCain. He is in Concord, New Hampshire, this morning.

Senator, good morning to you, and congratulations.

McCAIN: Well, thank you, Meredith. And, by the way, we also got the Portsmouth Herald and the Salmon Weeklies, which are other newspapers here in New Hampshire. So we're on a roll and we're quite happy, but most happy about our announcement this morning.

VIEIRA: Senator, let me start by talking about The Des Moines Register and its endorsement of you. I can understand why that would matter greatly to Senator Clinton, because she is running neck and neck for the lead there, but you're in fifth place right now. You are trailing far behind. You haven't spent a lot of time in Iowa. So what can that endorsement realistically do for you?

SECOND QUESTION:

GREGORY: Right. So, Senator, if people look at the last six weeks and they might question how Hillary Clinton responds to a crisis or how she handles pressure and they might point to the fact that you complained about the all-boys network of presidential politics in the wake of the Philadelphia debate, they would--they would see your husband complaining about media coverage of you, they'd see your campaign raise the past drug issue and use by Barack Obama or question him for his ambition, and they might say, `Well, this is really what we don't like about politics.' Is that fair?

VIERA: You know, both newspapers mentioned your honesty and reputation for straight talk, and because of that I want to ask you a couple of sensitive topics and get your straight talk and response to this. First of all, when it comes to religion, the candidates say faith should not be a factor in this election. And if that is true, do you think it's appropriate for Governor Huckabee to run as a, quote, "Christian leader"?

And it went on and on like that - with David Gregory grilling Clinton, asking tough questions - not about her policies but about what Bill Clinton said and what "people are saying" about her campaign while Meredity Viera giddily asked softball questions of McCain.

And then both interviews ended just as they started:

CLOSING QUESTION

GREGORY: I want to ask you another question about the former president on the issue of not only experience but also his concerns about the campaign. The last couple of weeks have been dominated by headlines not about your policy positions or where you would take the country, by about what your husband thinks about how your campaign is being run. Has that been a distraction?

VIEIRA: The Register mentioned you had a couple of flaws, just a couple. One of them was hot temper, and when you're dealing with diplomacy that can get in the way. Fair to say you have a hot temper? And if so, how are you--how are you working on it, Senator?


AND THE FINAL WORD

GREGORY: Senator Clinton, thank you very much for your time this morning.
Sen. CLINTON: Thanks. Great to talk to you.
GREGORY: Thank you. Seven-fifteen now. Once again here's Meredith.


VIEIRA: All right, Senator McCain, thank you again. And again, congratulations, sir.
McCAIN: Great to be with you, Meredith.
VIEIRA: Thank you.