http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/david_gregory This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: David Gregory en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130008 On MSNBC's <em>Race for the White House</em>, host David Gregory, like NBC colleagues Tim Russert and Chris Matthews, suggested that it is not possible for the media to adequately cover both the Democratic primary race and Sen. John McCain. Gregory stated, "John McCain has not gotten a lot of scrutiny right now because we've had an historic Democratic race to contend with, but does that necessarily hold up as we go along?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130008 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:52:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010003 On MSNBC, during a discussion of the focus on Sen. Barack Obama's relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright compared with that on Sen. John McCain's relationship with Pastor John Hagee, <em>Newsweek</em>'s Richard Wolffe stated, "In some ways, John McCain is getting a free ride." Hagee has made controversial statements about Hurricane Katrina, women, homosexuality, the Catholic Church, and Islam. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010003 Thu, 1 May 2008 13:37:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200007 MSNBC's David Gregory did not challenge Republican strategist Mike Murphy's false claim that "Barack Obama's talked about paratroopers in Islamabad, for heaven's sake." In fact, Obama has stated that "[i]f we have actionable intelligence about high-level Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan's border region, we must act if Pakistan will not or cannot." A <em>Media Matters </em>review found no examples of Obama calling for dropping "paratroopers in Islamabad" or anywhere else in Pakistan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200007 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:20:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802130012 NBC's David Gregory stated: "John McCain is not going to pander to the right. He did that once and it didn't work." <em>The Washington Post</em>'s Eugene Robinson and MSNBC analyst Pat Buchanan both agreed, asserting: "He's not going to do it." In fact, McCain has attempted to satisfy conservative Republicans by reversing his positions on issues such as taxes, immigration, and the religious right. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802130012 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:45:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802060007 NBC News' David Gregory let Sen. John McCain claim that Mitt Romney "disparage[d] the service and courage of an American hero" when he stated that Bob Dole is "probably the last person I would have wanted to have write a letter for me," a reference to a letter Dole wrote to Rush Limbaugh defending McCain. That night, Gregory also uncritically aired McCain's attack on Romney on NBC's <em>Nightly News.</em> But Romney made no comments disparaging Dole's military "service and courage" in his response to Dole's letter, as the full context of Romney's remarks make clear. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802060007 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:52:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801030007 On January 2, despite numerous references on NBC's <em>Nightly News</em> to Mike Huckabee's appearance later that night on <em>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</em>, no one noted that Huckabee would be crossing a picket line in making the appearance. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801030007 Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:27:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801030001 On <em>Today</em>, David Gregory and Frank Luntz discussed video clips of what Gregory called "the year's best quotes from the campaign trail." However, Gregory and Luntz omitted relevant context for two of the quotations -- an attack on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by Rudy Giuliani and a separate attack on Clinton by Sen. John McCain. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801030001 Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:26:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712170004 On <em>The Chris Matthews Show</em>, Matthews falsely asserted that Mark Penn "raised drugs again when I had him on <em>Hardball</em>." In fact, that entire <em>Hardball</em> segment was devoted to the controversy over remarks made by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's then-campaign co-chair about Sen. Barack Obama's past drug use, and Penn was not the first to "raise[]" the issue. On the December 14 edition of <em>Hardball</em>, Matthews accused Clinton's campaign of engaging in "dirty politics"; Matthews and his guests went on to say "cocaine" a total of 10 times during the show. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712170004 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:41:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010011 Discussing remarks by Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, and former Sen. John Edwards, that they would not commit "by January of 2013, to have all American troops out of Iraq," NBC's David Gregory described this as "a really measured position," and asserted, "Edwards particularly, who was embracing the left wing of the party's view that you have to end the war now, and the others even voting for cutting off funding." But Gregory's suggestion that Clinton's and Obama's current positions are inconsistent with their having "even vot[ed] for cutting off funding" -- an assertion that is itself misleading -- is false. And Gregory offered no evidence that Edwards has shifted position either. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010011 Mon, 1 Oct 2007 19:40:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270014 NBC's David Gregory said it was "surprising[]" Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama, and former Sen. John Edwards, speaking at a Democratic presidential debate, "would not promise a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces." But Gregory did not explain why he thought that this was "surprising[]," and in fact the statements of all three candidates were consistent with their previous positions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270014 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:47:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708210006 Karl Rove asserted that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "enters the general election campaign with the highest negatives of any candidate in the history of the Gallup Poll," and added: "The only person who comes close is ... hers are at 49. The only other candidate to come close was Al Gore with 34, I believe." In fact, Gallup's polling results show that President Bush's unfavorability ratings as he entered the 2004 general election campaign were consistently above what Rove claimed to be "close[st]" to Clinton's unfavorability rating -- "Al Gore with 34" percent. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200708210006 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:07:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 In appearances by Karl Rove on Sunday morning talk shows on Fox, CBS, and NBC, not one interviewer asked whether an August 19 <em>Washington Post</em> article was accurate in stating that, according to White House officials, one of Rove's "two basic rules" in putting together briefings for political appointees was "to make sure they complied with the Hatch Act," a federal law that limits political activities by federal employees. As the article noted, "the Office of the Special Counsel ... has concluded that the Hatch Act was violated" during a briefing that was conducted by a Rove aide for political appointees in the General Services Administration. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:33:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706280004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706280004 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:27:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705240009 In a report on <em>Today</em>, David Gregory allowed former Sen. Bob Kerrey to suggest that John Edwards' recent speech questioning the use of the phrase "war on terror" had ignored the threat of terrorism or spoken against fighting terrorism. In fact, Edwards' speech identified several situations in which "force is justified." http://mediamatters.org/items/200705240009 Thu, 24 May 2007 19:08:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705120001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705120001 Fri, 11 May 2007 20:54:11 EST