NBC’s David Gregory To Headline Conference For Major Republican Advocacy Group

[jaxx]

NBC’s David Gregory To Headline Conference For Major Republican Advocacy Group
By Josh Israel on May 12, 2012 at 3:00 pm

<..> Given the group’s obvious Republican alliance, it comes as little surprise that the NFIB’s three-day 2012 Small Business Summit, which begins Monday, will feature headliners Karl Rove and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

But the first name and photo on the invitation for the $150-per-person event — Tuesday’s “keynote address” speaker — is NBC’s Meet the Press host David Gregory. He is marketed by NBC as an anchor and “trusted journalist.”

<..> The Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics states:

Journalists should:
— Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.
— Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility.
— Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment, and shun secondary employment, political involvement, public office and service in community organizations if they compromise journalistic integrity.

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/05/1...ican-nfib/

It seems David Gregory needs to decide if he's a journalist or a republican shill.

[There Is No Spoon]

This should be a career ending move for Gregory, though I will reserve final judgement until after the speech.

[jaxx]

It does take away any thought of him being able to do MTP without bias. On the same program with Rove is not good.

[PoliticalTiger]

One thing I've noticed about David Gregory is when he's asking pukes questions on MTP, he just lets them spout off their lies and never rebukes them. Now I know why!

[Willinois]

Not at all surprising.

[Willinois]

If It’s Sunday, It’s Meet The Republican White Men

An exhaustive new study by media watchdog Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting shows that the Sunday morning talk shows have been dominated over the last eight months by white, Republican men.

Between June 2011 and February of this year, 70 percent of all one-on-one interviewees on the four biggest political talk shows — NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation and Fox News Sunday — were Republicans. The numbers were even more lopsided in favor of men and white guests: