Anyone catch David Gregory mention the teleprompter?

[vi5]

What a tool. Brian Williams asked him his thoughts, and Gregory just had to get that in there. He was subtle in that he was just talking about how "on message" Obama was, but he just had to get that damn talking point in there.

[Thrill]

1. Yup. I heard it. It was the first thing out of his mouth

[Clio the Leo]

2. Teleprompter v. No Teleprompter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjNVPsL5EY

[Gman]

9. I think Dave pretty much summed it up there!

[Clio the Leo]

10. Dave should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the time this is all over.

For all the help he's given us.

[ErinBerin84]

3. Just like how he tries to sneak

"So wasn't Senator McCain RIGHT during the campaign?" in a lot of his MTP questions.

[spanone]

4. you mean this guy?

[Supersedeas]

19. KKKarl Rove's backup dancer in rare form with a facsimiled talking points

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. God, he's a lightweight.

Best he can do is throw the day's meme out there right off the bat.

[vi5]

7. Seriously, he had less than a minute to speak....

..and that was what he felt was the most important point to make in his alloted time.

[Supersedeas]

21. appeasing his corporate handlers that advertise for MTP

[RepublicanElephant]

6. wonder if gregory beat faux news to it. nt

[sohndrsmith]

8. can I jump and rejoice - or throw confetti now? If this is the only sort of thing

the "pundits" have to criticize, then I consider that a very good sign indeed... : )

[Uzybone]

11. Its pretty clear what the media is trying to do

He is overexposed
He uses a teleprompter


They want to make him out to be a lightweight, yet everytime he speaks he dazzles the American people.

[firedupdem]

12. First thing he said. Fucking jerk. What is the big deal? All

Presidents have used teleprompters. They make me sick.

[creeksneakers2]

13. I put two complaints on the MSNBC website immediately

How will we spend $trillions? How will we solve our economic crises? What about the explosion in health care costs?

None of those things matter to David Gregory. He had to work in a right wing talking point about a teleprompter. All presidents use teleprompters. Why on earth is that news?

I told MSNBC they should ship Gregory to Fox where he belongs.

[vi5]

14. It was so blatant and pathetic....

Criticize the content....mention (as Chuck Todd did moments later) that there were no bank bailout questions.....but jesus to be so blatantly peddling a right wing talking point right out of the gate.

And I'm the least conspiracy minded anti MSM person out there. I think most of what people complain about is looking for boogeymen where none exist.

So when I notice something like that it's pretty fucking blatant and bad.

[Puzzler]

22. The teleprompter meme is a pure Rovian tactic...

... designed to attack Obama on one of his strongest assets: his great public oratory.

[soothsayer]

15. It's actually hard to use a teleprompter, and of course it requires being able to read

so dumb boosh totally could NOT use it and had to rely on the lump under his shirt.

[vi5]

17. All of that is beside the point...

..it's a criticism that originated in and is only being discussed in the right wing talk radio vacuum, yet it's the first thing mentioned by David Gregory a supposed independent mainstream journalist and host of Meet The Press.

[onetwo]

16. Take away the prompter and Gregory probably wouldn't make it through the intro of MTP.

I wonder what his terrible Race to the White House show during the campaign would have been like without some sort of prompter.

[mucifer]

18. actually, I was expecting him to be far more negative. his overall comments were positive.

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. Fuck Douche Gregory

Yet another spouse of a financial criminal on the NBC payroll.

[cottonseed]

23. These guys look more stupid ever day.

Do they not realize that millions of Americans are watching this stuff and are saying to themselves, "what the fuck does that matter?"

[Cass]

24. I don't get this teleprompter thing. What is the big deal?

Don't they all have teleprompters? I know Bush had them and I bet Bill Clinton did, too.

They are really reaching with this IMO. It's like complaining because the guy has notes on the podium. How bizarre. These press people are out to lunch.