David Gregory Replaces Tucker

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 11:07 AM PDT

2008/03/10 · 11:07

MSNBC said this afternoon that it was canceling "Tucker," the low-rated, early evening program led by Tucker Carlson, and replacing it with a new, politically oriented program featuring David Gregory, chief White House correspondent of NBC News.

Mr. Gregory, whose program will be shown weeknights beginning at 6 p.m., will continue to cover the White House for NBC News, the parent of MSNBC, the cable channel said. Mr. Carlson will also remain with MSNBC, as a campaign correspondent who will cover the presidential race from Washington and the road.

MSNBC also said that Andrea Mitchell, a veteran political correspondent for both the cable channel and NBC News, would lead another new campaign-oriented program, this one to be shown beginning at 1 p.m. weekdays. The channel currently shows regular news programming at that time.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

Hooray! The bow tied dunce is gone. It's about time. Tucker Carlson, although not a proclaimed republican but rather a libertarian, belongs on FOX, where he can enjoin all the other Dem bashers on the rightwing comedy network.

It would have been nice to see a Rachel Maddow/David Schuster or Alison Stewart show just to add a little luster and intellectualism to the network, but David Gregory will certainly do. Afterall, he was one of the first White House corresponants to stand up to Bush in a press conference and regularly did battle with Tony Snow and Dana Perino.

It's not too late for Maddow, Schuster or Stewart though. There are still unfilled time slots at MSNBC and if you want to register an opinion with the network you can write to Steve Capus (president NBC News) or Phil Griffin (senior VP News, NBC) at:

steve.capus@nbc.com
phil.griffin@nbc.com

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