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9 unusual facts about Meet the Press


Chad Griffin

In a May 2012 Meet the Press appearance, Biden recounted that, at a private dinner with LGBT campaign donors, he had been asked "How do you feel about us?"

Herbert J. Leder

He produced the Captain Video Show, Loretta Young Show, Meet the Press, and wrote scripts for New York TV soap operas.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Broussard's report of the events he discussed on Meet the Press have subsequently proven to be inaccurate.

Joseph W. Ferman

He was involved with the founding of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1949, and became the magazine's publisher in 1954, after Lawrence Spivak resigned to pursue his interest in the television series Meet the Press.

Peter D. Hart

Hart is frequently invited to major television programs, such as Meet the Press, The Today Show, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, to discuss public policy issues.

Robert C. Morlino

During the 2008 presidential election, Morlino criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Joe Biden for their remarks regarding abortion on Meet the Press.

Robert E. Whelan

One of many of Whelan’s career successes was of his former “protege”, NBC’s Meet the Press, Tim Russert.

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2004

Shortly following the airing of the ad, in a nationally televised debate on NBC's Meet the Press, Thune accused Daschle of "emboldening the enemy" in his skepticism of the Iraq war.

Werner Höfer

He gained popularity as the host of the Sunday TV discussion show Internationaler Frühschoppen, modeled on NBC's Meet the Press and running from 1952 to 1987.


Gar Alperovitz

Alperovitz has been profiled by The New York Times, the Associated Press, People, UPI, and Mother Jones, and has been a guest on numerous network TV and cable news programs, including Meet the Press, Larry King Live, The Charlie Rose Show, Crossfire, and The O'Reilly Factor.

Katty Kay

Kay also makes frequent appearances as a guest panelist on The Chris Matthews Show and Meet the Press on NBC, and in the past also appeared on Larry King Live on CNN.

Malcolm Farr

Malcolm regularly appears on the political current affairs programs Meet the Press on Network Ten, and ABC TV's Insiders.

Shyster

Meet the Press 2010 interview with former United States president George W. Bush who encourages donations for the 2010 Haiti earthquake and says, "One of my concerns is shysters show up and take advantage of people's good will and generosity".

Super Tuesday, 2008

On June 3, 2007, the name Tsunami Tuesday—conveying the potential of the large number of simultaneous primaries to completely change the political landscape—was mentioned on Meet the Press during a round-table discussion with presidential campaign strategists James Carville, Bob Shrum, Mary Matalin, and Mike Murphy.


see also

Running Start: Bringing Young Women to Politics

In 2009, honorees included Erin Burnett, CNBC Television Anchor; Julie Gilbert, Founder and CEO of WOLF Means Business; Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs; Betsy Fischer, Executive Producer of Meet the Press; and Mona Sutphen, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Obama Administration.