David Gregory
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He is married to Beth Wilkinson. Though you may not know her, you paid her for years, while she was executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Fannie Mae. She held this position until September of 2008, when she resigned after the troubled giant was taken over by the government, giving her more time to spend with her troubled giant at home.
The success of Fannie Mae in assisting low income borrowers to obtain mortgages and keep their houses during the economic downturn is unclear. It has, however, been fantastically successful in helping many wealthy people obtain mortgages, and, you know, that's something.
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Education
Gregory graduated in 1992 from American University, a safety school located in Washington, D.C. He received a degree from the School of International Service, and in 2005, he was named the School of International Service's graduate who became famous and might donate some money if given a cheap honor alumnus of the year.
Accomplishments
In 2005, Gregory shared an Emmy Award for CNN’s coverage of President Ronald Reagan's death and funeral. This brought the total percentage of people in broadcast journalism who have been awarded the coveted Emmy to 100 percent.
Journalism career
Early career
Gregory began his journalism career at the NBC affiliate KCRA-TV in Sacramento, a station well known for...um, actually it's not well known. But if you live in Sacramento and happen to have a story about a dog saving a cat, or a gruesome crime (possibly involving sex; especially involving sex; please for the love of God let it involve sex!), it's the kind of station that will cover the hell out of your story.
Today
Gregory has been the substitute co-anchor of Weekend Today, filling in for Lester Holt, also known as "that guy," since 2003. He has filled in for Matt Lauer on the Today show from 2005 to the present. The Today show, it should be noted, also employs Al Roker.
It goes without saying that Gregory was also the anchor of the memorable shows News Chat, Crosstalk NBC, and Newsfront on MSNBC from 1998 to 2000.
NBC Nightly News
Since 2005, Gregory has also filled in on NBC News’ Weekend Nightly News, which is similar to the weekday NBC Nightly News, except that instead of being watched by nobody but old people and shut-ins on weekdays, it's watched by nobody but old people and shut-ins on the weekend.
Imus In The Morning
Gregory used to be a regular on the Don Imus Show, a popular radio program featuring a signature hilarious mix of frat humor, douchebaggery and racism. There are some who say that bits like a Nixon impersonator, a Godfather impersonator, a Clinton impersonator and a Ted Kennedy impersonator are not signs of edgy comedy. Those people just don't understand humor the way Imus and Gregory do.
Along with other NBC news readers broadcast journalists like Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell, Gregory would come on the show to yuk it up with the hilarious "I-Man." But after one show in which the media happened to latch on to racist comments by the hilarious "I-Man" and his puckish sidekicks that were in no way unusual, Imus was fired.
The downfall of his hilarious bigot friend made Gregory sad and confused. "Why would they fire my friend now?" Gregory thought (this is a wikidramatization; just wikigo with it). "I mean, the 'I-Man' has been making jokes about 'jigaboos' and 'ho's' and black women as 'cleaning ladies' for years -- he's admitted he has someone on the show specifically for 'nigger jokes,' so why the fuss now? Being on the show was good for my career, but I should probably become better friends with Clarence Page just in case. Oh, and I should condemn the 'nigger jokes' said by my hilarious friend. Wait, even better, 'strongly condemn.'”
Like any good establishment Washington journalist, David Gregory knew how to take both sides of an issue at the same time. For instance, he distanced himself from Imus, but also wanted credit for defending his hilarious racist friend. He was rewarded for this skillful balancing act by getting the morning radio time slot on MSNBC.
Gregory was happy to use his friend’s racism for the benefit of his career when nobody cared about the racism. And then when people did care, he was happy to use that, too. Well played, Gregory: you managed to benefit to from racism and anti-racism. Someone who can do that is going to have a bright future in Washington media culture.
As for the radio show? It was called "Gregory Live" and it was terrible.
Race for the White House/1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Continuing in the Gregory tradition of following on the heels of even bigger douchebags, Gregory became host of a program that replaced Tucker Carlson's show. The new show was called "Race for the White House" and featured a small, rotating cast of establishment conventional wisdom stooges who would come on and parrot unoriginal Washington groupthink. The show's name later changed to "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." Sadly, the content stayed the same.
MSNBC anchor for election coverage in 2008
Because of the show's relentless unoriginality and tedious self-importance, Gregory was fired from the network. Ha -- just kidding! Actually, he was rewarded by being made anchor of MSNBC's election coverage.
Meet the Press
The discipline and vigilance Gregory displayed in being careful never to say anything insightful or original about politics impressed the NBC higher-ups. And so, on December 7, 2008, a day that will not live in infamy (or any other kind of famy), it was announced that Gregory would be the full-time moderator of "Meet the Press." The first show with Gregory as moderator aired on December 14, 2008. The first show in which Gregory said something original will be on...well, don't hold your breath.
