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I nominate Glenn Greenwald for host of MTP. (Original Post) peoli Jul 2014 OP
Aye. I don't watch MTP but Union Scribe Jul 2014 #1
i would be fine with that JI7 Jul 2014 #2
Of course it would be a game changer but that's not the point. pa28 Jul 2014 #3
I'd take just about anybody but that incompetent right wing flack Gregory Warpy Jul 2014 #4
Van Jones Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #5
Van Jones would be awesome.. 2banon Jul 2014 #6
Good choice! Stellar Jul 2014 #9
what a great idea nt grasswire Jul 2014 #7
Everyone KNOWS my pick by now.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #8
PLUS ONE! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #13
Count Me As Well ProfessorGAC Jul 2014 #14
Great idea... ReRe Jul 2014 #10
I vote nay. He's too important as a journalist. As a host it would neuter him. Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #11
We should have a nation full of aggressive investigative journalists. woo me with science Jul 2014 #15
Insufferable asshat. Worse than that mooncalf Gregory. 6000eliot Jul 2014 #12
The is funniest fucking poll ever posted in the history of DU polls!!! Made my morning!! nt msanthrope Jul 2014 #16

pa28

(6,145 posts)
3. Of course it would be a game changer but that's not the point.
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 12:56 AM
Jul 2014

Sunday shows are about Washington insiders re-affirming conventional wisdom to themselves.

The very idea of an actual journalist hosting one of the Sunday shows would scare the crap of NBC's corporate ownership.

Warpy

(111,235 posts)
4. I'd take just about anybody but that incompetent right wing flack Gregory
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 02:27 AM
Jul 2014

The format of a bunch of raving wingnuts ganging up on one tepid liberal was bad enough with a host who knew how to moderate a discussion.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
10. Great idea...
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 03:46 AM
Jul 2014

... but doubt he would take it. He just started the new intercept site project with Jeremy Scahill. Boy, wouldn't that be a switch. I can't think of anyone who would do a better job. I'll never forget when he read David Gregory the riot act one Sunday morning.

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
15. We should have a nation full of aggressive investigative journalists.
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 07:56 AM
Jul 2014

What a sick indictment of our country that we now sit on a message board arguing about where the few we have left will do the most good.
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