Tucky Carlson out at MSNBC, David Gregory in!

[Virginia Dare]

one repukey mouthpiece gone for the run-up to the election in November...:party: :bounce: :woohoo:

http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN1147956320080311

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - MSNBC on Monday canceled Tucker Carlson's daily show, temporarily replacing it with a campaign-focused hour anchored by NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory.

Carlson has had a daily program on MSNBC since June 2005 after the bow-tied anchor moved to the channel at the invitation of then-MSNBC president Rick Kaplan. "Tucker" never really found its footing in the ratings, either in late primetime or early evening. Carlson also has hosted CNN's "Crossfire" and PBS' "Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered." He will remain with the network as senior campaign correspondent after the show goes off the air Friday.

In its place will be "Race for the White House," hosted by Gregory, who will remain chief White House correspondent as well as fill-in host on "Today." Another hour of political news will be televised at 1 p.m. weekdays, anchored by NBC News' Andrea Mitchell.

[stellanoir]

1. Shoot

I was hoping they'd hire Rachel Maddow.

Gregory has morphed into pretty much of a shill.

[mwb970]

2. Farewell, Tucker.

I wish they had replaced him with Rachel instead of with David Gregory. And what's with calling him "the bow-tied anchor"? He hasn't worn one of those in well over a year. Maybe it's a misprint, and they meant to call him "the boat anchor".

[Chiyo-chichi]

4. Tucker will always be the 'bow-tied loser" to me.

[mwb970]

5. Funny you should mention Joe, Rita, and Tucker.

All three have been driven from MSNBC's evening programming. Who's next?

[Echo In Light]

3. We'll never see Phil Donahue again though

He was just a tad too liberal/antiwar for the war profiteering giant's sensibilities.

[krkaufman]

6. Cross-posted, for historical reference...

David Gregory participating in "MC Rove" skit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9SAxKIw2xo

[DiggerDan]

7. Everbody makes mistakes.

This was clearly one of them.

[orleans]

8. first thing i thought of when i heard the news. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

9. I hate to hear of anyone losing his job. Repub or not. The network has to have both.

He wasn't really bad, for a Repub. He was actually fairly moderate. Did you know he was against the Iraq War? He's one of those Repubs who is more concerned about money than the social issues. And war is expensive, esp. when unnecessary.

He must feel awful. It's also a public humiliation. Personally, I liked the old Crossfire show and thought CNN should never have tampered with it. It was one of the early political pundit shows, but CNN tried to jazz it up with gimmicks, which ruined it.

I hope he still earns a good salary. I wonder what Aaron Brown is doing these days, since he was fired and replaced by Anderson Cooper on CNN?