Thank you David Gregory for being there and for asking the tough questions. Do not let this Administration get away with their obvious attempts to distort facts and information. Kudos for the work you do everyday.

Mr. Gregory,

I do not feel you needed to apologize on Meet The Press for you comments to the White House Press Secretary. Keep asking the tough questions.

This may be off-topic and off-network, but wasn't Sam Donaldson known for the phrase "Now hold on a minute Mr. President."? How can we, the American people actually keep track of our elected officials if the press shies away from the 'tough questions'. How do we even begin to manage Dick Cheney's contempt for the general public. The question needed to be asked and McClellan was being anything but forthcoming and was flip and rude to boot. You did the right thing.

David, I would have never elected you or picked you to be a proxy for me....regardless, of how you inserted yourself into this self-appointed position let me say one thing...."You're fired"!

I am a little late, but I still have to say "You Go, David". As I was watching this exchange with the press and McClellen, the thought that came to mind was "How much to you have to pay a man to sell his soul?". Maybe McClellen thinks he has a great job, but my idea of a great job is not lying and distorting the truth to cover the the deeds of the boss. If he was a man of conviction, he would resign. Again. You go, David. Keep up the good work!

These are the same guys who told Helen Thomas, the esteemed White House Press Corp DIVA, to take a back seat in the alcoves. If it hasn't occurred to people, one has to fight for the right to get information which almost takes on the magnitudes of a wrestling brawl with this Bush White House. Which is why David Gregory has earned the esteem of not only his compatriots within the press corp but he has extolled what is required to pull the teeth of truth out of this corroded and corrupted mouth of the Scott McClellan-led White House. Go get 'em, David!

Boggle ... David is one of many "Correspondents" who blurs the line between reporter and analyst. Why is David on every MSNBC political show for his opinion? He has diluted his credibility as a reporter by givining his opinion. Report ... don't editorialize or at least change his title to Chief White House ANALYST. Call a spade a spade and be truthful with the American public, if not yourself.

Please keep asking the tough questions. It's essential to democratic health.
NBC- Give this man a raise!

Keep up the good work David. The key to a democracy is a free press that asks the tough questions. Had the press not given this administration a free ride we would probably not be in Iraq. This Administrations agenda is to muzzel the press and run roughshod over the laws and the people until it gets what it wants when it wants it. The only safety valve we have is an inquiring press that keeps things honest.

This is another perfect example of the media's true colors and agenda slipping out again. Dan Rather and the made up Memo's. The 60 Minutes producer calling the Kerry Campaign to let them in on the hatchet job that was coming. And now David Gregory showing his true bias in the White House press room.

After each incident there is an immediate attempt to get the cat back in the bag. Pathetic attempts at explaining why it happened. And claims of "just reporting the fact" and the absence of any agenda. It is so obvious to the average American that you have an agenda. Your attempts to deny it come across as sad and pathetic.

A lefty reporter gets a hissi-fit if a hated conservative boo man has an accident and informs the pampered White House press-corp not right away, but worries about other things, like taking care of the accident victim (and family) first. And then the guy has the audacity to release the news to the local press. Would the same guy have acted the same way if the same circumstances would apply to a politician of the left? Yeah right ... Can you trust NBC news if their reporters are that openly partisan?

a little late on the commentary however, I applaude you in your effort to get to the grit of the matter. as I've read in all the comments you've received, more of your viewing public are 'with ya rather than agin ya'..keep up the good work! this cheny incident is the perfect metaphor for this administration's behavior since it's beginnings.

Until reading your article here, I questioned why it was such a big deal that our VP accidentally shot somone. But as you pointed out, we do care about what is going on in the personal lives of our elected officials. That is why we were so upset about Clinton/Lewinsky. So yes, things should have and could have been handled better. But enough is enough!! Let's move on and get on with life. (It does appear that we have a few intelligent people on this blog, but we need "spellcheck" for those who struggle in spelling.)

Why did the press say that what Bill Clinton did in his "private life" didn't matter? Now why is so important for us to know what happens in Dick Cheney's private life?

Mr. Gregory,

I sent NBC an e-mail as soon as I read about your dust up with McClellan applauding you for being frank and speaking your mind -our mind- when we can't. I loved that encounter and I think you had every right to say what you did considering what McClellan said. That's why I was so disappointed and let down when I heard you had issued an apology. I listened to a litanty of hateful comments during Clinton's years in office that have only been surpassed by what issues forth from the Republicans today, and I never heard or hear any apologies. I really wish you hadn't done that. It doesn't diminish my respect for what you do, but that apology did far more damage to those of us on your side than your comment to McClellan ever did. Keep up the good work.

Yes, you need to ask tough questions but you do not need to act like news jackals. Most "reporters" ask really dumb questions. I think to be heard more than anything. The Cheney issue was a flash in the pan. There are more important issues but you guys fail to report much. You seem to be more interested in furthering your career and reputations. Maybe that is why I quit reading newspapers and only read the snippets on the Internet. I don't want your opinion, I just want the facts.

I once considered myself a Democrat, but I am so sick of the politicians and news media always being on a 'witch hunt'. Yes, Republicans do their share, but the DNC and news media seem to 'eat, sleep, live, and breathe it'. Get over yourselves already and do the jobs you have in a such a way as to better our country, not continually destroy and tear down. How can other countries help but hate and disrespect us when there is so much disrespect and loathing within? Between the ACLU, the news media, and the politicians destroying our moral fiber there isn't nearly as much left to honor or be proud of.
Cheney is a man and was on private time. There was an accident. End of story. There was no big story being hidden. It was an accident. They happen to people every day. A quail hunt has nothing to do with the job of being a vice president. Therefore it really doesn't need to be the world's business.
This is like all the digging into people's pasts about what they did or didn't do in college or other such ridiculous unimportant garbage. Do you want to be judged on everything you did or did not do as a young adult? It's what we learned from it and how we turned out that matters. None of us are perfect. So why do you people expect perfection out of imperfect creatures? I wish you would all just shut up already! All I can see out of you (the afore mentioned group) is, "How much evil(real or imagined) can we try to create the appearance of while we try to cloak our own in our arrogance and self-righteousness?" I personally would be more upset if Cheney had been more concerned with telling the news media than with the condition of Mr Whittington.

I am actually sick of the press and the sensationalism that it spreads. Cheney's conduct was private action and therefore it should not be such an issue that it was not released right away. How about reporting some real news, on real issues! It is true that we should know about the conduct of the VP, even if it takes place in his personal life, but because it was delayed a day does not make him a villian. If the tables were turned and it was you in Cheney's place I am sure the first thing you would do is call the press and announce to the world that you were involved with a hunting accident.

David,
I understand that you think you have certain rights and I hope that you understand I too feel I have certain rights to listen to other people that make a better effort to report the news, without total know it all analysis and obvious bias. You have endeared yourself to me to the extent that I no longer watch NBC. Please don't change networks so I don't have to change again.

I agree Go David
I enjoyed reading the comments. Yes, Cheney has a responsibility to American to report things like this as soon as it happens and almost everything else in in life as long as he is a Office. And it is your responsibility to push just like you did. I just wish all of you had pushed as hard much sonner.

Why this story matters? It is symptomatic of an Administration that has caused me to lose my faith in America. Lost my faith in America. Let us not dance around the facts. This is a dangerous Admininstration in dangerous times producing dangerous results. Do we not, as American citizens, have the right to expect our proxies in the press to ask the hard questions, and demand truthful answers?
Keep on keepin' on David. Go get 'em.

I first heard of the shooting accident on TV I suppose. It wasn't relevant or even important except that Dick Cheney happens to be the US Vice president. When I heard all the carrying on and shenanigans of the press, I was as puzzled as I am about the carry on of the muslim world over the Mohammed cartoons: much ado about absolutely nothing. What were you thinking? It seems to me you were personally offended because the White House didn't call YOU, give you the exclusive they gave a small Corpus Christi newspaper. GET OVER IT. I even heard Maureen Dowd saying Cheney was undermining the most sacred of our liberties(namely the free press) How pompuous is that? And Peggy Noonan of all people asked for his resignation? You guys are really out of touch with reality.

I just can't believe that a journalist, who see's himself as highly intelligent, would fall for such an obvious media trap. The hunting incident was indeed unfortunate. However, the release of the information to the press did exactly what it was supposed to do-it revealed to the American people just how sort-sighted you are when it comes to the Bush Administration. I would not be surprised at all that in the near future that other such incidents happen, and like lemmings, you rush over the side of the cliff to drown in a sea of your own bias. Actions such as yours only give politicians the ammunition they need to further discredit the media.

I think it's time our reporters put the thumb screws to the politians. Why has the Bush Admins been controlling the media for so long? How come there are so many cover ups going on? How come Presidient Bush is getting away w/ high crimes against the nation who elected him into office? How come there are tax breaks for the rich people and corp. but the lower income folks suffer the worst with their programs being cut and a medicare medicine plan that only works for big insurance and pharm. companies.? How come our schools and teachers aren't receiving the funding they need but we still have the "no child left behind" law without the funding needed? How come Pres. Bush and his adminst. hasn't been charged with war crimes and human rights violations? How come President Bush is still in office with everything he's done wrong and the impeachment process hasn't even started? How come we have to ask these questions and no one else seems to think of these kind of questions or the need for some truthful and honest answers to what the Bush Adminst. is up to?

My view is that the problem with the press today is that it is not aggressive enough in pursuing and presenting information regarding government activity. There is little in depth analysis. "News" is confined to catchy headlines with no follow up
I can't imagine the kind of reporting that broke the Watergate story, taking place tioday