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"Meet the Press" (1947): :  -- Dec. 27: Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano discusses the government’s response to the botched Christmas Day effort to blow up Northwest Flight 253.
"Meet the Press" (1947): :  -- Dec. 27: How will the Senate reconcile its health bill with the version passed in the House? White House press secretary Robert Gibbs joins NBC’s David Gregory to discuss.
"Meet the Press" (1947): :  -- Dec. 23: David Gregory, moderator of “Meet the Press,” previews Sunday’s broadcast, featuring the latest on the health care debate, and a special look at the future of the nation as it enters a new decade
"Meet the Press" (1947): :  -- Dec. 20: Take Two: Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos joins NBC’s David Gregory to discuss the president’s agenda and the state of health care reform.
"Meet the Press" (1947): :  -- Dec. 20: Joe Scarborough, Markos Moulitsas, Ed Gillespie and Tavis Smiley discuss the future of the president’s agenda with NBC’s David Gregory on “Meet the Press.”

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Release Date:
6 November 1947 (USA) more
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Tagline:
If it's Sunday, it's "Meet the Press".
Awards:
Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(58 articles)
Beat the Press: Mike Bloomberg, Media Critic
 (From The Wrap. 28 December 2009, 1:32 PM, PST)

Russert's Desk Displayed at Newseum
 (From The Wrap. 19 November 2009, 3:12 PM, PST)

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always relevant but clearly biased more (9 total)

Cast

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Tim Russert ... Himself - Host / ... (53 episodes, 1991-2008)
Ernest K. Lindley ... Himself - Panelist (38 episodes, 1953-1961)
Lawrence E. Spivak ... Himself - Panelist / ... (37 episodes, 1953-1975)
Ned Brooks ... Himself - Moderator / ... (34 episodes, 1953-1965)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Meet the Press with Tim Russert (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
USA:30 min (1947-13 September 1992) | USA:60 min (20 September 1992-present)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Originally began on radio in 1945. more
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Himself - Moderator: If it's Sunday, it's "Meet the Press." more
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7 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
always relevant but clearly biased, 15 October 2004
Author: ibarrio

Meet the Press is a must-see for anyone concerned with current events, if for no other reason than that it's a must-show for the participants in those events. It's a show with a clear liberal bias, but compared to most of today's news programs I would call it pretty even-handed.

Russert is a skilled interviewer, able to pose a question and then shut his mouth for however long it takes the guest to respond fully, but he has a tendency to become overexcited about his hypothetical constructs, as in "If you knew then what you know now, would you still do what you did?" It's hard to imagine any sane, self-respecting person trying to answer a question like that, but somehow they all take a stab at it. (In fairness to the guests, Russert is so over-enthusiastic with these that he rarely takes "I really don't know," as an answer to such questions.

In my opinion the greatest strength of the show is the way it confronts guests with their own press and allows them to respond to it. Russert is well-known for describing a video clip of the guest that's about to be played, and then saying briskly "Let's watch!"

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