Petition To Get Brokaw Booted From Debate

[Me.]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/boot-brokaw-as-debate-moderator

[monmouth]

1. Proudly done, K&R..

[maseman]

2. Done

[halobeam]

3. k and r..

glad to get this to the greatest. He is a disgrace to his profession, or what's left of it.

[nc4bo]

4. Done but couldn't help but add a quickie note about Schieffer too. nt

[Me.]

8. Good Idea

Let all the good old boys know we're watching them

[olegramps]

30. I did the same

He let Schaffer rant on and on with no attempt to shut the bastard up. He couldn't moderate a kindergarden discussion. His voice is almost as irritating as Sarah Claribell Moose.

[vanderBeth]

5. Gladly done.

[Raster]

6. Brokaw is just another Jack Welch neo-conjob, boy-whore masquerading as a journalist.

Integrity is for paupers. Perhaps Brokejaw will see fit to join his good ol' buddy in the Great Beyond. The can trade stories about how they emasculated serious broadcast journalism.

[tekisui]

7. k,r, and done.

[Hepburn]

9. Done! n/t

[xiamiam]

10. k and r..done..nt

[krkaufman]

11. Reason enough for me, here ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x203415

... and the latest story of him acting as NBC News' liaison with the McCain campaign is way too much.

[Me.]

15. Excellent

[Ryano42]

12. Done.

What the hell happened to the guy who wrote The Greatest Generation?

[wowimthere]

13. Done

[hisownpetard]

14. K&R. DONE.

[MoJoWorkin]

16. Done. I also sent an email regarding this to MSNBC (from MoveOn request)

Please, also note that we DO NOT WANT DAVID GREGORY either!

I wrote that neither Brokaw nor Gregory--- not even Olbermann or Maddow(even tho I think they would be great)---would be the right moderator, as they all clearly have bias. I asked for someone like a Cronkite-- someone who was basically fair---like Jim Lehrer was.

[Me.]

18. You Can Also Call & Let Your Displeasure Be Known

212-664-4444 Just tell the operator you want to leave a comment and they'll connect you with the viewer's services line

[City Lights]

17. Done, and thank you. nt

on edit - Recommended.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

19. I INSIST ON WILLIE GEIST!!!!!

No one else will do!

[krkaufman]

20. Let's *really* blow this thing up ....

... and go with PAT.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

21. Bold.

[Me.]

22. Kick For The Afternooners

[trueblue2007]

23. I signed it and sent to 10 friends. RECOMMEND!!

[Me.]

31. Very Cool

[Blue_In_AK]

24. Gladly.

I can hardly bear to watch him anymore. For one, he looks drunk half the time, and for another his pro-McCain bias is glaring. He's got to go.

[H2O Man]

25. Very good.

I'm glad to see DUers doing this. As I explained in an OP a week or so ago, there has been very real pressure from NBC to change the tone at MSNBC. Brokaw was doing exactly what he was instructed to do, by the puppeteers who pull his strings. (And there have been some curious changes in tone on Hardball and Countdown; the funniest was when KO did the tongue-in-cheek inclusion of Obama in his "worst person in the world" bit.)

This petition, while it will not result in any change, is of real value in letting the puppeteers know what people are thinking. It is much appreciated. Thank you.

[Me.]

29. They Used To Fool Themselves Into Thinking We Weren't Paying Attention

I'm so glad Move-On is demanding an apology, cause they have some big muscles.

As for Brokaw, his strings are being pulled and when combined with his big fat ego of his, he thinks he's a kingmaker. He had a lot of nerve complaining about KO and Chris. The main reason he is getting away with this now is that the ratings for MTP haven't dropped since Russert left. They are mistakenly attributing it to Brokaw rather than the true reason which is a combo of the election and, the show is still floating on the reputation Russert built for the show.

[RNdaSilva]

26. Why was the goal only 1,001

Anyway, now up to 1,685.

[RNdaSilva]

27. How 'bout copying Jack Cafferty at CNN?

Maybe he'll include it in one of his online polls. Gets a lot of traffic on some questions...this could be an attention getter.

[Hope And Change]

28. Done.K & R!

[Parker CA]

33. Done! Sent to many friends.

After the extremely biased comment concluding the most recent episode of, 'Meet the Press,' I believe it is very clear that Mr. Brokaw proved his complete inability to fairly and objectively moderate a discussion between Democrats and Republicans. He took a very partisan stance after concluding a debate between two sides on his show on Sunday. I believe that putting a person in a position of moderating (selecting questions, both his own and those from online sources) the debates that has admitted to having taken a role as "ambassador" and has been "shuttling" between NBC and the McCain/Palin campaign would be a very clear sign that the organizers of this debate, the Commission of Presidential Debates, and NBC all very clearly lack the ability to present our nation with a fair and unbiased Presidential debate forum. It would be much more appropriate for a moderator to be put in place who does not have admitted ties or relationships directly with either the Republican or Democratic campaigns. Please consider another moderator, and consider that Mr. Brokaw is clearly biased toward the McCain/Palin campaign, many of their campaign views and talking points, and that he has proven as recently as Sunday that impartiality between the Republican and Democratic campaigns and candidates is not his strong suit. Thank you for your consideration, and I truly hope that for the benefit of a fair and unbiased debate format, that the selection of a new moderator will seriously be considered.

[Me.]

35. !

:thumbsup:

[indepat]

32. Done

[republikkkon]

34. done nt

[Me.]

36. Evening Kick

[cyberpj]

37. Which came first? - see: Uproar grows over Gwen Ifill, debate moderator and book author

I had been hearing bits about Ifill today and tonight I find all this Brokow talk.

Perhaps it's all true and both should be eliminated.

Still I find myself wondering which complaint came first...

As if enough delicious edginess already didn't surround Thursday's Sarah Palin/Joe Biden debate, conservative consternation is rising over concerns that moderator Gwen Ifill brings an inherent self-interest favoring the Democratic ticket to the table.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/uproar-grows-ov.html

[jenmito]

38. Done. Thanks. n/t

[Cha]

39. Signed and

Delivered..thanks, Me.