Gregory got $4M in hush money to leave NBC

[mfcorey1]

Ousted “Meet the Press” anchor David Gregory was paid $4 million to leave NBC and signed a contract not to speak out against the network, sources told Page Six.

Gregory, 43, who moderated the show for six years, was unceremoniously dumped from the political program on Thursday after dismal ratings and months of speculation about his departure.

He has been replaced by NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd.

A source said Gregory’s contract extended into next year, so NBC had to pay him for the rest of the term, plus an extra fee to ensure his silence.

In return, he was asked to sign a nondisparagement clause, which explains — despite the drama behind the scenes — his saccharine message on Twitter to announce his departure.

http://pagesix.com/2014/08/16/david-gregory-was-paid-4m-to-leave-nbc/?_ga=1.265901896.675886348.1408244898

[hrmjustin]

1. For 4 million I would play nice.

[mfcorey1]

3. Being a one-sided right winger is lucrative!

[hrmjustin]

4. Apparently so.

Won't miss him.

[rurallib]

5. Being a fuck up at the right level is lucrative in America

look at the infamous golden parachutes CEOs get after they fuck up a company.

Or the case of Sara Palin.......

[Octafish]

8. It's how Dick Cheney rose to the top...

...of the dung heap, messing up at each step, yet making it onto the next rung of the ladder.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x790720

[sabrina 1]

2. And right there is proof he was and never will be a journalist. He took hush money rather than

inform the people of why he was ousted, and how the media works.

A journalist with integrity would have reported to the public that he was being asked to take a bribe in return for his silence.

And THIS was 'journalist' who had the gall to try to discredit Glenn Greenwald ...

Chuck Todd is not going to be an improvement.

Hey, they have Bernie Kerik, convicted felon, as their 'expert' on the policing of America!! I would LAUGH if it wasn't all so dangerous to this democracy.

[malaise]

9. +1,000

Well said

[edhopper]

6. Pagesix

is from the NY Post, a Murdock rag, so I take this with a heaping grain of salt.
They often print bullshit with an agenda.

[mfcorey1]

7. Kind of matches Gregory's career at MTP.

[louis-t]

10. What's he gonna say?

NBC is "s-o-o-ooo Liberal"?

[razorman]

11. For half that amount, I'll leave NBC, too. Never watch it again. A real bargain.

[Generic Brad]

12. I'll go away for half that much

I am not a journalist either, but my standards are lower.

[NYC_SKP]

13. So, the Sell Out Sold Out. I expect to see him on Fox next. nt