Stinky The Clown
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Fri Jun-13-08 08:04 PM
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Meet the Press - a bit of its history |
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The current format - an involved host on for an hour, is the Russert format. Prior to that, it was a moderator and a panel of the press asking the actual questions. Some of the panel, from time to time, were permanent. The moderator did more moderating than questioning.
The first moderator was a woman - the first and only one to fill that role.
Here's the past moderator list:
Martha Rountree: 1947 – 1953 Ned Brooks: 1953 – 1965 Lawrence E. Spivak: 1966 – 1975 Bill Monroe: 1975 – 1984 Roger Mudd / Marvin Kalb: (co-moderators)1984 – 1985 Marvin Kalb: 1985 – 1987 Chris Wallace: 1987 – 1988 (yup, one and the same!) Garrick Utley: 1989 – 1991 Tim Russert: 1991 – 2008
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Fri Jun-13-08 08:20 PM
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1. I first became aware of the show when Spivak was moderator, I think he also co-created the show. |
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Fri Jun-13-08 08:22 PM
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2. Yes, he co-founded the show along with Rountree |
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He was producer at the start and stayed there until he went on the air as moderator.
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