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'''Meet the Press''' is a long-running [[Sunday]] morning political [[television]] show which airs on [[NBC]]. It has interviewed many of the worlds major newsmakers and politicians in its history and is the longest running television show in history, though in 2010 it is watched mostly by liberals and is essentially irrelevant.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_200203/ai_n5929381</ref> There have been nine permanent hosts of the show, former [[NBC Nightly News| NBC News]] Washington Bureau Chief, [[Tim Russert]], was the last permanent host. On June 29, 2008, retired NBC anchorman [[Tom Brokaw]] began serving as moderator of "Meet the Press" through the 2008 presidential election.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25313649/ Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press'], Meet the Press, MSNBC.com</ref> An average of five million [[American|Americans]] watch the one hour Meet the Press show each week and it often addresses current political events.

'''Meet the Press''' is a long-running [[Sunday]] morning political [[television]] show which airs on [[NBC]]. It has interviewed many of the worlds major newsmakers and politicians in its history and is the longest running television show in history, though in 2010 it is watched mostly by liberals and is essentially irrelevant.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_200203/ai_n5929381</ref> There have been nine permanent hosts of the show, former [[NBC Nightly News|NBC News]] Washington Bureau Chief, [[Tim Russert]], was the last permanent host. On June 29, 2008, retired NBC anchorman [[Tom Brokaw]] began serving as moderator of "Meet the Press" through the 2008 presidential election.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25313649/ Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press'], Meet the Press, MSNBC.com</ref> An average of five million [[American]]s watch the one hour Meet the Press show each week and it often addresses current political events.

==Radio==

==Radio==

''Meet the Press'' was founded in 1945<ref> http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1945/october_5_1945_106236.html</ref> by [[Lawrence Spivak|Lawrence E. Spivak]] and [[Martha Rountree]] who described the show as “a forum-type program appealing to an audience interested in mechanics of a genuine press conference”.<ref name="history">Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), Nbc News </ref>It began on radio and was based off ideas that the two journalist had formulated in other shows. The first guest on the program was a reporter from the [[Christian Science Monitor]], [[Henry Wallace]], who had just returned from the [[Soviet Union]]. [[Mutual Network]] offered the show a contract and started airing Meet the Press in October 1945. After the radio program's first year it was receiving praise for revolutionizing the news radio industry. In 1946, A [[Republican]] committee used tape of a ''Meet the Press'' interview with [[Democrat]] [[Senator]], [[Theodore Bilbo]] to accuse of him being an [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]].  Although the show switched over to television, it went back to radio in 1952, this lasted until 1987 when NBC stopped the radio broadcast.

''Meet the Press'' was founded in 1945<ref>http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1945/october_5_1945_106236.html</ref> by [[Lawrence Spivak|Lawrence E. Spivak]] and [[Martha Rountree]] who described the show as “a forum-type program appealing to an audience interested in mechanics of a genuine press conference”.<ref name="history">Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), Nbc News</ref> It began on radio and was based off ideas that the two journalist had formulated in other shows. The first guest on the program was a reporter from the [[Christian Science Monitor]], [[Henry Wallace]], who had just returned from the [[Soviet Union]]. [[Mutual Network]] offered the show a contract and started airing Meet the Press in October 1945. After the radio program's first year it was receiving praise for revolutionizing the news radio industry. In 1946, A [[Republican]] committee used tape of a ''Meet the Press'' interview with [[Democrat]] [[Senator]], [[Theodore Bilbo]] to accuse of him being an [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]].  Although the show switched over to television, it went back to radio in 1952, this lasted until 1987 when NBC stopped the radio broadcast.

==Television==  

==Television==

[[Image:Meetthepress.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The original set for Meet the Press, which currently is showcased in the Smithsonian Institution]]

[[Image:Meetthepress.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The original set for Meet the Press, which currently is showcased in the Smithsonian Institution]]

In November 1947,'' Meet the Press'' moved to television and made its debut on the [[NBC| National Broadcasting Company]] although it was only shown on its [[New York]] station (WNBT). The program has interviewed world leaders such as [[Francois Mitterrand]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[David Ben-Gurion]], [[Golda Meir]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[Jean Monnet]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Anwar el-Sadat]], [[King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] ,[[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], [[Hamid Karzai]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], [[King Abdullah]] of [[Jordan]], [[Tony Blair]], [[Ghazi al-Yawar]], [[George W. Bush]] and many other leaders <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/</ref>. After [[John Kerry]]'s return from [[Vietnam]], he made his now famous appearance on ''Meet the Press''.  In February 1997, the program became the first television program to broadcast with high definition. The same year [[Tim Russert]] took the role of host. In his first Sunday as interim host, Tom Brokaw suggested he would lean strongly to the left in 2008.

In November 1947,'' Meet the Press'' moved to television and made its debut on the [[NBC|National Broadcasting Company]] although it was only shown on its [[New York]] station (WNBT). The program has interviewed world leaders such as [[Francois Mitterrand]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[David Ben-Gurion]], [[Golda Meir]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[Jean Monnet]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Anwar el-Sadat]], [[King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] ,[[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], [[Hamid Karzai]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], [[King Abdullah]] of [[Jordan]], [[Tony Blair]], [[Ghazi al-Yawar]], [[George W. Bush]] and many other leaders.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/</ref> After [[John Kerry]]'s return from [[Vietnam]], he made his now famous appearance on ''Meet the Press''.  In February 1997, the program became the first television program to broadcast with high definition. The same year [[Tim Russert]] took the role of host. In his first Sunday as interim host, Tom Brokaw suggested he would lean strongly to the left in 2008.

<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/07/01/brokaw-brings-strong-liberal-tilt-meet-press Brokaw Brings Strong Liberal Tilt to 'Meet The Press'], Tim Graham, ''[[NewsBusters]], July 1, 2008</ref> The show currently leads all Sunday news programs with over 5 million viewers.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403149/</ref>  

<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/07/01/brokaw-brings-strong-liberal-tilt-meet-press Brokaw Brings Strong Liberal Tilt to 'Meet The Press'], Tim Graham, ''[[NewsBusters]], July 1, 2008</ref> The show currently leads all Sunday news programs with over 5 million viewers.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403149/</ref>  

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* The ''Meet the Press'' interview with the most requested transcript was an interview with [[Juana Castro]].   

* The ''Meet the Press'' interview with the most requested transcript was an interview with [[Juana Castro]].   

*In 1968, [[Lawrence Spivak]] gave the [[Library of Congress]] nearly five hundred discs of ''Meet the Press'' shows. The library continues to update their copies every year.

*In 1968, [[Lawrence Spivak]] gave the [[Library of Congress]] nearly five hundred discs of ''Meet the Press'' shows. The library continues to update their copies every year.

*  The set used by ''Meet the Press'' from 1954 to 1977 was donated to the [[Smithsonian Institution]]<ref name="history" />.

*  The set used by ''Meet the Press'' from 1954 to 1977 was donated to the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref name="history" />

* Former [[Arkansas]] Governor, [[Mike Huckabee]], announced his entrance into the Republican presidential primary on Meet the Press in March 2007.

* Former [[Arkansas]] Governor, [[Mike Huckabee]], announced his entrance into the Republican presidential primary on Meet the Press in March 2007.

==External Links==

==External links==

[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/ Meet The Press Website]  

* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/ Meet The Press Website]  

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Television Shows]]

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