Cenk Uygur: NBC Will Fire David Gregory Just Like They Fired Me

‘Dude, read the writing on the wall, you’re a goner’

Cenk Uygur: NBC Will Fire David Gregory Just Like They Fired Me (Mediaite)

As someone who was fired from his job at MSNBC in 2011, The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur has a unique perspective about the way things work in the NBC family. On Monday, Uygur shared his take on the new report about NBC apparently hiring a “psychological consultant” to get to the bottom of Meet The Press host David Gregory’s ratings problems.

Uygur predicted that Gregory is on his way out as host of Meet The Press based on the news that has been leaking out of NBC this week. “Dude, read the writing on the wall, you’re a goner,” he said to Gregory before laughing off the notion that the host leans too far to the left. In fact, “he’s way too right-wing,” Uygur declared.

“Look, how do I know that NBC is doing this?” Uygur mused. “Because it’s almost, like, step-by-step the exact same thing they did when they wanted to remove me, and my issue was not ratings.” Just like in his case, Uygur said NBC is citing outdated ratings numbers to prove their point rather than relying on the most recent information. “Those numbers don’t come out by themselves,” Uygur explained. “Someone inside NBC News leaks them, and they leak them right before they’re about the bury the hatchet in your back.”

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