NBC's David Gregory Throws a Hissy Fit

David Gregory of NBC News threw a hissy fit by acting like a nagging wife during the White House press briefing yesterday.  Drudge has the details:

NBCNEWS chief White House correspondent David Gregory warned President Bush's spokesman on Monday not to be a "jerk!"

The heated exchange came during a press gathering at the White House.

Gregory asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the Cheney hunting accident.

'David, hold on, the cameras aren't on right now,' McClellan replied. 'You can do this later.'

'Don't accuse me of trying to pose to the cameras,' Gregory said, voice rising. 'Don't be a jerk to me personally when I'm asking you a serious question.'

'You don't have to yell,' McClellan said.

'I will yell,'' said Gregory, pointing a finger at McCellan at his dais. 'If you want to use that podium to try to take shots at me personally, which I don't appreciate, then I will raise my voice, because that's wrong.'

'Calm down, Dave, calm down,' said McClellan.

I'll calm down when I feel like calming down,' Gregory said. 'You answer the question.'

'I have answered the question,' said McClellan, who had maintained that the vice president's office was in charge of getting the information out and worked with the ranch owner to do that. 'I'm sorry you're getting all riled up about.'

'I am riled up,' Gregory said, 'because you're not answering the question.'"

Yep, he definitely had the nagging wife thing going, particularly when he started pointing his finger at Scott McClellen.

Comments

[beth]

I couldn't believe Gregory. He really did pitch a hissy fit. It was pitiful and pretty funny.

It looked to me that his ego was just plummeted because a small town newspaper got the story before he did.

You can't hardly blame the Bush Administration for sticking it to the press corp when they get the chance! lol