Guess which Sunday show host was accused of being a 'GOP puppet' for asking Glenn Greenwald if he should be charged with a crime

Doug P. | 6:04 PM on June 23, 2013

When you think of Meet the Press host David Gregory, a lot of things might come to mind, but “tool of the GOP” probably isn’t one of them. Except for some, obviously.

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Gregory, who knows a little about brushes with the law, interviewed Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald about his role in reporting the Edward Snowden NSA leaks. Gregory had a question for Greenwald:

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Somehow that makes Gregory a “GOP puppet” even though the last time we checked, the administration that has been snooping on reporters’ phone records and pondering charging a member of the press with crimes is fully controlled by Democrats. However, that didn’t stop some from accusing Gregory of being a shill for the Republicans:

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Here’s a counter-productive argument if we ever heard one:

.@ggreenwald David Gregory would never have asked that question if there were a Republican president.

— Mike (@mike4libertyCA) June 23, 2013

Exactly, and that’s why associating Gregory with The Right because of his question to Greenwald is ridiculous.

For other tweeters, it was a different story:

Is there a more self-satisfied, self-righteous, Obama-enabling media figure out there today than David Gregory? http://t.co/XQ1sixvyS3

— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) June 23, 2013