According to New York Magazine, that pretty much sums it up:<\/p>\n\n\n
Unreal. RT @sahilkapur<\/a>: "NBC was prepared to offer Stewart virtually ‘anything' to bring him over.” http:\/\/t.co\/KQTSLP7wNx<\/a><\/p>\n — Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n From the Daily Intelligencer<\/a>:<\/p>\n Before choosing Todd, NBC News president Deborah Turness held negotiations with Jon Stewart about hosting Meet the Press, according to three senior television sources with knowledge of the talks. One source explained that NBC was prepared to offer Stewart virtually “anything” to bring him over. “They were ready to back the Brinks truck up,” the source said. A spokesperson for NBC declined to comment. James Dixon, Stewart’s agent, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.<\/p>\n Dang. That’s a juicy little news nugget, isn’t it?<\/p>\n\n\n The hell you say? pic.twitter.com\/FQXbVzyUv6<\/a><\/p>\n — Matthew (@Matthops82) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n .@TheDailyShow<\/a> Can't wait for your segment tearing apart NBC fro trying to hire a comedian to host Meet the Press https:\/\/t.co\/CHQzub6I4g<\/a><\/p>\n — Anthony Eboly (@AnthonyBialy) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n OMG. NBC wanted Jon Stewart to host Meet The Press. Oh journalism, how far have you fallen? That’s just pathetic.<\/p>\n — Heather (@hboulware) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n NBC is a reputable news organization. Tough and completely not biased. That's why they wanted Jon Stewart to host Meet the Press. #wait<\/a><\/p>\n — RB (@RBPundit) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n Eh, it’s NBC.<\/p>\n\n\n Jon Stewart deadpans to camera at thought of NBC hiring him to host Meet the Press (suggested segment title: Bleat the Press)<\/p>\n — Anthony Eboly (@AnthonyBialy) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Jon Stewart hosting Meet the Press would mean it's just as unintentionally funny.<\/p>\n — Anthony Eboly (@AnthonyBialy) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n So nothing would really change, then.<\/p>\n\n\n Jon Stewart hosting a Sunday morning political show is just as unbelievable as having George Stephanopoulos host one.
Oh wait…<\/p>\n — Andrew Johnson (@AndrewE_Johnson) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n If people are dumb enough to get their news from Jon Stewart, does it really matter which channel they tune into to do it?<\/p>\n — A.J. Winkelspecht (@ajwink) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n Good point.<\/p>\n\n\n Sure, Stewart is a clown. Maybe MTP would do better with a clown. Didja think of that?<\/p>\n — Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n They sure as heck couldn’t do much worse.<\/p>\n\n\n Kudos to NBC for thinking outside the box w\/ the Jon Stewart idea. The old Sunday morning show model is deader than dead.<\/p>\n — jon gabriel (@exjon) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Jon Stewart is no more a liberal hack than David Gregory. And Stewart is more respectable.<\/p>\n — jon gabriel (@exjon) October 8, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n \n Fair enough!<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Related:<\/p>\n Twitchy coverage of Jon Stewart<\/a><\/p> Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/10\/08\/the-hell-you-say-nbc-reportedly-wanted-jon-stewart-to-host-meet-the-press\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/BecketAdams\/status\/519951468300754944 According to New York Magazine, that pretty much sums it up: Unreal. RT @sahilkapur: "NBC was prepared to offer Stewart virtually ‘anything' to bring him over.” http:\/\/t.co\/KQTSLP7wNx — Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 8, 2014 From the Daily Intelligencer: Before choosing Todd, NBC News president Deborah Turness held negotiations with Jon Stewart about hosting Meet … Continue reading ‘The hell you say?’ NBC reportedly wanted Jon Stewart to host MTP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[4798,84,1051,904,6415],"class_list":["post-24411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture","tag-jon-stewart","tag-media","tag-mtp","tag-nbc","tag-nbc-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14907591605714-screen-shot-2014-10-08-at-3-16-49-pm.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}