How to save Meet the Press

Time for this show to return to its roots

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Last Sunday, there was a panel on Meet the Press that perfectly embodied everything that is wrong with NBC's faltering Sunday flagship. The subject was marijuana legalization, recently endorsed by The New York Times editorial board. The panelists were (aside from host David Gregory): David Brooks, Times columnist; Ruth Marcus, Washington Post columnist; Judy Woodruff, co-anchor of the PBS Newshour; and Nia-Malika Henderson, political reporter for The Post.

Here are the sum total of the substantive comments: Brooks argued that maybe marijuana should stay illegal at the federal level to coerce teenagers into not smoking, but that state-level experimentation ought to be allowed. Henderson said that in Colorado, revenues are rolling in and crime is up slightly. Marcus agreed with Brooks and said early marijuana use slightly lowers IQ (which has been disputed).

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.