Ann Althouse notes that the shoes are too big.

Again, no follow-up from Gregory. Is Cosby suggesting that the government — like the Jesuits — should make their boys go out into the community and give service? A public-service draft? Could Gregory give some critical push-back?

Or was Gregory patronizing black people? Not only was he sparing his black guests any challenging questioning, he also abysmally failed to see the libertarian interests of black people as those guests went on about following black kids home from school to check on whether their parents are decent and forcing young black men into service. If those proposals had been made in a way that seemed to extend beyond the "black community" with its "deepest problems," would the light bulb in Gregory's brain turn on? What exactly are you talking about doing? How would you respond to those who would argue that this is an unacceptable — perhaps even an unconstitutional — burden on individual liberty?

I had my problems with Tim Russert's blind spots, but I couldn't fault his journalistic ethics--he would ask, for the most part, hard questions, and then harder questions. That was good for his guests because if they could survive Russert, they had advanced a solid case for their side.

The new generation of journalists, exemplified by David Gregory, are preening metrosexuals, more concerned about their hair than their responsibilities. Gregory's antics while he was in the White House press corp, were disgusting and depraved. He should have been fired on the spot, but NBC likes it when its "reporters" create news instead of recounting it.

Now he in a position even less suited to his game-show host persona. I watched part of the interview and switched channels because of how pathetically cloying it was.

Everybody knows what the problems are in the black community--no one really needs Poussaint and Cosby to spell it out for us. I don't doubt their sincerity at all--Cosby has taken a lot of hits for telling it like it is, but being used by white liberals isn't going to move the marker.