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Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. Glib Chuck Todd is usually on in the afternoons, after Deadline White House
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:06 AM
Dec 2019

But we're "graced" with his presence this morning for special coverage. Sometimes Nicole Wallace and Brian Williams provide commentary for the hearings but not today, sadly. He is a laughingstock and an embarrassment.

stopbush

(24,376 posts)
3. I turned on the TV minutes ago only to hear him assert that tRump had
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:08 AM
Dec 2019

“Played the Ds to a draw on impeachment.”

Asshole.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
4. The Democrats have made their case very well.
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:08 AM
Dec 2019

It's just that many in the many in the media are unable to communicate it to the public. Chuck Todd and others are failing to inform the American people adequately.

rurallib

(62,344 posts)
5. MSNBC is not a liberal outlet
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:08 AM
Dec 2019

with personnel like former republican congressman Joe Scarboro, Mrs. Alan Greenspan, red and blue Chris Matthews and Chucky. Standing guests include Michael Steele, David Jolly and Steve Schmidt.

MSNBC is a corporate entity owned by Comcast. The only reason that we think it is is that the 3 evening hosts are liberal and (except for some subjects) allowed to speak fairly freely. That could easily vanish in a second.

I maintain the only real liberal media in the country id Free Speech TV, an outlet that few have ever heard of let alone can access:
http://freespeech.org/watch-live/

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
7. When I saw it was Chuck Todd I changed the channel.
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:09 AM
Dec 2019

The media wants you to feel instead of think. They can't manipulate you when you're thinking.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
9. IIRC, before the 2008 election.
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:10 AM
Dec 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Todd

Career
Political campaigns

Before entering the world of political reporting and analysis, Todd earned practical political experience on initiative campaigns in Florida and various national campaigns based in Washington, D.C.[6] While in college, Todd worked for the 1992 presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and later started working part-time at National Journal's The Hotline.

The Hotline
From 1992 until March 12, 2007, Todd worked for National Journal's The Hotline, where he was editor-in-chief for six years.[7] As part of his position, Todd also co-hosted, with John Mercurio, the webcast series Hotline TV, consisting of a daily show lasting between three and seven minutes and a weekly show ranging between 20 and 30 minutes. He became a frequent guest on political discussion shows, such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff.

NBC News

Tim Russert brought Todd to NBC from The Hotline in March 2007. He became NBC News’ political director at that time. In this role, Todd often provided on-air political analysis on political discussion shows, including Morning Joe, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, and The Rachel Maddow Show and blogged for MSNBC.com at "First Read." He also did a weekly Question and Answer ("Q&A&quot session with users at Newsvine.

After Tim Russert's death in June 2008, Todd was a candidate to replace him as the host of NBC's Meet the Press,[9] but David Gregory was ultimately selected for the job. On December 18, 2008, NBC announced that Todd would succeed Gregory as NBC News Chief White House Correspondent, partnering with Savannah Guthrie on the news beat. He retained his title as NBC News Political Director and was also named Contributing Editor to Meet the Press. Todd was a focus of an August 2008 Los Angeles Times article paralleling Todd's rise to the rise of cable news networks in coverage of U.S. politics. The article noted the emergence of Todd's fans, deemed "Chuckolytes".

On July 6, 2009, former MSNBC television personality Dan Abrams launched a website service, Mediaite, reporting on media figures. The site ranks all TV-based journalists in America by influence. Todd ranked, as of October 2009, right before Mike Wallace as number five. Todd rose to number two as of December 21, 2011, but fell to 90 as of January 9, 2013. On January 11, 2010, Todd became co-host, with Savannah Guthrie, of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, airing weekday mornings from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. ET.

On August 14, 2014, NBC announced that Todd would take over as the host of Meet the Press beginning September 7, 2014. While remaining as NBC News political director, Todd left his role as chief White House correspondent as well as anchor of The Daily Rundown.

On July 23, 2015, MSNBC announced Todd would return to the network with a daily political show called MTP Daily, which airs weekdays at 5:00 p.m. ET. The show is an extension of Meet the Press. Todd continued moderating Meet the Press on NBC.

On January 22, 2017, Todd said, “Alternative facts are not facts, they’re falsehoods".

On June 26 and 27, 2019, Todd, along with Jose Diaz-Balart, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt and Rachel Maddow, moderated the first pair of 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates. Todd's performance as a moderator, in which he ended up speaking more than all but four of the presidential candidates on the first night of the debates, was widely panned. Todd was also criticized for asking candidates lengthy questions and then requesting them to respond "in one or two words".

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tman

(983 posts)
10. He's right, if you're looking at swing state polling.
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:15 AM
Dec 2019

There's been no aggressive ad campaign really making the case. It's why 2020 will be a razor close race.

Democrats making the same mistakes as 2016, waiting for the media to the job for them.

People just don't want to hear it.


That aside, Todd is unwatchable.

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