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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:51 PM Oct 2020

I think Chuck Todd is on really thin ice.

He lost his prime time slot to Nicole Wallace whose show not only took his slot but expanded to two hours, now he's signed the Trump rally in conflict with the Biden town hall and both Chris Hayes and Racheal Maddow threw veiled shade at the Trump/Biden conflict.

When your co hosts, particularly the flagship host, cast shade at you on air you're not long for the position of News Manager.

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I think Chuck Todd is on really thin ice. (Original Post) flamin lib Oct 2020 OP
I never understood how he made it this far. madaboutharry Oct 2020 #1
Hope so. He needs to be gone. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #2
Good, I hope he falls through. BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #3
He's terrible oswaldactedalone Oct 2020 #4
Phil Griften must love this POS. Wellstone ruled Oct 2020 #5
A misguided contrarian with no charisma who garners no respect. JDC Oct 2020 #6
Chuckie Todd bdamomma Oct 2020 #7
Chuck will stay around because jimlup Oct 2020 #8
Blatant example of white, male privilege. David Gregory was too before him... brush Oct 2020 #9
Ding, ding ding! Spot on! eom LittleGirl Oct 2020 #14
CORRECT Skittles Oct 2020 #21
You've just summarised the United States of America Yavin4 Oct 2020 #22
Yes. Preach! brush Oct 2020 #23
Chuck should get down on his knobby knees and thank whatever god he worships TomSlick Oct 2020 #10
I'm amazed he's has gotten as far as he has PatSeg Oct 2020 #11
Yeah, I actually liked him fine back then. He moonscape Oct 2020 #32
I guess it is a case of a person PatSeg Oct 2020 #33
The Peter Principle plus an unjustified ego. TomSlick Oct 2020 #35
It would seem so PatSeg Oct 2020 #36
... Celerity Oct 2020 #12
You're on a roll tonight... Ponietz Oct 2020 #15
I am a very visual person Celerity Oct 2020 #18
Wow Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #20
Well done! PatSeg Oct 2020 #34
as thin as his hair....cannot stand the man spanone Oct 2020 #13
If all they did was throw shade TimeToGo Oct 2020 #16
Agreed. Speak out or they are complicit. CNN is calling out NBC dem4decades Oct 2020 #29
I posted this about Chuck Todd a few days ago maxrandb Oct 2020 #17
Hahahahahaha! Wow. That about sums him up. brush Oct 2020 #19
ha ha ha Spot on proud patriot Oct 2020 #25
Todd needs to go, the others need to speak out. dem4decades Oct 2020 #30
They need to get rid of Todd and bring back Keith Olbermann. Tacan Oct 2020 #24
Do we know it was Todd's decision to offer the town hall to Trump? Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #26
Chuck Knob TeamPooka Oct 2020 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #28
Who knows? Tomorrow night's townhall might just be Chuck's audition for Fox News. n/t Tarheel_Dem Oct 2020 #31

BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)
3. Good, I hope he falls through.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:56 PM
Oct 2020

What a waste of air time. NBC blew it! Sold out again $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

JDC

(11,111 posts)
6. A misguided contrarian with no charisma who garners no respect.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:28 PM
Oct 2020

He was gone a long time ago. He just still doesn't know it

jimlup

(8,010 posts)
8. Chuck will stay around because
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:49 PM
Oct 2020

He's a "both sides do it and I'm objective" apologist. They think they need him. I think he's an idiot but to the $ and NBC, he is a useful idiot.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
9. Blatant example of white, male privilege. David Gregory was too before him...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:52 PM
Oct 2020

and Tim Russert's son also. I see a definite pattern of how mediocre, white males get taken care of. It's not about merit with them.

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
22. You've just summarised the United States of America
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 11:44 PM
Oct 2020

This is the "Great Again" thing that Trump supporters want. An age where just being a White, Christian, Hetero male meant an EZ pass to the middle class at the very least.

Everyone else has to fight over whatever crumbs are left on the table.

TomSlick

(13,013 posts)
10. Chuck should get down on his knobby knees and thank whatever god he worships
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:53 PM
Oct 2020

that his continued employment does not depend on me.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
11. I'm amazed he's has gotten as far as he has
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:57 PM
Oct 2020

I remember when he was just a regular contributor on MSNBC. He did the Steve Kornacki statistical stuff. He wasn't all that bad in that job, but once he got his own show, he became insufferable.

He has just gotten demoted. How much lower can he go? I'm thinking he won't be there much longer.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
33. I guess it is a case of a person
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 09:19 AM
Oct 2020

being moved to a position he is not prepared or qualified to hold. In the process, he became a bit full of his self-importance and became pretty much unwatchable. Who on earth at NBC made that decision? The same person who chose David Gregory before him? Meet the Press is the longest running show on television (November 1947), you'd think they would put more thought into the decision.

dem4decades

(14,054 posts)
29. Agreed. Speak out or they are complicit. CNN is calling out NBC
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:50 AM
Oct 2020

If MSNBC hosts don't speak up they don't deserve to be watched. Ari, Rachel, Lawrence, Chris, Joy, and Nicole speak or don't bother showing up for work. You're not worth watching if you can't speak the truth.

maxrandb

(17,425 posts)
17. I posted this about Chuck Todd a few days ago
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 11:31 PM
Oct 2020

If Chuck Todd was responsible for nothing but obituaries

"Gertrude Alflin, 86, passed away peacefully in her sleep. Some say she was a woman of tremendous faith, attending church every morning. Others say that she was really a cruel woman who hated her family. Reports are that she became more of a homebody when the love of her life, Bernard, passed away several years ago, although some have questioned her whereabouts at the time of his death. In lieu of flowers, the family have asked that you play a Bingo Card in her honor at the Tuesday Afternoon VFW Post Bingo Game, but some people say that this would only encourage gambling.

She'll be laid to rest at Shady Grove Cemetery and Drive-Thru on Monday, although some have said it will be Wednesday."

"Back to you Andrea...

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