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BumRushDaShow

(127,316 posts)
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 10:12 AM Jun 2023

Chuck Todd out at MTP

Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show ‘Meet the Press’


By DAVID BAUDER 2 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Todd said Sunday he’ll be leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous near-decade of moderating the NBC political panel show, to be replaced in the coming months by Kristen Welker.Todd, 51, told viewers that “I’ve watched too many friends and family let work consume them before it was too late” and that he’d promised his family he wouldn’t do that.

Todd has often been an online punching bag for critics during a polarized time, and there were rumors that his time at the show would be short when its executive producer was reassigned at the end of last summer. It’s unclear when Todd’s last show will be, but he told viewers that this would be his final summer.

“I leave feeling concerned about this moment in history but reassured by the standards we’ve set here,” Todd said. “We didn’t tolerate propagandists and this network and program never will.”

Welker, a former chief White House correspondent, has been at NBC News in Washington since 2011 and has been Todd’s chief fill-in for the past three years. She drew praise for moderating the final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2020.

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https://apnews.com/article/chuck-todd-nbc-press-welker-88e21c5602b15b3ef298a8909f3601f2


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Chuck Todd out at MTP (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 OP
All I have to say is claudette Jun 2023 #1
Trevor Noah was prescient bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #2
IKR. What a legacy. dchill Jun 2023 #65
Cool! 2naSalit Jun 2023 #3
Not a Todd fan. Skeptical about Welker, but time will tell Raven123 Jun 2023 #4
Glad about Todd, but those celebrating Welker might want to remember back to her days hlthe2b Jun 2023 #5
She'll do the "bothsidesdoit" BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #7
When the man who danced on stage with Karl Rove got the reins of MTP RVN VET71 Jun 2023 #45
And I posted that infamous appearance in the LBN thread BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #47
hyper cringe!!!!!! Celerity Jun 2023 #73
And it was THAT bad BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #74
She Won't Get Close To 'bothsides' Me. Jun 2023 #50
LOL BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #60
Yeah, when I read Todd.s.. they Cha Jun 2023 #68
Totally Agree About Welker Me. Jun 2023 #49
Walker was not a Hillary fan dlk Jun 2023 #56
Kickin' With Gusto! Faux pas Jun 2023 #6
Good! Bye! And Goodbye! CaptainTruth Jun 2023 #8
Not to worry... brooklynite Jun 2023 #9
She's from Philly BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #10
Does the community not meet with your approval? Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #54
I don't have a lot of appreciation.... brooklynite Jun 2023 #55
Well! Now we all know your preference. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #70
He will surely NOT be missed. djacq Jun 2023 #11
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 irisblue Jun 2023 #12
Welker? Pathetic choice! They should have doubled her salary to get Jen Psaki !!! Karadeniz Jun 2023 #13
She would be MOMFUDSKI Jun 2023 #27
Welker was The Queen of "but Her emails" stuffmatters Jun 2023 #42
Second That DET Jun 2023 #85
Yeah! What a putz. Now CNN, get rid of Licht. BradBo Jun 2023 #14
+1 SouthernDem4ever Jun 2023 #16
CNN was bad before Licht NewJeffCT Jun 2023 #20
They did BonnieJW Jun 2023 #44
never should have had the job to begin with nt SouthBayDem Jun 2023 #15
Exactly. LoisB Jun 2023 #19
Buh bye, choad EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #17
"We didn't tolerate propagandists ..." It seems to me that is exactly what he did do. Bye Chuckie. LoisB Jun 2023 #18
Lie #1. Boomerproud Jun 2023 #40
Yes, me too. I think we will have 24/7 "tRump said, tRump did" and Chuckie will breathlessly LoisB Jun 2023 #57
MTP standards dropped under Russert and only got worse with F. Chuck underpants Jun 2023 #21
The decline happened with David Gregory (who took over after Russert) BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #23
I forgot about him. underpants Jun 2023 #24
Well now that there are people like Jen Psaki on BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #28
I quit watching when Russert was still on SouthernDem4ever Jun 2023 #29
Yep. Same here. I never liked Tim Russert. calimary Jun 2023 #83
Cheney played Russett like a kairos12 Jun 2023 #33
Russert gave JEB a pass too, when he moderated a Fla debate. Marcus IM Jun 2023 #66
I'll never forget Russert wearing a "Bush" Sky Jewels Jun 2023 #35
Me too, never watched MIP again. I can still see him lifting his lapel to show the world who he was. katmondoo Jun 2023 #51
Yes, I remember that, too! phylny Jun 2023 #53
Best thing you can do is multigraincracker Jun 2023 #22
I know I haven't watched it BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #25
That's a great prescription for the interesting times we're living through, multigraincracker. thatcrowwoman Jun 2023 #26
Great words....multigraincracker..Thank You.."Most important be nice to yourself and others." Stuart G Jun 2023 #31
No kidding. Words to live by. KPN Jun 2023 #36
:) Yes. Maybe a little gardening if nature hasn't provided one to read in. Hortensis Jun 2023 #79
Love your plan. multigraincracker Jun 2023 #80
:) I envy you that. And 5 miles will find some gardens. Hortensis Jun 2023 #84
Chuck up nowforever Jun 2023 #30
It's about time! NT tiredtoo Jun 2023 #32
Ground Chuck has finally reached its expiration date Blue Owl Jun 2023 #34
Ha! not fooled Jun 2023 #46
Yay! KPN Jun 2023 #37
:::YAWN::: She will prove just as bad as him Stinky The Clown Jun 2023 #38
+1 BlueLucy Jun 2023 #61
Finally - some good news. Vinca Jun 2023 #39
And only nine years too late! rsdsharp Jun 2023 #41
Kristen Welker will be an awesome show moderator - great choice! FakeNoose Jun 2023 #43
"We didn't tolerate propagandists" barbtries Jun 2023 #48
Maybe he will go back to Washington Journal Nictuku Jun 2023 #52
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 #58
Way past time. (nt) Paladin Jun 2023 #59
Jerry Seinfeld called... dchill Jun 2023 #62
... BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #63
Told ya! 😆 dchill Jun 2023 #64
... BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #72
The slide began with Russert and continues Polly Hennessey Jun 2023 #67
we'll see what happens. devil you know vs devil you don't know Takket Jun 2023 #69
Chuck Todd never recovered from Trevor Noah dragging him. LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 #71
He should go back to Cspan and be a moderator Catherine Vincent Jun 2023 #75
Outstanding news. Way the hell overdue. (nt) Paladin Jun 2023 #76
Saw a headline that said he "quit". TNNurse Jun 2023 #77
not ecstatic with Welker, but a slab of turd pie would have been an improvement over Fuck Toad Celerity Jun 2023 #78
Oh, thank God! I'm so tired of him. On Meet the Press, and on anything. Good bye, sir! Rabrrrrrr Jun 2023 #81
Its about time Ruby the Liberal Jun 2023 #82
GOOD RIDDANCE. W_HAMILTON Jun 2023 #86
Not sorry at all that he's done, davsand Jun 2023 #87
Chuck Todd's shamble bangs, who I read on Twitter, is so happy! CottonBear Jun 2023 #88

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
2. Trevor Noah was prescient
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 10:16 AM
Jun 2023

Work was going to consume him? We should have been so lucky. Too lazy to ask follow up questions. A legacy of ho-hum journalism. He let MTP guests hoodwink America.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
5. Glad about Todd, but those celebrating Welker might want to remember back to her days
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 10:46 AM
Jun 2023

"covering" (more to the point, "covering FOR" ) the Trump White House.

I can never recall a single instance when she was appropriately critical, skeptical, NOT hyper credulous, and/or not engaging in intense "bothsiderism."

I suspect your celebrations will be short-lived. As much as I want to celebrate a woman in that role, Welker sadly is very likely going to reinforce past (but not forgotten) stereotypes of overly compliant, easily intimidated women in that position. Yes, I remember her moderation of the last Presidential debate mentioned here, but I think the laudatory assessment was the result of an intensely low bar.

BumRushDaShow

(127,316 posts)
7. She'll do the "bothsidesdoit"
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:00 AM
Jun 2023

because all of the corporate-owned networks direct that they do it.

It's just that having had 6 years of David Gregory followed by another almost 9 years of Chuck Todd, added up to 15 years of

RVN VET71

(2,686 posts)
45. When the man who danced on stage with Karl Rove got the reins of MTP
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 12:54 PM
Jun 2023

I quit watching once and forevermore.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
68. Yeah, when I read Todd.s.. they
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 02:46 PM
Jun 2023

"..don't tolerate propaganda here.. "

I thought.. oh but they do with "both Siderismam" .

How about just Reality news?.. and of course it has a "liberal bias."

TY for the news.. long time coming.. I remember his first interview with Pres Obama.. and how he botched that up. I did an OP on it.

dlk

(11,438 posts)
56. Walker was not a Hillary fan
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 01:34 PM
Jun 2023

I think Dems will be disappointed in her performance in her new role.

brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
9. Not to worry...
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:06 AM
Jun 2023

I have every confidence the community will find something about the new host to complain about.

BumRushDaShow

(127,316 posts)
10. She's from Philly
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:10 AM
Jun 2023

and her mother has a namesake real estate company (that sold the house next door to my mother years ago).

brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
55. I don't have a lot of appreciation....
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 01:34 PM
Jun 2023

For people who complain about news personalities, and apparently watch them regularly enough to know what to complain about.

djacq

(1,633 posts)
11. He will surely NOT be missed.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:17 AM
Jun 2023

Not to anyone's surprise, Chuck Todd is a "Closet Republican" that I was happy to see leave MSNBC.

DET

(1,266 posts)
85. Second That
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 01:22 AM
Jun 2023

I was skeptical about Psaki at first, but she’s done a great job. Never liked Welker - too much bothsiderism and absolutely no personality.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
20. CNN was bad before Licht
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:42 AM
Jun 2023

they were Fox-lite before Licht, and then tried to out-Fox Fox under Licht.

Boomerproud

(7,889 posts)
40. Lie #1.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 12:30 PM
Jun 2023

In fact, the whole statement was a lie. He ain't going away, just becoming their chief political correspondent. So looking forward to the insanity of 2024.

LoisB

(7,079 posts)
57. Yes, me too. I think we will have 24/7 "tRump said, tRump did" and Chuckie will breathlessly
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 01:36 PM
Jun 2023

report on tRump's every fart and burp. President Biden will be presented as an "also running" in tRump's shit show.

To paraphrase a line from Brokeback Mountain: "They just can't quit him".

underpants

(182,279 posts)
21. MTP standards dropped under Russert and only got worse with F. Chuck
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:43 AM
Jun 2023

MTP was pivotal in both Rove’s Florida Florida Florida framing and the lies that lead to the War on Iraq.

BumRushDaShow

(127,316 posts)
23. The decline happened with David Gregory (who took over after Russert)
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:46 AM
Jun 2023

and Todd finished the whole thing off.

BumRushDaShow

(127,316 posts)
28. Well now that there are people like Jen Psaki on
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:53 AM
Jun 2023

(which I keep forgetting to look at because I stopped watching these shows on weekends), there are so many choices (including podcasts) for getting the same (and better) info.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
83. Yep. Same here. I never liked Tim Russert.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 09:15 PM
Jun 2023

I always felt that Russert was way too impressed with himself. And maybe it’s a “Meet the Press disease.” I haven’t liked ANYBODY in that hosting position. But Russert was the worst! He was so damn cocky! “Look at ME in this huge important influential job! And look at how ‘in with the in crowd’ I am - more than you can ever hope to be! It’s about ME ME ME!!!”

I don’t miss Tim Russert. And I wonder if maybe we need a different approach to the Sunday news shows. They’re not there to be star vehicles!

Marcus IM

(2,077 posts)
66. Russert gave JEB a pass too, when he moderated a Fla debate.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 02:41 PM
Jun 2023

Back in the days of JEB's devious plan on the school class size amendment.

MTP has always been a corporate tool for the right wing.

Sky Jewels

(6,862 posts)
35. I'll never forget Russert wearing a "Bush"
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 12:23 PM
Jun 2023

button during the 2000 election lead up. He wore it on the inside of his jacket lapel.

multigraincracker

(32,531 posts)
22. Best thing you can do is
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:45 AM
Jun 2023

turn off the tv, go for walks, read a book and then come here for an hour to catch up.
Most important, be nice to yourself and others.

BumRushDaShow

(127,316 posts)
25. I know I haven't watched it
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:50 AM
Jun 2023

since Russert went bye bye (meaning some 15 years ago). But what happened was when they brought Gregory on, they started simulcasting the show on their radio affiliates, which meant that the garden show that I used to listen to on Sundays, had 2 of its 3 hours preempted and then they eventually ditched the gardening show altogether.

thatcrowwoman

(1,228 posts)
26. That's a great prescription for the interesting times we're living through, multigraincracker.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:51 AM
Jun 2023

Finest kind. Many thanks.
🕊thatcrowwoman

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
31. Great words....multigraincracker..Thank You.."Most important be nice to yourself and others."
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 12:10 PM
Jun 2023

........And yes, no matter what you do, ..."..then come here for an hour to catch up."

Yep, this is the place to catch up on national and international news. ...(ALWAYS, AND ANY DAY)...
________________________________________________________________________________________

Most national and international news and links to origins of those articles, are right here at Democratic Underground....
A truly great post, one of the best I have ever seen... .K & R YOUR POST......THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!!!!

multigraincracker

(32,531 posts)
80. Love your plan.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 08:13 PM
Jun 2023

Kind of glad I didn’t plant one this. No rain.
But, crazy me, I love to jog in really hot weather. Did 2 miles this morning and another 3 miles at noon. Feel great.

nowforever

(291 posts)
30. Chuck up
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:56 AM
Jun 2023

Todd is as sharp as a butter knife with the charisma of a dead porcupine. He would dance in circles and then hit you with a feather duster. Mediocrity is his middle name...👋.

rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
41. And only nine years too late!
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 12:33 PM
Jun 2023

Maybe, at some point, we can go back to “Meet the Press” rather than “Meet the Current NBC Stooge.”

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
43. Kristen Welker will be an awesome show moderator - great choice!
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 12:51 PM
Jun 2023

Maybe now the News News flagship show will become relevant again. Maybe people other than Repukes will be invited on Meet The Press and given a chance. Chuck Todd was so one-sided with his softball questions and ignoring the expertise of anyone who wasn't MAGA.

Bye-bye Chuckie!

Nictuku

(3,571 posts)
52. Maybe he will go back to Washington Journal
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 01:18 PM
Jun 2023

That program seems more and more right-wing lately. I stopped watching that too.

Before he was on MSNBC or other news channels, he was a moderator in Washington Journal.

Takket

(21,425 posts)
69. we'll see what happens. devil you know vs devil you don't know
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 02:53 PM
Jun 2023

i won't be watching either way. but good to know todd is out. welker might be awful, but we already knew todd was awful

Rabrrrrrr

(58,347 posts)
81. Oh, thank God! I'm so tired of him. On Meet the Press, and on anything. Good bye, sir!
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 08:39 PM
Jun 2023

Still, I don't hate the guy, so I hope he gets to do something.

W_HAMILTON

(7,813 posts)
86. GOOD RIDDANCE.
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 04:46 AM
Jun 2023

It's been a long time coming.

Honestly, between the combination of me turning the channel anytime he is on and CNN's Licht proving to be an even bigger disaster, I almost forgot how much I loathed Chuck Todd.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
88. Chuck Todd's shamble bangs, who I read on Twitter, is so happy!
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 08:54 AM
Jun 2023



I found this guy a few months ago and he’s worth a follow.

Chuck Todd was awful when he was on C-SPAN years ago. His what about ism was full-blown then and I just couldn’t believe it when he jumped to MSNBC.

Good riddance to Chuck and his shamble bangs.
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