Chuck Todd/NBC shameless, manipulative, editorializing, bullshit.

[Ninga]

During Todd's interview of Pres. Obama, NBC uses "stock" photos that directly contradict the words of the President. NBC makes sure viewers see the "corporate news view." The viewers hear one thing while seeing a conflicting image.

Todd sneers in reaction to statements, rolls his eyes at others, if that isn't editorializing, then what is it?

This of course is bullshit and my reconciliation with network news, is off.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. $hamele$$ indeed (I am not watching - don't have to - because I know what it mu$t be like)

[riversedge]

2. I thought Todd interruped Pres obama a lot which

way annoying to say the least. I wanted Obama to say--LET ME FINISH--but Obama was too polite--which is probably good. Setting an example.

[bigdarryl]

8. Some white people do that to us African Americans

[ChisolmTrailDem]

25. While I agree, Toad was interupting nearly everyone on the show. nt

[randys1]

30. I am surprised he didnt slap the BLACK man for being uppity like in Heat/Night

But to be fair I didnt even see it, but interrupting the president is a new thing, you see, now that the prez is BLACK

[JDPriestly]

36. Which is probab.y bad because Obama looks weak when he allows himself to be interrupted.

Obama is the president. He is the one who interrupts. Others should not interrupt him.

That is because, as president, Obama has little time to speak to us. The interviewer should understand that the public is interested in hearing what the President has to say, not to what the interviewer wants to say.

Todd is a disrespectful nobody.

[pleinair]

3. Thanks for watching so we don't have to

thanks to all for witnessing the spectacle and reporting on it--you perform a public service.

[edhopper]

4. Why would he challenge the Pres?

after all:

TPM: "Chuck Todd: It's Not Media's Job To Correct GOP's Falsehoods"

Could Chucky have a double standard?

[Fred Sanders]

6. But it is his job to attack liberal truths...the other side of the corporate propaganda coin.

[Corruption Inc]

5. It's called propaganda, it's all NBC has done for decades

Corporate and government propaganda is all they sell, other than poorly written sitcoms.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Americans view propaganda as something foreigners do, never in America. Like spiced mustard.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

12. MTP is a gop "infomercial"

While the term "infomercial" was originally applied only to television advertising, it is now sometimes used to refer to any presentation (often on video) which presents a significant amount of information in an actual, or perceived, attempt to promote a point of view. When used this way, the term may be meant to carry an implication that the party making the communication is exaggerating truths or hiding important facts

[Ninga]

15. I am going to use this...corporate media now produces infomercials for the GOP -brilliant ! Nt

[merrily]

56. +1

[Ninga]

9. The ONLY reason I turned MTP on was to see, first hand, the changes. None.

And, more importantly, MTP is a dinosaur -

[adirondacker]

10. I caught about 3 minutes worth of his "anal ysis" of the President's audacity to GOLF!

What a fucking tool Todd is for bullshit distractions and manipulation.
Two thumbs down for Meat Press.

[Ninga]

13. I guess the most disturbing thing to me is that a high majority of

households in this country only get their news from network TV. Add this to the fact that these same households do NOT read newspapers, journals, listen to NPR, the BBC, Amy Goodman, etc etc etc etc.... That I call, the dumbing down of America.

That is why negative ads work.

[adirondacker]

24. Yup. 6:00 news and they know everything they need to in order to make wise decisions.

Critical thinking should be a mandatory high school class taught by those that know how to perform it.

[busterbrown]

49. Note.. I’m sure you meant 6:00 Local News.

National News doesn’t lead with Thug Crime Events...

[adirondacker]

51. ! I stand corrected.

[JDPriestly]

39. Someone should go back and play videos of Eisenhower golfing.

Eisenhower was the golfing president. Only on the golf field can a person have a truly confidential conversation sans listening devices. And only if both or all golfers want the confidentiality. The president needs confidentiality. When Bush golfed, I got scared. What is he cooking up that he does not want us to know about? But when Obama golfs, I feel secure because I know he is outsmarting the many traitors around him. Maybe some of those guys feed information to the likes of NBC -- the traitors I mean.

[adirondacker]

45. Excellent point. I'm not a big fan of the "sport", but the conversation Todd was having with his

shills was just blatant bullshit drawing out and scrutinizing every word in the reply that Obama made, like it was some major disconnect with society that the president has. The irony of the disconnect lies at their priorities of what is important to the people of this country.

Yeah, Bush on the course

[Jim__]

11. I predict that MTP will continue to drop in the ratings.

He had a presidential interview for his opening show and he still managed to make it boring. What's it going to be like when he doesn't have an interview with Obama?

[Glimmer of Hope]

14. I just tuned in. Are they discussing football??

[yortsed snacilbuper]

16. It sounds like they should have just kept the other guy!

[moondust]

17. Or run cartoons instead.

[Ninga]

19. There you go....MTP, a cartoon. Nt

[adirondacker]

29. A return of Scooby Doo and Johnny Quest might peak my interest.

They could write the Scooby team to investigate corrupt politicians and the fraudulent businesses they represent.
Johnny could go on a quest to reveal global climate change and the culprits behind it.

[kairos12]

48. I vote for Bullwinkle and Squirrel.

[adirondacker]

52. I guess if Boris and Natasha are becoming vogue enemies again.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Maybe this lineup?

[Duval]

40. Yes! Let's do this one! n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

41. They could replace Leno with Colbert to get the "conservative" side

[SMC22307]

55. Ha, I'd tune in for an hour of Bugs...

and all the other Looney Tuners.

Haven't watched MTP since probably 2008 or so, and it doesn't look as if that's going to change anytime soon.

[Ninga]

18. Hey NBC interns, surfing the net looking for NBC discussions - take notice! People here

are a small reflection of the greater tv watching community and Chuck Todd is not the answer.

[Bluenorthwest]

23. NBC does not need interns to tell them what the viewer numbers tell them.

MTP should get a special Emmy for stealth, it is not easy to both be on network TV and be almost entirely unseen by human eyes at the same time.

[Dirty Socialist]

20. Who Sponsored This Travesty?

So we can boycott them.

[tridim]

21. And the shiny Koch Industries commercial really added to the ambiance. nt

[OregonBlue]

22. MTP is so past it's prime. They had a chance to make it good again. Starting with getting really

intelligent people to have really intelligent discussions. But in fact, they went the opposite direction. They got Chuck Todd who is a TV news insider. They also got Scarborough. They also got the guy who used to produce Chris Mathews show. Talk about insiders. It's not even Washington insiders, which is bad enough, it's NBC Washington Political insiders. I can't imagine a bunch more out of touch. None of them has any clue what is going on outside of their tiny little sphere.

Tim Russert was a Republican but he at least attempted to get people to talk about real issues. David Gregory is a Republican but he was so inept at the job that he just made the GOP talking points look stupid. Chuck Todd is an out of touch know it all. He will never learn anything new because he thinks he has all the answers.

Won't waste my time.

[Enthusiast]

28. +1. I refuse to turn it on.

We get enough misinformation unintentionally, without welcoming it.

[Octafish]

26. Professional Double Naught Disinformationist

Lots of work for such these days.

[Ikonoklast]

46. Jethro would ask more intelligent questions than the Chucky Doll.

[kairos12]

50. Mr. Drysdale--perfect example of the 1 percent.

[Enthusiast]

27. The media sucks massively.

It has compromised the democracy.

[SoapBox]

35. ^Yes^

[cilla4progress]

31. I recorded it, because, you know, our President,

but I didn't have any high hopes. I don't know why Chuck Todd is so highly touted. He's arrogant and smug, a know-it-all, and not at all interesting or unique in any way, and doesn't strike me as particularly bright. Must have attained his position the old-fashioned way - sucking up to the powers that be.

The only folks I can think of who would be any good at this are on public TV or radio. Tom Ashbrook? Diane Rehm?

Not sure if I'll bother watching it.

[heaven05]

33. GOD!!!!

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I wish my POTUS would slap one of these uppity fucks DOWN!!!!!! Who do these goddamn people think they are? Such disrespect only because our POTUS is black. The way Toad is, is what white privilege is about. Never have I, in my 52 years of being interested in politics, seen such disrespect to a POTUS. THIS is why those fucks in blue feel like that can kill and torture black people in the streets. This is why the bundyshit crawled out from under their rocks and from the cesspools of amerikkka's racist swamps. I am so sick of this white supremacy/privilege bullshit..... Fuck you TOAD!!!!!

[mimi85]

70. Well said. I feel exactly the same way. nt

[JDPriestly]

34. Cancel your subscriptions to news media that lie to you and trick you.

There are alternatives. TV is a waste of time. It is all corporate propaganda. That is all it is. Sorry to be a curmudgeon. But the TV is there to brainwash you. It has no other purpose.

[hatrack]

37. What did you expect?

Seriously, did you tune in expecting "journalism"?

[Duval]

38. I watched about

10 minutes and turned it off! Todd makes me so angry, and I really want to keep my TV. Thanks for the post, Ninga!

[narnian60]

42. 5 minutes for me.

The intro about no strategy, golfing, and how Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the President made me run screaming from the room. My husband watched the whole interview, but he has a cast iron stomach.

[blur256]

47. I was going to post this as well!

I never watch Sunday news shows because they make my blood boil, but it happened to be on when they started going into the intro. What a bunch of shit. I started shouting at the tv "WTF, really?" and that's when my partner made me shut it off. No strategy? Are you fucking kidding me? Golf AGAIN?! I knew when I heard that Chucky was taking over that it was going to be a right wing rag, but come on. That's just stupidity at it's worst.

[Stellar]

43. This will be the largest audience that Chuck Todd will have.

After this airing, it will drop with a quickness. Nothing has changed on MtP.

[TeamPooka]

53. Yup, its downhill from here.

[C Moon]

44. Hopefully the President and his staff made a note, and will no longer do anything to help out NBC.

[marlene.elyse]

54. Can I just vent about the Sunday shows in general-

The last time I watched David Gregory said that our entitlements were 'cannibalizing' our economy and then he basically asked his guest to agree with him. This is today's journalism?

Lindsey Graham and John McCain should save themselves the trip and prerecord their responses because they are the same every week. .....feckless....the President is weak....cut spending...Bengazi...etc. Sunday is the weekly grand finale of current propaganda.

American journalism used to interview MLK Jr and Nelson Mandela. Murrow called out McCarthy. Our true journalists today are putting their lives in extreme danger while NBC puts on whatever creates profit. Even PBS is corporate. Damn it.

[merrily]

57. Welcome to DU, and I agree.

[grahamhgreen]

58. WHY DOES HE GO ON THERE? Why not Rachel instead? Or Thom Hartmann? Or TYT. He

legitimizes them by his actions, but then again, he's doing their bidding while they laugh at him.

Sad, really.

[CakeGrrl]

63. Not "sad" for POTUS. Chucky looks like the fool he is.

And POTUS gets face time to answer stupid questions in simple terms for the uninformed who fall for the MSM crap.

[grahamhgreen]

64. It's sad because he does the bidding of the neo-cons, and they make fun of him publicly.

[DFW]

59. Todd had a choice to make

He could have returned MTP to a ghost of something worthy of its name.

Instead, he chose to continue with "Meet The Republicans," and we already know them.

So does Obama. He gave them their chance. Todd pissed it away. Obama won't be back.

[Nictuku]

60. Does anyone remember C.Todd when he was a regular on C-SPAN?

This is way back when... when I had a good feeling about C-SPAN, feeling it was a breath of fresh air to see moderators without opinions. (I discovered C-SPAN shortly after 9/11 when the drums of war were pounding and giving me a headache in my eye -- I found "Washington Journal" in the mornings and enjoyed the moderators who did not give their own personal opinions while still getting headline news from newspapers across the country).

That was the first time I saw C.Todd, where he gave a daily report on congressional news.

Back then, when he was on C-SPAN, I don't recall being able to determine his personal politics. And when I saw that he was moving to network TV, I was 'Good for him!" and had high hopes that network TV was getting a non-biased voice.

Boy was I wrong!

Now it is more than obvious what his personal politics are, and on top of it, I really dislike his goatee.

[Cha]

61. Yes. Chuck Todd was the one who was into reality on c-span and now.. he's just another

corporatemediawhore tool.

[Cha]

62. But, there was this.. Chuck Todd's "Gotcha" FAIL..

Charles Johnson @Green_Footballs

Chuck Todd's face when he said "You've not said the word 'Syria'" after Obama said it 4 times http://lgf.bz/1qtlRhQ pic.twitter.com/FmNOX5rTYk

Bobfr @Our4thEstate
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@Green_Footballs What's most hilarious about Chuckles' failed gotcha is the interview was RECORDED & he didn't edit his FAIL! cc @PressSec
8:34 AM - 7 Sep 2014 8 Retweets 6 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/07/president-barack-obama-the-jobs-creating-president/

[Ninga]

65. Thx Cha.... This and more. Problem with corporate "journalists" is that they can't listen

and think at the same time......

So sad.

[madokie]

66. You're spot on Ninga

[Omaha Steve]

67. Did we expect anything different that this?

I didn't.

[WI_DEM]

68. Not surprising but look who the sponsors are for all of the Sunday Morning Shows

big corporations. I gave up on Sunday Morning News TV long ago.

[mimi85]

69. At least they didn't choose Luke, however....