Time to Boycott Chuck Todd and MTP! Why?.. 'Cause Chucky's emblemic of the

[Cha]

Freaking Twilight Zone.. I substituted psychopath with sociopath in Rod's famous quote.. that's a better fit, imv.. They feel no shame.

***Or just write them a letter if you're so inclined-Contact at bottom of OP***

"Imagine if you will, a world run by sociopaths".. It's now 2014, Rod Serling, and we're way past having to "imagine"..



EarlG

Don't ya just want to wipe that smirk off his face with low ratings at mtp?

"LAZY"? I dunno.. Chucky seems awfully busy carrying RW talking points all over the tv.. like he has all the energy in the world. Just when it comes to the facts he falls down on his job.

This is my letter to nbc from last week and so far.. CRICKETS..

******[e-mail]******

Dear Deborah Turness,

Chuck Todd was horrible on his debut MTP show and not very bright. And, so full of himself.. telling the President how to speak.. like he knows anything.

The President mentioned Syria 4 times and the Todd came up with the following..

"You’ve not said the word, “Syria,” so far in our conversation. Obviously, if you’re going to defeat ISIS, you have used very much stronger language. It’s gone through the week during your trip to Wales. You got to go to Syria in some form or another."

Notice that President Obama's last mention of Syria came two sentences before Todd made his fatuous statement.

If one of the traits of a good interviewer is listening to the answers given by the subject, Chuck Todd fails miserably.

Cha xoxoxox
Kauai

Again.. ******[e-mail]******

[Cha]

1. Kick

[DrDan]

2. great idea - listen only to those who speak our language

nope - I will continue to listen to rush, sean, fox . . . and chuck

sticking one's head into the sand is not a way to go through life

[Cha]

3. Okay you do that DD

[yeoman6987]

30. The only people who count are Nielsen family

If you know anyone, tell them to stop watching. You and I not watching doesn't do a thing.

[Purveyor]

35. I agree. I need to hear all sides of the story and take great heat on this very forum for

presenting it.

To do otherwise is news negligent, indeed...

[Jamaal510]

4. I can't boycott something I don't watch.

I mean I used to watch that show once or twice a couple of years ago, but that was it. I'd rather continue watching the Raiders embarrass my city every Sunday than have Todd, Scarborough, etc. lower my brain cells.

[Cha]

7. Yeah, I don't watch, either, Jamaal.. nor would I if I had a tv. But, this OP is showing what

Chucky is all about and hoping we can get some letter writing action to NBC on why Chucky isn't acceptable.

I haven't watched corp media since 2002..

Football!

[Purveyor]

36. So wait! You propose a boycott on the TV news show you don't even watch?

[Cha]

42. That's right.. can you possibly wrap your head around that?!!!!

[Purveyor]

44. Nope, nor would I want to... But since you are so up on boycotting the unknown

I'll do you the favor and boycott your tripe by including you on my ignore list.

Nothing lost, nothing gain.

See ya! Cha-cha-cha...

[Cha]

47. Wow, you have just given me a gift and you're too closed off to even know it!

Mahalo!

[sheshe2]

52. It's amusing to me when people announce an ignore

for a comment they don't like. Why is that?

Me, I have no one on ignore. I love reading some of the most inane and amusing comments on DU. Sometimes I laugh and sometimes I fight, yet I read it all. If I wish to ignore, then I stop reading.

[BarbaRosa]

5. I would boycott,

but I never watch anyway. That would be redundant.

[Cha]

8. I haven't watched MTP since 2002, BarbaRosa.. but, this OP is also about

letter action to NBC and why Chucky Todd's manipulation and carrying rw talking points are not acceptable.

Thanks

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I'd boycott it if I ever watched it in the first place.

But I don't think I've seen Press The Meat in decades, since Roger Mudd and Marvin Kalb were moderators.

[Cha]

9. Lucky you, The Velveteen Ocelot.. I haven't watched since 2002 when I stopped

all corporate "news". Cold Turkey.

I still wrote nbc a letter about chucky todd last week because of a clip I saw on DU. I just want to let them know he's not acceptable.

[Old Crow]

25. "Press the Meat"... LOL!

You folks crack me up around here. I haven't been here all that long, so maybe these quips are old hat to the regulars, but they have me in stitches.

[gordianot]

10. As long as Todd remains on MTP be assured it will fail.

[Cha]

13. Just thought it would be cool to let the geniuses at nbc know what we think of their Chucky Todd,

gordianot~

******[e-mail]******

[gordianot]

40. I think NBC knows when they tried to change the transcript of his interview the President

The hard right wing (Foxbots) are convinced Chuck falls to the left so they will not watch him. Any potential Progressive audience is long gone unless he can pull a Katie Couric ala Palin, I do not see that happening he is too smug.

[Cha]

43. I want them to know More.. Evidently, this is their target audience.. "upscale"

"..Boeing Co., targeting an audience of military executives, is the exclusive sponsor of the show's online content as well as its apps; it is also a major broadcast sponsor. Other advertisers include the American Petroleum Institute, Citigroup, General Electric Co. and Xerox. “It's a gray audience and exceedingly affluent,” said Brad Adgate, senior VP-research at Horizon Media. “These people are interested in politics and decision-making, and how that can impact business.” The program's following is indeed upscale."

http://adage.com/article/btob/media-power-50-meet-press-attracts-engaged-audience-major-b-b-ads/289197/

[spanone]

11. k&r...

[Cha]

14. Hey spanone.. mahalo!!

[spanone]

16. mahalo!! Cha

[Cha]

17. ..

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. For real people: I haven't watched MTP in 10 years

It's garbage. Turn it the fuck off. The only REAL resistance is REFUSAL. Period.

And if your formulating some thought about "knowing your enemy" and that's why you watch, save it. You're just a sucker and an addict justifying your addiction to the power that controls you by catering to your desire for outrage. You think you're not owned with that bullshit? Please. Turn that shit off. Have the giddamn courage to refuse it utterly.

[Cha]

15. For real alcibiades_mystery, I haven't watched

any corporate "news" since 2002 and I had only watched it for 2 years before that. I, like a lot of people can smell bullshite right through the tv.

But, I did write nbc an email last week after I saw Chucky Todd's mess debut online.. to let them know he's not acceptable.

I agree with your little rant there.. "And if your formulating some thought about "knowing your enemy" and that's why you watch, save it. You're just a sucker and an addict justifying your addiction to the power that controls you by catering to your desire for outrage. You think you're not owned with that bullshit? Please. Turn that shit off. Have the giddamn courage to refuse it utterly".

"The enemy" in a nutshell is bullshit rw talking points.. polished each week by the mediawhore$.. preferably with john McCain in assistance.

[Cha]

18. ..

[Dirty Socialist]

19. I Don't Watch It

Who are their sponsors?

[Cha]

21. I don't watch either but sent them a letter last week with my disgust at their new host.. here's a

list of sponsors as of April 2014, Dirty Socialist.. apparently their audience is "upscale"..

"..Boeing Co., targeting an audience of military executives, is the exclusive sponsor of the show's online content as well as its apps; it is also a major broadcast sponsor. Other advertisers include the American Petroleum Institute, Citigroup, General Electric Co. and Xerox. “It's a gray audience and exceedingly affluent,” said Brad Adgate, senior VP-research at Horizon Media. “These people are interested in politics and decision-making, and how that can impact business.” The program's following is indeed upscale."

http://adage.com/article/btob/media-power-50-meet-press-attracts-engaged-audience-major-b-b-ads/289197/

[Thinkingabout]

20. I watch MTP, Face the Nation, and This Week. I may believe some of the crap

But have been a regular viewer since childhood, watching with my Dad. He listened and knew what people were saying, won't boycott.

[Cha]

22. Okay.. I don't know

how you can listen to the goPropaganda perpetrated by corporatemedia week after week!

You say you may believe "some of the crap"? I could tell they were pushing bull crap back in 2002 and stopped watching then. Too bad they don't have more Dems on to balance out. Bernie Sanders must have been a treat for you, Thinkingabout!

[Thinkingabout]

23. It is necessary to crap and research before mu RW friends blindside me.

When they attempt to deliver their message I deliver the correct story, it's like playing defense, you gotta watch the other teams playing.

[Cha]

24. I get it.. you have a strong stomach! I guess it would make it much easier to

deliver the metaphorical knock out punch if you know what they're up to.

I don't have any rw friends so that never entered my mind.

[SomethingFishy]

26. NBC wanted Todd in that slot, they want Fox News numbers.

They don't give a shit about facts, journalism, or the truth, they want numbers which translate into dollars. The only thing that will remove Chuck Todd, a man who blatantly admits that he doesn't think it's his job to check the facts, is poor ratings.

[Cha]

31. Yeah, ol Deborah Turness, president of nbc "news" must think she has the ultimate tool in

chucky todd and she's right of course.. he's got the creds.

I just read as of April that MTP's audience was upscale.. so they're pushing to them evidently. Like "upscale" loves the bullshit.

"..Boeing Co., targeting an audience of military executives, is the exclusive sponsor of the show's online content as well as its apps; it is also a major broadcast sponsor. Other advertisers include the American Petroleum Institute, Citigroup, General Electric Co. and Xerox. “It's a gray audience and exceedingly affluent,” said Brad Adgate, senior VP-research at Horizon Media. “These people are interested in politics and decision-making, and how that can impact business.” The program's following is indeed upscale."

http://adage.com/article/btob/media-power-50-meet-press-attracts-engaged-audience-major-b-b-ads/289197/

[SomethingFishy]

32. There's that "liberal" media in action again..

Those poor conservatives just can't get a word in edgewise...

[Cha]

34. Yeah, the goPropaganda Machine won out over the "liberal media" a long time

ago(I know you know). And, of course the gops keeping pushing that meme so people will not even consider it's rw propaganda at its worse. Down is Up.. Straight is Crooked and so on and on.

Nice that Bernie got on and ate Chucky Todd for brunch(so I heard)!

[NightWatcher]

27. I love how people seem shocked by "news" that comes from corporations.

In the truth there is no news and in the news there is no truth.

Corporate network news is about as believable as professional wrestling. When people seek out news outlets that they agree with, they've lost the integrity they say they hope to find in the "news".

[Cha]

38. You're right.. I cut it off in 2002, NightWatcher.. but, I'm still trying to expose it for what it

is.. after all these years. It's only gotten exponentially more blatantly worse from reports on DU and other sites.

[sheshe2]

28. This one was an all time favorite for me.

The Toad being a toady and caring the GOP propaganda!



I boycott a lot of things yet can not boycott what I don't watch. A letter like yours. That I can do Cha!

[Cha]

39. Thanks she.. according to an article from April.. MTP's audience is "upscale" and "military

executives." Probably not too many of those hanging around here. But, as you say.. "a letter" can be done and easily. To let our voices be known.

"..Boeing Co., targeting an audience of military executives, is the exclusive sponsor of the show's online content as well as its apps; it is also a major broadcast sponsor. Other advertisers include the American Petroleum Institute, Citigroup, General Electric Co. and Xerox. “It's a gray audience and exceedingly affluent,” said Brad Adgate, senior VP-research at Horizon Media. “These people are interested in politics and decision-making, and how that can impact business.” The program's following is indeed upscale."

http://adage.com/article/btob/media-power-50-meet-press-attracts-engaged-audience-major-b-b-ads/289197/

Obviously not targeting the plebes.. and Chucky is the perfect choice to propagate the propaganda.

[sheshe2]

41. You are so right Cha!

Obviously not targeting the plebes.. and Chucky is the perfect choice to propagate the propaganda.

The UpChuck sucks!

[Cha]

45. Just trying to get a little activism goin' on, she.. got one poster here

who can't believe that I'm trying to get others to boycott and write letters when I don't watch myself. smh. speaking of lol

[sheshe2]

48. Seriously!?

LOL~ I saw that.

Keep on keeping on Cha!

[Cha]

50. And, you

saw the gift I got?

she

[sheshe2]

53. I did and I posted to it!

[Cha]

49. We use to call him Gotchuck!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5537348

[indivisibleman]

29. I cannot boycott something I am already not watching

Me and most of my friends left off of MTP years ago. It is their job to get us back and if and when they do it will be a completely different show.

[Cha]

46. Good, indivisibleman.. Evidently mtp caters to the "upscale" "and interested in decision making

and how can impact business." Just spreading the word about Chucky Todd's duties.

"..Boeing Co., targeting an audience of military executives, is the exclusive sponsor of the show's online content as well as its apps; it is also a major broadcast sponsor. Other advertisers include the American Petroleum Institute, Citigroup, General Electric Co. and Xerox. “It's a gray audience and exceedingly affluent,” said Brad Adgate, senior VP-research at Horizon Media. “These people are interested in politics and decision-making, and how that can impact business.” The program's following is indeed upscale."

http://adage.com/article/btob/media-power-50-meet-press-attracts-engaged-audience-major-b-b-ads/289197/

[indivisibleman]

63. I always watched it when it was Russert's

Gregory delivered too many softball questions and let people get away with too much. I always felt that the did this because if he did ask the hard questions people would refuse to come on the show. I catch clips from the show but rarely sit down to watch the broadcast anymore. I was glad to see him go and actually more hopeful than some that Todd would be an improvement. He isn't off to a good start. I would love to see MTP get back on track.

[Cha]

64. Yes, it would be so good for our Country to have MTP like the old days but

I don't even know who the reputable Press would be to Meet? Chucky Todd will never do that. We had his number before he even got started and my prediction is he's only going to get deeper and deeper into the gop owing him an enormous debt of gratitude.

[indivisibleman]

66. I used to be more optimistic

I hoped for a while that Gregory would hear the criticism and improve. When Gregory was to leave I certainly was hoping for a better replacement than Todd.

[MohRokTah]

33. It's tough to boycott what I don't watch

Give me a list of advertisers t boycott, that could help.

[Cha]

51. Here's what I got, Moh.. evidently Chucky is aiming at "upscale" and targeting an audience of

military executives."

Understandably not too many around here.. and a lot of peeps saying they're already boycotting.. including me.. but, there's always letter writing because even though we don't watch mtp.. I have a feeling it's going to be in our face around here for too long.

"..Boeing Co., targeting an audience of military executives, is the exclusive sponsor of the show's online content as well as its apps; it is also a major broadcast sponsor. Other advertisers include the American Petroleum Institute, Citigroup, General Electric Co. and Xerox. “It's a gray audience and exceedingly affluent,” said Brad Adgate, senior VP-research at Horizon Media. “These people are interested in politics and decision-making, and how that can impact business.” The program's following is indeed upscale."

http://adage.com/article/btob/media-power-50-meet-press-attracts-engaged-audience-major-b-b-ads/289197/

[merrily]

37. I am beyond tired of MTP's rightward slanting.

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And I've been boycotting Chuck Todd for years.

Dufus Dave Gregory lost a lot of viewers for MTP and Toad is not going to bring them back.

It's not only the hosts, though. It's just boring.

[Cha]

54. I heard Bernie was good today.. they must have been trying to liven the place up.

[merrily]

55. He was amazing, but that is not why they had him on.

They have begun a series of interviews with potential Presidential candidates. They started with Bernie, no doubt in the hope that everyone will forget about him by 2016 and they gave him only a few minutes. Besides, Todd cut him off when he started talking about the Kochs.

Todd kept trying to put nasty words about Obama and Hillary in Sanders' mouth. Over and over, Sanders refused to take the bait.

I have a OP with links to the video of the MTP inteview with Bernie, a petition to encourage Bernie to run and a face book page.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025534410

I don't care if he has a chance or doesn't have a chance. America needs to keep hearing the things Sanders said to Chuck Todd in that interview!

[Cha]

57. "Todd cut him off when he started to talk about the Kochs" Not surprised but boy oh boy

Chucky sure does earn his keep. They must have been so proud of him.

I read that about Bernie not taking any bait Todd was throwing out. He's too smart for that.

I agree about Bernie Sanders.. he does need to be heard, merrily. Thanks for the link.

[merrily]

58. You're more than welcome. You'll love the video.

[Major Hogwash]

56. Yup, ol' Chuck has made me upchuck 1 time too many! It's time for a boycott of his bs!

I think Chuck is trying to turn the tide for the GOP this mid-term election season.
But, since there are only 50 days left until those elections take place, I don't think we should listen to his form of bs anymore than we should listen to Bill O'Reilly or Glenn Beck.

[Cha]

59. Chucky's always trying to "turn the tide for the repubs".. Major. That's his job

..he's their front liar man.

Someone mentioned he shut Bernie up right away when he started to talk about the Kochs.

[Cha]

60. K

[napkinz]

61. ...

[Cha]

62. Gawd those are deservedly funny, napkinz.. thank you! I heard it was

elephants.. but oh well.. not my job, either.

Steve Marmel

[Cha]

65. Thanks for all the help, peeps!

[jillan]

67. I watched yesterday because of Bernie. But before that he had on James Baker! to bash the President.

Because the world is exactly the same now as it was in the 1980s.

[Cha]

68. And, I hear Chucky Tool tried to get Bernie to Bash the President and Hillary.. only

Bernie wasn't biting.. only biting Chucky!