Chuck Todd must go: His 'brown shirt' slur of Bernie Sanders makes him unqualified

[Uncle Joe]

to be an unbiased host

(snip)

My father, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was a frequent guest on NBC’s “Meet The Press” for more than 30 years. His ex-chief of staff, Tim Russert, became the show’s longest-serving host. As ambassador to the United Nations, Moynihan defended the assault on the state of Israel led by UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, who was later exposed as a wartime Nazi. In his famous speech before the General Assembly in November 1975, Moynihan said, “A great evil has been loosed upon the world; the specter of anti-Semitism has been given the appearance of international sanction.”

Sen. Moynihan would be outraged to see how Chuck Todd has disgraced the legacy of “Meet The Press” newsmen he knew well: Russert, Lawrence Spivak, Marvin Kalb, Roger Mudd and Garrick Utley.

Todd and his spin team are trying to obfuscate his culpability, saying he was just reading a quote from writer Jonathan Last. But Todd is also political director for NBC News, and he cannot play coy and pretend he didn’t know exactly what he was doing by likening Bernie supporters to Nazi brownshirts.

At a time when our world is beset by innumerable crises, it is critical for mainstream media to uphold standards of conduct and purpose. “Meet the Press” began as a radio show in 1945, and debuted on television on November 6, 1947. It is the longest-running program in the history of American television. It is shocking that NBC has not yet demanded Todd’s resignation, and is allowing him to host the Democratic debate in Las Vegas next week.

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-moynihan-fire-todd-20200214-2tubdl6qhrc2rgnmniys7koupm-story.html

[flotsam]

1. Also this lying moron: Jon Ralston-"Sanders supporters throwing chairs"

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-sanders-supporters-throw-chairs-at-nevada-democratic-convention/

[Blue_true]

9. A couple were caught on video throwing chairs. nt

[flotsam]

10. Oh good

Post that video!

[Blue_true]

14. It was at a delegate selection meeting after the Nevada Caucus in 2016.

I remember that scene. If you want to see the video, find it yourself, I have no desire to revisit acts of extreme lack of civility and perspective.

[flotsam]

16. Both Snopes and I call Bullshit

If you have video post it.

[Blue_true]

20. I watched the video in real time, my eyes saw what they saw. nt

[flotsam]

23. You are mistaken...

"At least one outlet held their own reporting to account when Ralston’s came under question. NPR ran with Ralston’s second-hand assertion about thrown chairs, but their ombudsman later pegged Ralston (who did not witness the chair-throwing) as the sole source behind the widely-repeated claim and admitted that no evidence had been produced that anyone had thrown chairs"

[Blue_true]

24. I don't read Ralston, I watched the situation unfold in real time. nt

[Nanjeanne]

15. Yeah. Still waiting for his apology to that debunked lie.

[Duppers]

17. +100

[Dem4Life1102]

2. It should be noted

that Tim Russert ended up as a right wing hack who helped Bush sell the Iraq war.

[wyldwolf]

12. He also wasn't very unbiased...

During the Clinton impeachment.

[Zolorp]

3. He didn't say that.

He quoted somebody else saying it to get a response to that comment.

There is a difference, you know.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Insofar as slanderous propaganda goes and Todd's ready usage of it,

the difference is as Vanilla or French Vanilla.

As the author pointed out Todd knew exactly what he was doing.

[Zolorp]

5. Not a Todd fan, but this attack on him is ridiculous.

[Uncle Joe]

6. In no way, shape or form can Todd even pretend to be an honest broker/moderator at the debate.

[Zolorp]

7. Disagree completely

[Uncle Joe]

8. Then we disagree completely but thanks for the kick.

[flotsam]

11. Yes

That is what hear say is.

[bluewater]

13. Todd should not be allowed to be an "impartial" debate moderator.

This was disqualifying.

[Duppers]

18. K & R

👍

[Uncle Joe]

19. ...

[Duppers]

22. Hi my friend!

You saw an earlier post of mine?...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=521888

That said, I don't think there's anyone more sincere or more energetic than Bernie.

[Yeehah]

21. Billionaires will continue to purvey right-wing propaganda on all networks

They will maintain a veneer of objectivity by having a few liberal voices. But it is only a veneer.

I find it laughable that anyone considers ratings a factor in whether a show continues.