Chuck Todd Called a 'Dangerous F-ing Imbecile' for Booking Election Deniers on 'Meet the Press' [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Alex Noble 7 hrs ago

What Chuck Todd sees as good old-fashioned bipartisanship by booking election deniers on NBC's "Meet the Press," many critics are expressing their disdain for his laissez-faire approach to enabling the spread of misinformation.

"Chuck Todd is a dangerous f—ing imbecile," one Twitter user said.

On Thursday's installment of "The Interview," Mediaite's podcast, Todd defended interviewing politicians from the other side of the aisle, including Republicans who supported former President Donald Trump's attempts to contest the results of the 2020 election.

Saturday, NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen tweeted a quote from Todd's interview: "You don't know when somebody you think deserves to be banned is suddenly somebody that you've got to deal with. Because you may not like them, but they have the power."

That revealing quote — which was Todd's answer to Mediaite's Aidan McLaughlin when he was asked whether such politicians should be banned from "Meet the Press" and other Sunday shows — led to the NBC host trending on Twitter and receiving some considerable pushback.

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