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tularetom

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11. More and more people realize that political reporting is bullshit

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 12:35 PM

Dec 2014

Policy is never considered, except when it might be a factor in an election ("Is Obama's position on immigration good for the Democratic party's chances in 2016?&quot .

It's not so different from the WWE, except less entertaining. And Chunk Turd is the poster boy for it.

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Chuk Tod: The surge in political satire/comedy is making Americans more cynical [View all] elehhhhna Dec 2014 OP

chuck is comedy gold. spanone Dec 2014 #1

talk about someone begging to be made the butt of jokes rurallib Dec 2014 #4

Wow BeyondGeography Dec 2014 #2

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2014 #3

Or Abe Lincoln Botany Dec 2014 #15

Or Benjamin Franklin. cyberswede Dec 2014 #19

Or Winston Churchill Botany Dec 2014 #26

or the Caesars elehhhhna Dec 2014 #39

I honestly think Todd takes offense at the satire, we don't take him seriously..Bwahahaha, seriously monmouth4 Dec 2014 #5

Not being told the whole truth CJCRANE Dec 2014 #6

Has this shithead ever examined an actual POLICY for its mechanisms and consequences? alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #7

Trying to take a shot at Jon Stewart RandiFan1290 Dec 2014 #8

He's angry because Jon Stewart is 100X better at his job than Chuckie Toad. Boomerproud Dec 2014 #42

Full blown propganda to push the last remaining major political obstacle out of the way....Obama. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #9

No toad it is news people like you that destroy trust and makes us cynical. jwirr Dec 2014 #10

More and more people realize that political reporting is bullshit tularetom Dec 2014 #11

That is because we no longer have political reporting, we have propaganda instead. Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #32

Why can't this dolt just stick to reading the news? notadmblnd Dec 2014 #12

Indeed. ChazInAz Dec 2014 #20

I think that is the news they want him to read. zeemike Dec 2014 #31

Well, I can't say I disagree there notadmblnd Dec 2014 #33

What an odd view. Marr Dec 2014 #13

i see a creepy new propaganda assault: elehhhhna Dec 2014 #40

AS one of the foremost practitioners, I will take him at this word Doctor_J Dec 2014 #14

maybe he was being sarcastic? corkhead Dec 2014 #16

no. he then tried to cajole guests into admitting they had some elehhhhna Dec 2014 #41

Mr Todd makes me want to up-chuck. marble falls Dec 2014 #17

Wow. He's stupider than I thought bluestateguy Dec 2014 #18

There is no 'surge' - it's just getting MORE POPULAR then EVER you IDIOT ! ! vkkv Dec 2014 #21

Fuknuckle indeed. Best description of the Toad everrrrrr! mountain grammy Dec 2014 #22

I prefer to call it realism in a cynical situation n/t sarge43 Dec 2014 #23

You can't be too cynical, it's never enough. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #24

:-) "No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up." - Lily Tomlin Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2014 #27

No Chuck. We are cynical because of charlatan 'journalists' like you. Avalux Dec 2014 #25

would have said the cynicism arose from the failure of democracy to protect against the PTB on point Dec 2014 #28

our democracy didnt fail. it was overthrown i think elehhhhna Dec 2014 #43

How about network news ebbie15644 Dec 2014 #29

He's just out of his depth. In way over his head as a commentator. Demit Dec 2014 #30

Ahah! Is he including himself in the list of contributors to the surge? Helen Borg Dec 2014 #34

Chuk will always tell you what They� want you to think. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #35

Please tell me your source is The Onion? Nevernose Dec 2014 #36

nope. elehhhhna Dec 2014 #44

Fake news shows like The Daily Show produce better informed viewers than NBC nightly news. pa28 Dec 2014 #37

Excellent observation in the OP Populist_Prole Dec 2014 #38

Is it just me.... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #45

Upchuck Toad regurgitates more of whatever he's full of. randome Dec 2014 #46

Does he think... bobclark86 Dec 2014 #47