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PdamnedQ

(168 posts)
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 03:18 PM Feb 2022

Chuck Todd is a talented obfuscator.

However, I just watched his usual schtick on MSNBC.

His whole "gee professor" act is so tiring. Just stating the obvious then fancifully connecting any downside to anything related to the Democratic party is now his only objective.

Could he please just go back to both-sider-ism? His inner reptile is more apparent now then in any other time that I've observed his performance. I wish he would just take his winnings and go home.

Does he actually believe that he is going generate a legacy as a venerated journalist, and not that of a gifted "college boy"?

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Omnipresent

(5,722 posts)
3. I try not to think of MSNBC as a leftwing news network.
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 03:23 PM
Feb 2022

Much how I look at Fox News and think it needs a laugh track, to follow each commentators bizarre statements

tavernier

(12,406 posts)
6. Fox news commentators need a laugh track.
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 03:31 PM
Feb 2022

Brilliant!

There should be billboards stating this all over the country.

Omnipresent

(5,722 posts)
13. Alex jones thinks of himself as a "performance artist", even saying in court, that his commentary...
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 04:45 PM
Feb 2022

Is for entertainment purposes.

I believe FOX news needs a laugh track to show they aren’t trying to incite violence if they are just kidding.

PCIntern

(25,591 posts)
5. Well, he didn't exactly finish college.
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 03:28 PM
Feb 2022

If I recall correctly, he dropped out his senior year I believe.

Hekate

(90,829 posts)
10. I tuned in very briefly. Peter Baker, Gene Robinson, and some blond woman I couldn't stand...
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 04:14 PM
Feb 2022

Baker and Robinson are both fine, but she was yipping about Democrats being in disarray. I muted it so I could hopefully catch her name, but had to turn the whole thing off. Any idea?

As for Chuckles — bleah. I will stay for awhile if his panelists are good, but he is worthless.


shanti

(21,675 posts)
15. Andrea Mitchell?
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 04:50 PM
Feb 2022

The blonde woman. She and Toad are insufferable. If it wasn't for that news crawl thingy on CNN, I'd watch it more often.

Hekate

(90,829 posts)
17. Someone much younger, with a smiling persona that wouldn't have bothered me if she hadn't kept...
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 05:45 PM
Feb 2022

… hammering on the theme of Democratic Disarray and Biden’s Egregious Failures.

Andrea Mitchell is annoying, but I know her on sight as she’s been around forever and has her own show.


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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. You nailed his techniques, and the 2022 midterms are GAME ON.
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 04:24 PM
Feb 2022

The stakes nationally and internationally could not be more enormous.

As for his legacy, he's played a significant role in securing RW power for some years now. His "legacy" is what he and the big RW players want it to be, and he serves them well. I just looked and his net worth is only $12M, but it will be more. We don't know what professional rewards he will be given. Who knows? Maybe head of NBCUniversal if he can hack it. When Steve Burke, another who serves, stepped down to rise further, his net worth was estimated at $72M.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
14. Fuck Todd should be fired.
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 04:49 PM
Feb 2022

The head of a news agency should never be allowed to confuse his own opinion pieces for fact based journalism.

Hekate

(90,829 posts)
18. And Andrea Mitchell needs a big retirement banquet. I would rejoice, but it seems...
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 05:46 PM
Feb 2022

… they are nailed to their chairs.


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