Harry Reid Rips Chuck Todd and the Corporate Media for Covering for Republicans

[babylonsister]

All Dems should be calling these enabling clowns out.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/08/harry-reid-rips-chuck-todd-corporate-media-covering-republicans.html

Harry Reid Rips Chuck Todd and the Corporate Media for Covering for Republicans
By: Jason Easley
Thursday, May, 8th, 2014, 4:48 pm
Video @ link~


During his interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) ripped Todd and other Beltway journalists for not being honest about what the Republican Party is doing.

Chuck Todd tried to float the old both sides do it false equivalency to explain why the Senate is obstructed, but Harry Reid was having none of it. Reid said, “One of the problems the has with modern-day journalism is everything you do a tit for tat. You won’t call things the way they actually exist. What has happened here is that the Republicans have stopped everything from happening, and there’s no question that that meeting took place. That was the agreement made. They know who was there. They know what has happened since then, so you can give me the tit for tat all you want, but the fact is we want to legislate. We want to legislate and take votes.”

Sen. Reid spoke the truth. Chuck Todd is one of the biggest purveyors of the Republican talking point infused Beltway media groupthink. Todd is a reliable talking head that will always suggest that both sides do it, when the reality is that one side held a meeting after President Obama took office and decided that they were going to obstruct the Obama agenda.

The media has been covering up for the Republicans, and it was good to hear Harry Reid call it out. No matter what people like Chuck Todd want to claim, both sides aren’t doing it. One side has decided to shut down the legislative process. Democrats are still managing to accomplish some remarkable things despite the obstruction, but Chuck Todd doesn’t want to talk about the ugly politics of Republican obstruction. Instead, Todd is living in a magical land where both sides do it, and all politics is an extended version of the election horse race that the mainstream press is so addicted to.

Chuck Todd got called out on his BS, but that won’t stop him from not reporting the way things really are, and who is responsible for the congressional gridlock.

[dhill926]

1. wash, rinse….

and repeat, repeat, repeat. Keep hammering this home, so even the idiots can't ignore it anymore….

[Vietnameravet]

2. Todd is playing safe..so he thinks

This way he can claim to be neutral but if more speak up like Reid.. his cowardly game will be a bit more difficult

[Vietnameravet]

3. Todd defends himself ( more bullshit from him!

NBC News political director and MSNBC host Chuck Todd is claiming that it is not his job to correct the constant Republican lies that he gives airtime to.

During a panel discussion on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Chuck Todd casually made the shocking statement that correcting Republican lies in pursuit of the truth is not his job.
(snip)
People aren’t saying to the mainstream media that they want them to support Democrats. The message is that the media should be interested first and only in facts. People get frustrated with the media, because they give lies the same weight as facts. As a journalist, Chuck Todd shouldn’t be evaluating messaging. He should be only interested in communicating truth and facts.

One of the main reasons why Obamacare is misunderstood is that the mainstream media shares the the same attitude as Chuck Todd. Facts aren’t our business. Todd’s point is that he is only here to let each side put their message out there, and the best message wins. What Todd described isn’t journalistic neutrality. It’s laziness and indifference to factual reporting.

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/18/msnbcs-chuck-todd-job-challenge-republican-lies.html

[rurallib]

13. If he is jus a recorder he can easily be replaced. Does he realize that?

[Byte606]

4. Chuck Todd predicted week before election that Romney runaway win as most likely outcome in 2012

One week before the 2012 election when Nate said Obama was surely going to win, Chuck Todd said the more likely outcome in the 2012 election was a Romney runaway win. His prediction was seconded by Joe Scarborough, of course, and those dim beltway bores, Heilman and Meachem. Todd should just do the inevitable and join Fox News.

[calimary]

6. Welcome to DU, Byte606!

Glad you're here! I find this just BEYOND infuriating!!! We call him "Fuck Turd" around our house. And every day he earns that name, anew. I'm a retired broadcast journalist. It just burns me up to see this happening. Journalism is and should be a revelation of truth, NOT just you say potato and I say potahh-to, let's call the whole thing off. Journalism should be shining a light and educating the public on what is truth and what is falsehood or bullshit or manipulation. What can stand as fact, and what can't. And it does NONE of those things anymore. ANYBODY with an agenda and a photogenic face (usually, add blonde hair and delete sleeves - at least for the females) can go on and say anything they want, truth be damned. Our profession used to be held accountable for what information it disseminated. No more. chuck todd is nothing more than a free-marketer disguised as a "journalist." Let the market decide. Just put it all out there and let the viewer/listener/consumer decide. Well, THAT only works well when those on the receiving end - the viewer/listener/consumer - is WELL-INFORMED. ONLY THEN can anyone make correct calls. If they're not, if they're force-fed any old bullshit somebody who looks good or who has power can go on the air and say, or issue in print, then people will believe whatever sounds good or feeds their own predilections.

[LittleGirl]

12. Thank you for that

I stand and applaud you. Thank you for your service to this Country.

[madokie]

26. I second that

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

34. Third that!!

[JustAnotherGen]

31. Please come out of retirement

We need you.

[tclambert]

36. I don't get what the name byte606 refers to.

Is it a new binary joke? I like binary jokes.

After all, there are 10 kinds of people in the world--those who understand binary and those who don't.

And really, binary is as easy as 1, 10, 11.

[Major Hogwash]

40. Fuck Chuck, he's one of the know-nothing bullshit artists trying to appeal to younger viewers.

But, they aren't buying it.
The mainstream media hasn't fooled the latest generation of voters into believing that Obama is going to take their guns away, push for legislation to ban the Bible, or force workers to join communes in order to get healthcare.

Kids today are far more connected to what is going on in the real world because of cell phones, text messages, and the internet.
Back in the 50's, kids only heard about what was going on in their local neighborhood at their hangouts, the local soda shop or at the playground of the school they went to.
Not now, kids in their 20's are very aware of the phony media hyping horseshit about the Democrats.
They know it is the Republicans that don't want to raise the wages where they work, or let them get affordable healthcare, or obtain Pell grants to go to college.

[K lib]

5. Nonsensical False equivalency

If Republicans do 14 crazy things in a month, does that mean the unbiased thing to do would be for us to concoct 13 additional crazy Democrat stories? - Will McAvoy

[calimary]

7. Welcome to DU, K lib!

Good to have you with us! This false equivalency thing is like a cancer. It's like pollution - like poison in the water. It spreads with no containment.

[K lib]

8. Thanks

nt

[Dustlawyer]

10. That is why Benghazi is still alive today!

The Rethugs know they can drag Benghazi back out of mothballs and reporters (used loosely) like Chucky Toad (may start using Fuck Turd myself) will rush to report, but not to say, "This has already been debunked." Non-story!

[YOHABLO]

9. Todd is just playing the corporate media game .. he likes the money, selling out his scruples >

these so called ''journalists'' keep playing this false equivalency bull .. and it's so laughable. Any half witted person who might be paying attention can figure this out. Perhaps he's vying for David Gregory's seat. Probably. It must be hard to kiss Joe Scarborough's ass .. or maybe not.

[tclambert]

37. He should give out coupons for selling his scruples.

Not that they're worth much to start with.

[wandy]

11. I doubt that Harry Reid's asseverations will go unanswered...........

You just have to wonder how much of Nevada Reid will be accused of wanting to turn into a Chinese solar farm, especially land around the Bundy ranch. If he keeps pointing his finger at the Fox and calling out Koch-suckers, no doubt there will soon be documented proof that Harry is planting endangered turtles amongst the sage brush.
After all this time thinking Harry was a 'milk toast', then he started taking names and kicking ass. Suddenly Reid joins the ranks of evil Democrats.

Give 'em hell Harry!

[GoneFishin]

14. Harry has disappointed me in the past, but not lately. Where the hell has this guy been?

Good work, Harry.

[Plucketeer]

15. Todd's just a parrot

Repeating what he hears from ANYplace on the hill without having a CLUE to the substance (or lack thereof) of his mimicry.

[spanone]

16. Chuck Todd: It's Not Media's Job To Correct GOP's Obamacare Falsehoods

Updated 7:01 PM EDT, Thu May 8 2014

MSNBC host Chuck Todd said Wednesday that when it comes to misinformation about the new federal health care law, don't expect members of the media to correct the record.

During a segment on "Morning Joe," former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) speculated that most opponents of the Affordable Care Act have been fed erroneous information about the law. Todd said that Republicans "have successfully messaged against it" but he disagrees with those who argue that the media should educate the public on the law. According to Todd, that's President Barack Obama's job.

"But more importantly, it would be stuff that Republicans have successfully messaged against it," Todd told Rendell. "They don't repeat the other stuff because they haven't even heard the Democratic message. What I always love is people say, 'Well, it's you folks' fault in the media.' No, it's the President of the United States' fault for not selling it."

The health care law has long been shrouded in misinformation, a point that Obama himself made in an interview Tuesday with Telemundo. A poll Tuesday showed that support for the law among Republicans was higher when called by the Affordable Care Act, its official title, rather than "Obamacare," a term used derisively by Republicans that has gained widespread usage.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chuck-todd-it-s-not-media-s-job-to-correct-gop-s-obamacare-falsehoods-video

[Stainless]

17. Chuck Todd is a pathetic excuse for a journalist

He is lazy and disingenuous. A good journalist uncovers the truth and exposes corruption and falsehoods. My name for him going forward is Fuck Tard.

[okaawhatever]

18. I can't believe he said that. Geez, we have our work cut out for us, don't we? nt

[spanone]

19. it says the truth is irrelevant

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. If the rest of us did our job as sloppily as Todd does we'd be fired.

[eShirl]

22. not a journalist's job to report the facts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Chuck Todd is an example of what's wrong with the media today

They both do it? Give some examples Todd. You can't.

[watoos]

23. The biggest lie out there

is that the M$M is liberal, including msnbc, just ask Phil Donahue, Keith Olbermann, Cenk Uygur, Dylan Ratigan, Martin Brashear.
Sure, msnbc, puts a liberal slant on the narrative, but their narrative is controlled, the topics they discuss are controlled. Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes violate the narrative quite a bit, they better watch out.
Watch the cable news programs on msnbc every night. If I want to see clips of Rush Limbaugh, or Paul Ryan, or Ted Cruz, all I have to do is turn on the Ed Show or the Tweety Show, or any of the other shows. Why give right wingers like Limbaugh publicity by showing their clips? Even if you go on to denounce the clip, you put it out there for all to see, you are putting right wing talking points out there, stop it.

Show Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, period. Show climate scientists, people who have benefitted from Obamacare, people who have been poisoned by fracking, get my drift?

[appacom]

25. Thanks for truth.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. "Why give right wingers like Limbaugh publicity by showing their clips?"

That's been my Mother's biggest critique of M$NBC - the continual showing of clips of the RW lunatic fringe in their full glory, essentially perpetuating the nonsensical talking points. She noted - "Every time I turn on MSNBC, I see a clip of Limbaugh bouncing around".

[ladjf]

35. You make a very important point. Over and over, MSNBC will air RWers,

giving them free TV time. I am suspicious that MSNBC does that on purpose to push the equivalency
meme.

[Grins]

24. From the great Driftglass...!

Dick Cheney is caught setting kittens on fire and throwing them at homeless veterans. What are the first three words out of Cokie Robert's mouth?

"But the Democrats..."

[Laelth]

27. k&r for the truth. n/t

-Laelth

[Jefferson23]

28. Astonishing Todd is quite comfortable defining his job as, I provide a platform and do not fact

check...yay me.

It would be great if someone from tee vee land news would call him out..they could even do it indirectly.

Journalism 101, start there, but eventually that lesson would expose the vast majority of crap on today
that is suppose to pass as news...so they're not likely to be critical of him.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. K&R and President Obama gets blamed for not doing anything despite this fact. nt

[olegramps]

32. Chuck Toad is a mealy mouth two-faced creep.

The forked- tongued slim ball is nothing more than a corporate creation that wouldn't know the truth if it kicked him in the ass. You could put all the genuine MSM journalists in a gnats navel.

[merrily]

33. Chuck Toad pretends to be objective, which makes him more dangerous than

someone who makes no bones about rooting for Republicans.

[Waltg]

38. Chuck Todd waiting in the wings of David Gregory

Chuck Todd is just another corporate climber who sold out what journalistic integrity he had for personal gain. He's not effected by the pains most Americans are going for. He is just another beltway Washington reporter out of touch with reality who "strives" to be "objective." I can't believe Walter Cronkite would have stood up for this shit... going with the flow as the Republican Party moves further and further to the right. Hey, Chucky, go back and read the 1st Amendment to be reminded what your roll is as a journalist... asshole.

[ProfessorPlum]

39. I'd take more heart from Sen Reid's much deserved outrage

if he ever did anything to change the situation when it was in his power.

GOP filibustering the government to a stand still, and Reid has a chance to change the rules? He'll pass on that chance, thanks very much.

[lunatica]

41. I hope that hurt!