A reminder that Chuck Todd has three jobs. He is NBC News' Political Director,

[mahina]

and Moderator of "Meet the Press"; as well as host, "MTP Daily"

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/biography-chuck-todd-biography-n1240316

He is the wrong man for all three jobs.

[Irish_Dem]

1. He is so incompetent, one wonders how he got these jobs.

[Cha]

13. They don't require "competence"..

Only Gaslighting on the Dems.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Yep, he got the job because he lies so well.

[mcar]

14. You gotta think his sex and skin color played a part

He has no real qualifications for the roles.

[Irish_Dem]

17. GOP/Putin connection and ability to lie out his wazoo.

[dchill]

2. I've long wondered whoever thought he actually knew anything.

[targetpractice]

3. He can't compose a decent question...

... Almost all questions consist of binary choices... A or B, black or white, yes or no? Never heard him ask "Why?" or "Explain."

Not an ounce of nuance.

[mahina]

21. Agreed. And his idea of a follow-up question is

“Why else are Democrats failing?”

Double standard having, weak-minded, no-morals-having, wolf in wolf’s clothing mf.

[LoisB]

4. Maybe he "slept" his way to the top? That's what THEY would say about a woman in the

same positions who is as much a nincompoop as Chucky Boy.

[mahina]

25. Ew.

I don’t know why he’s so repulsive to me. It’s visceral. Probably the result of listening to him speak way too much

[LoisB]

26. He is repulsive to me too. He always looks so smug.

nt

[Lovie777]

5. I don't watch MSNBC nor CNN . ..

This is why.

[ificandream]

6. What do you watch?

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

9. No need to watch anything in this day and age.

The news is there for the reading all over the internet. With a aggregator site like DU it's a cinch.
Anything that requires video is also available unedited.

Programed news is a dinosaur that no longer has any real value.

[Irish_Dem]

20. I had to stop watching TV news.

Made me too upset.

I just read the news on DU. And the accompanying articles and videos.

Hi Irish!

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

27. Howdy!

☘️

[ificandream]

7. People seem to forget that MSNBC isn't Fox.

It's a news station, not a propaganda network. Hosts are there to interview for real answers, not fake news.

[mahina]

10. That was the idea.

However he is not doing so and shows his ass regularly.

[Irish_Dem]

22. I don't ever recall this guy going for real answers.

[Septua]

32. I've seen him go for "real answers"...

..but the few Trumplicans who are willing to show up on his programs, are too chickenshit to provide the real answer. I can't remember the number of times he's asked a Republican, "Do you believe Joe Biden won the election?" and never got a fucking straight answer.

[dem4decades]

8. He must have four jobs, Republican Boot Licker being the other.

[FakeNoose]

12. That's his volunteer job, he does it in his free time

[Qutzupalotl]

11. Four jobs. He also does PR for the RNC

pro bono.

[hatrack]

16. Trincompetent . . .

[BlueJac]

18. Never watch him, he is repulsive in every way!

[mcar]

19. I only occasionally listened to him (on Sirius)

several years ago when his show was at 4 p.m. and I was teaching a 5 p.m. water aerobics class at the Y 30 minutes away.

It was during TFG's regime but after Dems took control of the House. Remember when the House passed hundreds of bills and they just sat on McConnell's desk.

I heard Todd asking his panel: "What has Pelosi done as Speaker?" He then added: "and don't tell me about all the bills she got passed because they are going nowhere so they don't count."

Turned to CNN right then and have rarely listened to MSNBC since.

[maxrandb]

23. Will, in some cases, people rise to the level of their incompetence

As I have said about Chuck, he should be responsible for nothing but reporting obituaries in some Godforesaken 'Murikan shithole.

It would go like this:


"Gertrude Alflin, 86, passed away peacefully in her sleep. Some say she was a woman of tremendous faith, attending church every morning. Others say that she was really a cruel woman who hated her family. Reports are that she became more of a homebody when the love of her life, Bernard, passed away several years ago, although some have questioned her whereabouts at the time of his death. In lieu of flowers, the family have asked that you play a Bingo Card in her honor at the Tuesday Afternoon VFW Post Bingo Game, but some people say that this would only encourage gambling.

She'll be laid to rest at Shady Grove Cemetery and Drive-Thru on Monday, although some have said it will be Wednesday."

"Back to you Andrea..."

[brooklynite]

24. It would appear that the General audience is less concerned.....

…..than in the Twitter era and the blogosphere.

Seriously, the only thing that’s going to cause him to leave is the loss of his audience. And with the number of people here who apparently watch in order to report how bad he is……

[monkeyman1]

28. three job's & still can't walk & chew bubble gum at the same time ?

[BlueIdaho]

29. One of the worst journalists in America

He has destroyed the reputation of MTP and has deeply reduced NBC News credibility.

[ificandream]

30. Not in everyone's eyes.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. He is truly awful. Smarmy, condescending, dismissive and self-ingratiating. Useless as a "journalist

[calimary]

34. TOTALLY.

And I’d add one more: Sultan of Smug.

[ificandream]

35. Sorry, but Chuck Todd is a fine journalist.

Just because he doesn't bow down as they do on that Fake station ... he's a good journalist.

[mahina]

36. What are your criteria for an excellent journalist?

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Are there others you would be willing to identify as such? I’m curious.

As an experienced journalist, perhaps you have a perspective that will shed some light on why this individual who reads as such a lightweight is given such power.

I haven’t thought much recently about how to articulate my own criteria and journalistic stars. Certainly I don’t expect them to have no ethical core and no political beliefs, but they need to be truthful and willing to rigorously explore facts and conclusions. I view Rachel Maddow as the high point and Hannity as the lowest, more of a propagandist. Bending with the winds and contorting to fit a political narrative that suits their bosses’ economic advantage is a deal-breaker. Vacuous both-siderism and a regular habit of drawing false equivalences, same. Willingness to hear out people who don’t agree with you and working to reason together, holding what is right more valuable than who is right are important.

Curious to learn your take.

[ificandream]

39. Look at the full picture.

I think there are some good examples here of his insights. He does a good job as a journalist of eeking out the facts. Which is what he should be doing. There's no underlying agenda here like on that Fake station.

And this panel discussion that Todd leads brings out a lot of good information.

[link:

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[uponit7771]

38. Allowing unchecked bullshit to be proffered on his show isn't "good journalism"

[jcgoldie]

44. he's an uneducated hack

Its impossible really to tell if he has any skin in the game politically because he is so incomparably bad at what he does. Watching GOP liars take him for a ride while he thinks he's somehow asking tough questions is absolutely nauseating.

[bringthePaine]

37. Fuckt Odd has a skull full of old cigarette butts and a few Green Stamps - that is all

[Celerity]

41. had to google Green Stamps, lolol

[targetpractice]

42. This is probably being elitist...

And, I apologize... But, he has no college degree... Journalism or otherwise... I don't know how he made to be the Director of Political News for NBC.

[mahina]

43. Hmm. He would have to be an incredible self-taught savant

Update: he attended George Washington University for four years but didn’t graduate. One wonders.
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Or have gone to one hell of a high school to get an education on his own on reasoning, logical fallacies and journalism, especially the core principles and ethics.

Are you sure that’s true? Not implying you aren’t telling the truth, just trying to discern the truth. Ironically.

[targetpractice]

45. You are correct...

Attended college, but didn't finish for some reason. I would not call him a savant, though. Nothing close to that.

[mahina]

46. Yep no evidence of that.

I hope he at least took journalism classes!

[mahina]

47. I don't think it's elitist at all.

For what that’s worth.