Why does MSNBC destroy their afternoon ratings with Andria Mitchel and Chuck Toad?

[samsingh]

Many of us change the channel immediately when they come on.

[Lettuce Be]

1. Who knows but I refuse to watch either of them

I'm sure Andrea Mitchel was great back in the day. She just seems befuddled and confused now. Not all the time but often enough it's annoying to watch. Her search for words drives me nuts. It's past time for her to retire and Chuck Todd is just strange. He'd be better off at CNN

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. No, Chuck Toad would be better off at Fox. (nt)

[lame54]

10. But she hosts the most appropriate guest...

Like John Bolton and Marco Rubio?

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Not enough people

Change the channel.

[Joinfortmill]

4. Yes, why?

[brush]

5. Good question. They are the worst lead-ins possible.

The programmers have to know this.

[Mike Nelson]

6. I don't know...

... I avoid both! Andrea the email woman and Chuck of bothsidesism.

[BlueIdaho]

7. A legacy network reporter and the head of news

Were given low audience time slots. They sure as hell don’t earn their place on a weekly basis.

[KPN]

8. Damn good question. I find them both irksome and arrogant -- not to mention biased against

progressive goals if not Democrats generally.

[machoneman]

9. Both sider-ism. Mitchel is worse as she knows better, Toad is a tone-deaf dummy.

[JHB]

11. Because the guy who signs everyone's paychecks likes it that way.

It all comes down to that.

[W_HAMILTON]

12. I'm one of those.

I purposefully avoid MSNBC during those couple of hours when I know those two will be on.

This also leads me to inadvertently avoiding MSNBC the entire afternoon as well, since once I switch to another channel -- usually CNN -- I just end up staying on that channel since I get invested in their shows and reporting.

[halfulglas]

13. I think the network keeps Andrea Mitchell on at noon because

She's apparently considered a "prestige" commentator because of her longevity and contacts, even though most progressives despise her (although not as many as despise Chuck Todd), but also that's the time many people tune into their local stations' noon news if they want local news along with national news. Why they even keep Chuck Todd around at all, not to mention on the Sunday slot of Meet The Press, is a mystery to me. He must do some fluff job on management because I don't even respect him, must less like him.

[hlthe2b]

14. If she ever retires (or heaven knows, should die) they will show her the kind of departing worship

befitting a Saint.

Her longevity I guess explains it...