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Atman

(31,464 posts)
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 12:25 PM Sep 2014

Has there been any statement from NBC or Chuck Toad about the MTP fiasco.

Sorry if you don't think it's a fiasco. It is. Either Todd was not actually there conversing with the President, or he was just asleep and woke up only to take the cue from him producers. How can NBC not make a statement or acknowledge this massive blunder?

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tularetom

(23,664 posts)
1. Just move along, nothing to see here
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 12:31 PM
Sep 2014

Seems to me like they are trying hard to convince the public that it never happened.. From what I've heard they have doctored the tape and instructed their "liberal" pundits to STFU about it.

And they'll probably be successful. It makes their highly touted new host look like the complete buffoon he is, but in the overall scheme of things it's about as significant as a flea fart.

Not to worry, however, I'm pretty sure it won't be the last gaffe made by Chunky Turd.

malaise

(269,067 posts)
2. He should have apologized to the President by now
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 12:36 PM
Sep 2014

I can't believe this - indeed he should have been fired for lying about what the President said and in the presence of said President. I can't believe how this is being ignored.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
5. Of course not. America's MSM is not a place for Liberals, Democrats, or Progressives.
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 12:47 PM
Sep 2014

They tout the GOP agenda and narrative, and Chuck Toad's incredibly stupid choice to not deviate from the script his GOP handlers e-mailed to him and what made him look like the glazed-eye GOP-hack that he is that morning will be swept under the rug and hushed.

"But, but, BUT - oh lookie!" cries Andrew Mitchell to Cris "GOP" Cilliza this morning. "The PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL NUMBERS ARE LOW, LOW, LOW!! And he's going to take all the Democrats DOWN with him! His low, low, LOW approval numbers are going to hurt Democrats and up the chances of Republicans winning back the Senate - YIPPEEEE! Oh. Did I say that out loud?"

Of course, the fact that the approval numbers of campaigning Republicans are even lower than that of the president isn't even briefly discussed. Not even in whispers.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
6. He was on Morning Joe this A.M. getting accolades & telling how Americans trust Republicans
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 12:55 PM
Sep 2014

more than Democrats on keeping America safe according to some poll. He said there was a 38 point difference.

Guess he and those people polled forgot who was in charge on 9/11, got us into a war based on lies, sullied the American brand with torture and indefinate detainment, plunged the country into debt and a mild deppression etc, etc.......

blm

(113,070 posts)
7. The ENTIRE press corps is acting like it never happened. Few here, even, are
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 02:04 PM
Sep 2014

willing to recognize the deliberate targeting of THIS president that is coming from all sides.

Shame.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
8. No, but the Washington Post gave him a rave and attacked Obama
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 02:58 PM
Sep 2014

"Obama can be a tough interview. He can go on and on, parsing and re-parsing his arguments, and Todd, like most interviewers, hewed toward politeness by not interrupting — at least not too much."

No mention in the review about the Syria fiasco by Todd.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/chuck-todds-meet-the-press-debut-a-straight-talking-work-in-progress/2014/09/07/eed5adae-36a9-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)
9. They made a statement: They edited reality.
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 03:17 PM
Sep 2014

Masters of the universe (and their propaganda enablers) create their own reality.

derby378

(30,252 posts)
10. And then David Letterman & Co. come along and screw up the narrative
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 03:23 PM
Sep 2014

For which they have our eternal thanks.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
17. When a large tree has already pretty much died,
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 07:17 PM
Sep 2014

little suckers spring directly from the trunk in a desperate attempt to gulp up some last remaining photosynthesis...

Meet the Press is dying a painful death and Todd is a desperate sucker

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