Chuck Todd steps in it again with MSNBC / Fox News false equivalency (VIDEO)

[egbertowillies]

Over the last several weeks Chuck Todd had seemed to embrace rel journalism on Meet The Press. This interview shows he still does not get it.
http://egbertowillies.com/2015/03/21/chuck-todd-steps-in-it-again-with-msnbc-fox-news-false-equivalency-video/

[rock]

1. If you tell the Truth (as a newscaster)

You will appear to be liberally biased. Faux news, of course, never appears liberally biased.

[asjr]

2. Meet the Press--now that is the place to put Keith Olbermann. The

ratings for MSNBC would skyrocket!

[TeamPooka]

3. the story - so you don't have to watch his stupid face.

On Tuesday Chuck Todd appeared on the The Mike O’Meara Show. O’Meara asked if he got blow back from people who believe that Meet The Press had a point of view. The implication was that somehow Meet The Press had a Liberal bent. Chuck Todd’s response was shocking. His answer was “There’s no point of view to Meet the Press.”

That statement is provably false as Meet The Press features more Republicans than Democrats. Moreover, in these times of war and terrorism, Meet The Press like most Sunday shows continue to feature neocons who were wrong about Iraq in particular and wrong about foreign policy in general.

The most shameful statement he made however was the following.
"I have to say, and the left is now just as aggressive about this. I mean, I probably get more heat from the left than the right these days ’cause the left gets just as aggressive at trying to work the refs. They think that we in the quote, “mainstream media” overcompensate to the criticism. That’s their argument. Of course the right says we’re never, so it’s a shame. I think advocacy journalism, sort of the Fox and what MSNBC primetime, those models, that hasn’t been healthy for politics. It’s just not healthy for it. It all goes to one of the explanations why we don’t persuade people anymore."

Chuck Todd attempted to create a false equivalency that just isn’t true. MSNBC definitely has a Liberal bias. However, it is a fact based network with Liberal hosts. Fox News is a Conservative network that lies.

more at link...

[AikenYankee]

4. Thank you for posting this and

saving me from watching the clip. This guy makes me sick!! I can't stand watching that smug little bastard! I can't believe this is what passes for journalism these days.