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LonePirate

(13,426 posts) Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:28 PM Feb 2020

The Root: Why does Chuck Todd exist?

https://www.theroot.com/why-does-chuck-todd-exist-1841585459

This is a great opinion piece on why Chuck Todd occupies his current position. Instead of excerpting the first four paragraphs, let me highlight these two outstanding lines from it.

Unless you have a close, personal friendship with Chris Cillizza, you don’t know anyone as bad at his job as Chuck Todd.

No one, not even a monkey that has been trained to smoke meth, is this stupid.

It is a quick and fun read and I encourage everyone to dive into the words of a fellow patriot fed up with Chuck Todd.

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The Root: Why does Chuck Todd exist? (Original Post) LonePirate Feb 2020 OP

I wonder that every time I see Bettie Feb 2020 #1

Add Santorum to the Scarsdale Feb 2020 #13

Excellent question and excellent piece StarfishSaver Feb 2020 #2

K&R BlueJac Feb 2020 #3

I never understood the reason for Chuck Todd Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #4

Same here! Duppers Feb 2020 #15

He was an aide to Democrat Tom Harkin. I don't think he's GOP, but he knows tblue37 Feb 2020 #29

Was Russert angry with MSNBC? CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #5

Faulty rubber? JHB Feb 2020 #6

My thought exactly. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #21

Joy Reid should have his shows Pepsidog Feb 2020 #7

K&r great article Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #8

I Wrote to MSNBC Today McKim Feb 2020 #9

Chuck who? CaptainTruth Feb 2020 #10

Chuckles learned the Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #11

Perhaps with him it's not who you know, but who you blow. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #12

That's Chuckles; PCIntern Feb 2020 #18

There should be a warning on your post. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #25

Outstanding, must-read material. Paladin Feb 2020 #14

Here's why. The Powers at MSNBC view him as the COUNTERWEIGHT EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #16

David Gregory sloopdog50 Feb 2020 #17

Love the Spivak reference! Different Drummer Feb 2020 #23

Yeah, I don't get it. Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #19

Shep Smith is negotiating with MSNBC. Maybe he'll take over Chuck's hour. ancianita Feb 2020 #20

That would be a welcome change. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #24

That would be very interesting! nt Mars and Minerva Feb 2020 #33

He exists to prop up Republicans and criticize everything democrats do book_worm Feb 2020 #22

Hell, I ask that same question about a lot of people Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #26

He lost credibility a while ago Rider3 Feb 2020 #27

The Root's opinion piece on Toady is MANDATORY reading .... MFGsunny Feb 2020 #28

"World-renowned wypipologist" Bok_Tukalo Feb 2020 #30

That question... Mike Nelson Feb 2020 #31

Todd is AWFUL. Not a journalist but an appeaser to make GOP feel good. I would welcome Shep Smith, Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #32

Bettie

(16,111 posts)

1. I wonder that every time I see

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:33 PM

Feb 2020

his face on the TV...then, I change channels, because, ugh, Chuck Todd.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

13. Add Santorum to the

Reply to Bettie (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:42 PM

Feb 2020

list of puzzlements!! Oh, while we are at it, Chris Christie, the corrupt former gov..

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)

2. Excellent question and excellent piece

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:36 PM

Feb 2020

If I were armed with the impervious infallibility of whiteness, I might get the opportunity to coach the NBA All-Star team or command the U.S. Navy. And even if I failed miserably, I would stand on the deck of a sinking aircraft carrier and declare that I was not unsuccessful, I was simply “Chuck Todd-ing it.”
...
On Sunday, Todd once again displayed his proprietary brand of mediocre dimwittedness when he asked presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg why former President Barack Obama forced America into sending a white supremacist to the White House.

“Let me ask the question this way,” Chuck said, Toddly. “In the second term of the Obama presidency, what do you think they could have done differently that might have prevented the rise of Donald Trump?” ... There is no objective reason, aside from racism or sheer stupidity, why any reasonable person would ask this question. I don’t think Chuck Todd is a rabid racist. But even if he is, most racists wouldn’t publicly say something this stupid.
...
He’s just a regular, run-of-the-mill white man. Todd is just one example of the entitlements afforded to humdrum mouth-breathers who are born with the spectacular talents of growing beards, speaking in complete sentences and simply not fucking up their privilege. And America is nothing if not a perpetual promotion machine for whiteness.

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)

3. K&R

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:41 PM

Feb 2020

Farmer-Rick

(10,192 posts)

4. I never understood the reason for Chuck Todd

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:53 PM

Feb 2020

He's a not so closeted GOP member who never met a right wing talking point he didn't like.

He makes me change the channel every time his face pops up.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)

15. Same here!

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:50 PM

Feb 2020

tblue37

(65,423 posts)

29. He was an aide to Democrat Tom Harkin. I don't think he's GOP, but he knows

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:35 PM

Feb 2020

which side his bread is buttered on.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

5. Was Russert angry with MSNBC?

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:54 PM

Feb 2020

Even if Todd would say something interesting and profound, I'd still have to find a way to stay awake. There were so many more qualified people over there that should have gotten the job. I'm glad the article addressed the mediocre mess that is Chuck Todd.

JHB

(37,161 posts)

6. Faulty rubber?

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 03:55 PM

Feb 2020

Different Drummer

(7,622 posts)

21. My thought exactly.

Reply to JHB (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:11 PM

Feb 2020

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)

7. Joy Reid should have his shows

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:13 PM

Feb 2020

Fiendish Thingy

(15,629 posts)

8. K&r great article

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:17 PM

Feb 2020

Hope somebody at MSNBC reads it...

McKim

(2,412 posts)

9. I Wrote to MSNBC Today

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:33 PM

Feb 2020

I wrote to MSNBC today to complain that Chuck Todd has described large groups of Sanders supporters as “Brown Shirts”. This is so inflammatory and damaging!

CaptainTruth

(6,594 posts)

10. Chuck who?

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:38 PM

Feb 2020

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

11. Chuckles learned the

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:38 PM

Feb 2020

NBC survivalist manual better than his French Horn sheet music. Vice President of Political Affairs,just another title for,Door Keeper for the GOP talking heads and Political wannabes.

Chuckie is the true poster child of failing upward in the so called News Media.

Chuckie is nothing more than a prostitute for hire by Media Management .

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)

12. Perhaps with him it's not who you know, but who you blow.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:42 PM

Feb 2020

PCIntern

(25,558 posts)

18. That's Chuckles;

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:53 PM

Feb 2020

All dressed up and no one to blow

MontanaMama

(23,324 posts)

25. There should be a warning on your post.

Reply to PCIntern (Reply #18)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:19 PM

Feb 2020

I'm eating lunch at my desk.

Paladin

(28,266 posts)

14. Outstanding, must-read material.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:48 PM

Feb 2020

Nails Todd, accurately and forcefully.

EveHammond13

(2,855 posts)

16. Here's why. The Powers at MSNBC view him as the COUNTERWEIGHT

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:51 PM

Feb 2020

to the entire rest of the lineup.

For some stupid dumbass reason they think that ---- and Chuck believes it as his own personal crusade --- that the needs to spend an hour a day fighting/undoing/challenging everything else that is said on MSNBC in the other 23 hours.

sloopdog50

(36 posts)

17. David Gregory

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:51 PM

Feb 2020

NBC thought Chuckles Todd was a step up from David Gregory!! Please go back to the Spivak formula of having one or two guests meeting a panel of news journalists. That is what Meet the Press is supposed to be.

Different Drummer

(7,622 posts)

23. Love the Spivak reference!

Reply to sloopdog50 (Reply #17)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:15 PM

Feb 2020

I'm old enough to remember when he was on MTP. Welcome to DU!

Happy Hoosier

(7,334 posts)

19. Yeah, I don't get it.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 04:58 PM

Feb 2020

The reporters at the local college paper ask better questions and follow-ups than this guy. 90% of the time, his "interviews" are just a chance for the subject to put out a press release. No decent follow-ups, no challenging obvious lies or misstatements. The rare off time he does it, it feels like a revelation.

ancianita

(36,109 posts)

20. Shep Smith is negotiating with MSNBC. Maybe he'll take over Chuck's hour.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:09 PM

Feb 2020

Different Drummer

(7,622 posts)

24. That would be a welcome change.

Reply to ancianita (Reply #20)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:17 PM

Feb 2020

Mars and Minerva

(369 posts)

33. That would be very interesting! nt

Reply to ancianita (Reply #20)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:59 PM

Feb 2020

book_worm

(15,951 posts)

22. He exists to prop up Republicans and criticize everything democrats do

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:12 PM

Feb 2020

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

26. Hell, I ask that same question about a lot of people

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:19 PM

Feb 2020

Rider3

(919 posts)

27. He lost credibility a while ago

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:30 PM

Feb 2020

I don't know why they're keeping him around.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)

28. The Root's opinion piece on Toady is MANDATORY reading ....

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:32 PM

Feb 2020

........ do your smart (or smart-a$$) genes a refreshing favor!

You're welcome.

Bok_Tukalo

(4,323 posts)

30. "World-renowned wypipologist"

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:36 PM

Feb 2020

I think I will take a pass on what some bigot thinks of Chuck Todd.

Mike Nelson

(9,960 posts)

31. That question...

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:50 PM

Feb 2020

... the one about Obama, was so twisted... Maybe it was Chuck's way of blaming Obama for Trump. It was also a waste of time... it was an inappropriate question for Pete. Hillary won the vote; it was not close - Trump being elected was not due to Obama. A total waste of time... I heard MSNBC wants to make Nicole two hours and move Chuck. I wonder why?

Evolve Dammit

(16,743 posts)

32. Todd is AWFUL. Not a journalist but an appeaser to make GOP feel good. I would welcome Shep Smith,

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:59 PM

Feb 2020

who has shown himself to be much more truth-based. The "brown shirt" bullshit was inexcusable and he needs to go.

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