Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:41 PM May 2020

Chuck Todd Should resign.....

Politics 5/17/20 9:00 am Read time: 1 minute

Chuck Todd Says Nothing As Trump Aide Repeatedly Calls Pandemic 'The China Virus'

Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the "China virus" during an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday.
By David




Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the "China virus" during an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday.

During an appearance on Meet the Press, Todd asked Navarro if he had a "good explanation" for why the national stockpiles were not replenished by the Trump administration before the current pandemic.

"I'm not looking in the rear-view mirror right now, Chuck," Navarro insisted. "This president is just looking straight ahead towards what's going to be a really strong future."

When Todd wondered why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had not held a briefing in over a month, Navarro pivoted to attack China.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/05/chuck-todd-says-nothing-trump-aide

-snip-

"The fact of the matter is, and what President Trump realized early on, is that if you lock people down, you may save lives directly from the China virus, but you indirectly are going to kill a lot more people," Navarro opined. "So if you contrast like this complete lockdown where some of the people in the medical community want to just run and hide until the virus is extinguished, that's not going to not only take a huge toll on the American economy, it's going to kill many more people than the virus, the China virus, ever would."

Instead of noting that there is no such thing as "the China virus," Todd moved on to the next question.

Hey Todd, ......you have no business having a news program called Meet the Press..........you are disgrace to the press..............and should be fired............people are dying because of this and you do absolutely nothing............BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS...........



20 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Chuck Todd Should resign..... (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
absolutely. I don't watch any program he's on. samsingh May 2020 #1
Chuck Todd and similar types to him are worse than Openly right wing Fox News JI7 May 2020 #2
How soon Todd forgot that he would get his act together. oasis May 2020 #3
he seems to have 2naSalit May 2020 #4
Meet the Press used to be a panel of journalists House of Roberts May 2020 #5
it's Meet The Toad now nt Celerity May 2020 #6
Todd sucks so badly MSNBC wanted to move him out of the 5PM slot. dem4decades May 2020 #7
Trumpvirus or Trump virus... keithbvadu2 May 2020 #8
cat get his tongue? Cha May 2020 #9
upChuck Toady, the greasy bothsides weasel, is sufficient reason to never watch NBC. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #10
The minute Chukies's face is on the screen chillfactor May 2020 #11
NBC makes a huge mistake when they let political partisans have shows like MTP DFW May 2020 #12
He Was An Atwater Bootlicker ProfessorGAC May 2020 #15
That is pretty extreme to be sure. n/t DFW May 2020 #16
Ah yes I had forgotten about that............n/t turbinetree May 2020 #17
i turned the station immediately after hearing 'China virus' samnsara May 2020 #13
Chuck Todd: "It's Not Media's Job To Correct GOP's Obamacare Falsehoods" (video) uponit7771 May 2020 #14
He should have never been given any authority to do anything in the press........... turbinetree May 2020 #18
+1, Todd thinks he's part of the solution. Bet good money he's a MAGA Sucker uponit7771 May 2020 #19
I agree, if someone goes around and says what he said, and then doesn't hold someone in the traitor turbinetree May 2020 #20

House of Roberts

(5,179 posts)
5. Meet the Press used to be a panel of journalists
Sun May 17, 2020, 11:47 PM
May 2020

who alternated asking the questions instead of just the host.

The host asking all the questions perverts the purpose of the show, and allows for partisan softball throwing.

dem4decades

(11,300 posts)
7. Todd sucks so badly MSNBC wanted to move him out of the 5PM slot.
Mon May 18, 2020, 12:00 AM
May 2020

But they still give him Meet the Press?

What a bunch of idiots, he deserves nothing.

DFW

(54,426 posts)
12. NBC makes a huge mistake when they let political partisans have shows like MTP
Mon May 18, 2020, 03:50 AM
May 2020

When it was Larry Spivak's domain, it was a truly journalistic program. My dad was an occasional panelist, and the program never used to try to point the discussion in any one direction, and the guest was never thrown softball questions.

Only when the panel format was abandoned and it became the "lookit me" show for Tim Russert did it start to go downhill in content, although the ratings improved. When Russert died, NBC made the poor decision to offer the program to the uninspiring Republican-leaning David Gregory. When that fizzled, they figured one good mistake deserves another, and they give it to another Republican partisan, Chuck Todd. Todd's first time moderating the program, with no less than President Obama as his guest, was such a miserable performance, he got cited by David Letterman:

https://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/letterman-needles-chuck-todd-new-show

ProfessorGAC

(65,134 posts)
15. He Was An Atwater Bootlicker
Mon May 18, 2020, 08:03 AM
May 2020

I don't know how much more obviously partisan one could be, than to worship Atwater.

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
18. He should have never been given any authority to do anything in the press...........
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:49 PM
May 2020

and you reminding me of that quote just proves that he is unqualified to do anything in the press..............


turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
20. I agree, if someone goes around and says what he said, and then doesn't hold someone in the traitor
Mon May 18, 2020, 06:52 PM
May 2020

accountable, why am I spending good money to have that show on my cable, Directv bill.............

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Chuck Todd Should resign....