O Irony! Chuck Todd To Present A Special On The Spread Of Misinformation This is a joke, right?

[turbinetree]

Because who spreads it more?

By Susie Madrak

Rolling Stone has an interview with Chuck Todd about his upcoming special on the spread of disinformation in today's political media. And you know, it really has nothing to do with him!

The first Sunday of the Trump administration is when the phrase, “alternative facts” was debuted. It was on Meet the Press Rudy that Giuliani used the phrase “Truth isn’t truth.” So look, whether we’d liked it or not, our platform has been used, or they’ve attempted to use our platform to essentially disseminate, or to sort of, what I would say, is lay the groundwork for this.

And it’s clearly an epidemic. And I think that even if a special like this is only seen by people who already believe we have a problem, it is a reminder. I’m a big supporter of something called the News Literacy Project. My fear is the next news consumers: How will they know truth from fiction? How will they have the tools to discern from this?

Certainly not with THE LIARS AND SHILLS YOU BOOK ON YOUR SHOW, OVER AND OVER AND OVER, right, Chuck? Not with the fact that you allow their lies to go unchallenged, right?

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/12/chuck-todd-will-present-special-spread

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. It's a 'special' because if they just titled it "Best of Meet the Press" would anyone tune in?

[wryter2000]

2. One good thing

We'll be able to quote his own special to him as we go forward.

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3. I hope chucktodd is able to absolve himself of any participation in spreading misinformation

But it's far more likely that chucktodd will simply ignore anything he himself has done to help baffle the public with bullshit. It's not his job, after all, to know what reality is, and to call his dear guests on their lying. They might stop coming on his show!