jeff tiedrich: "good fucking riddance to Chuck Fucking Todd" (not a tweet)

[orleans]

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/good-fucking-riddance-to-chuck-fucking

Todd was the worst of the both-sides dipshits


yesterday, Todd announced that he would be stepping down as host of Meet the Press, where he’d been stinking up the joint for the last nine years.

good riddance.

Chuck Todd never met a lie he didn’t let go unchallenged.

At numerous points throughout the interview, Todd let Trump get away with blatant falsehoods and gaslighting. Todd also teed up a number of softball questions for the president.

Chuck Todd never met an issue he couldn’t both-sides.

What's in those classified documents at President Biden's home and private office?

Chuck Todd never met a situation he couldn’t find a way to make about himself.

Todd’s focus on the “entertainment” aspect of politics coverage is often in evidence—for example, in his own recent performance as moderator in the Democratic presidential debate. He managed to talk more than all but three of the candidates, even as he demanded that they keep their own answers brief.

but the worst thing — the worst fucking thing — about Todd is that not only did he never look out that window to see if it was raining, he insisted quite openly that it wasn’t his job to look out that window.

...snip...

Chuck Todd didn’t invent all of the ills that plague the media today, but as host of one of the longest-running Sunday shows, he was its most-visible malpractor.

Chuck Todd’s departure won’t fix what’s wrong with journalism, but it’s a good start.

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/good-fucking-riddance-to-chuck-fucking

[global1]

1. Andrea Mitchell Needs To Go Next.....nt

[Cha]

3. I wish!!

[Auggie]

6. You want her gone? Write letters to NBCUniversal News Group and Comcast. Lots of letters.

[calimary]

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[NotVeryImportant]

12. She's been there so long, might as well let her stay

Not as if they're going to replace her, or anyone, w/someone who does actual journalism.

Good riddance to Chuck indeed.

I've been mentally dancing a jig since getting the news.

[LiberalFighter]

32. She should had been gone years ago.

[2naSalit]

43. +1

[Rebl2]

35. Please oh please

Let her be the next to leave

[happy feet]

48. I believe she already announced her retirement

don't recall date perhaps end of this year.

[calimary]

60. Really? Oh PLEASE make it so!

She just grates. Nails on a blackboard. And I’m not talking only the sound of it.

[ToxMarz]

57. And as far as someone never meeting a situation

they couldn’t find a way to make about themself, OH My God she's the WORST!

[Cha]

2. Amen! Good Job Ripping Todd

Apart for what he was to "journalism", JT!

TY.. never thought I'd see this!!

[hlthe2b]

4. Great, Jeff. Now do His replacement, Kristen Welker

Last edited Mon Jun 5, 2023, 03:12 PM - Edit history (2)

Todd was horrible, but now we are sweeping Ms. Welker's very similar patterns of "bothsiderism" behaviors (among others) aside? He even mentored her. She has a history. She has a pattern. Yet, she's going to be an improvement? We shall see.

[montanacowboy]

8. She will not be an improvement

she is as bad a Toad if not worse New boss same as old boss. Ugh.

[W_HAMILTON]

13. Her name is Kristen Welker.

If you expect to criticize her and for us to take your criticism seriously, you have to at least get her name right. It reminds me back when everyone used to claim "Hilary" -- yeah, with one L -- was the devil, yadda yadda yadda. They were able to uncover this incredible web of international global corruption and murder -- and yet they couldn't even spell her name correctly.

People may have their reservations about Welker, but at first glance she is a VAST improvement over Todd. She at least comes across as much more knowledgeable and interested than Todd, who gives such superficial and shallow insight that I have no clue how he ever rose to where he is today.

Will Welker end up falling into the """both sides""" trap that plagued Todd? I don't know. Possibly -- maybe probably -- if just for the simple fact that I think the Meet the Press folks know that if they have a moderator that challenges lying Republicans the way they should be challenged by a real journalist, they will stop coming on the show, and they won't have that. But we'll see...

If I had to guess at this early stage, I'm guessing we will be seeing a much more insightful, knowledgeable, and prepared version of Chuck Todd, which is certainly a step up from what we've had, but still not what one of the most storied news shows on TV should aim for. They should challenge their guests, especially if they are lying, and if they refuse to come on, so be it. If you think yourself to be a journalistic outfit, why amplify lies to begin with?

[hlthe2b]

14. It was a typo. I've posted about her previously without. So kindly be civil.

You can disagree without the attacks. I know you CAN.

[Celerity]

19. you missed a correction (twice you mistyped her name as Welcher)

cheers

Cel

[hlthe2b]

21. As you can see, I did not have the typo(s) yesterday. Innocent error that makes you crazy?

Okay...


https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17968875
Note that any and all edits were not related to her name.

[Celerity]

24. doesn't bother me at all, I was just pointing it out as maybe that is what the other poster was on

about.

[hlthe2b]

26. Piling on. I see.

[Celerity]

27. Piling on? I was only trying to help, but if you feel attacked, I'm sorry you feel that way as I had

no ill intent whatsoever.

[hlthe2b]

47. Okay

[EarnestPutz]

20. My thoughts exactly. Civility.

[hlthe2b]

22. Thank you. Some days I wonder...

[SouthernDem4ever]

49. I'll watch her show a couple of times to see if she is just as dumb as Toad was

If she can be a true journalist, I'll start watching MTP once in a while. If not, it's no loss to me.

[happy feet]

50. I've watched her for a while

While she seems more intelligent than Chuck Tood, she still does "both siderism" in her reporting. i.e. Dems say this, Repubs say that -- with no fact checking or commentary. I believe she'll conduct interviews the same way --- though I hope not.

[Rebl2]

36. Good

It’s not just me that has noticed Welker doing the same thing

[chillfactor]

5. Now it is Andrea Mitchell's turn

to get the boot!!!!!!

[The Unmitigated Gall]

7. Yep. Good riddance.

Todd’s revolting both-siderism was a big factor in my giving up on mainstream media.

[housecat]

9. Just bring back Keith Olbermann

[kairos12]

17. Exactly!

[Paladin]

30. +1000. (nt)

[RocRizzo55]

53. +1,000,000

[Blue Owl]

10. K&R

[SWBTATTReg]

11. Not once did I ever watch Todd. Something happened to him, I guess he let his pants get too big or

something.

[gratuitous]

15. chucktodd was a worthy successor to Tim "Default setting: off the record" Russert

But yes, as a journalist, he was lacking that certain something that spurs other journalists to actually get the story rather than provide a platform for whatever dingbat his producers were able to contact. Homework? Knowing his subject's background? Locating it in the nexus of current events? That's hard werk!

[JHB]

58. But Todd wasn't Russert's successor. That was David Gregory.

Not that it changes your larger point. They all embodied the worst aspects of what passes for mainstream political journalism.

[msfiddlestix]

16. However I read he'll still be around as a senior political analyst.

[pwb]

18. I thought Todd was to the solid right from day one.

.

[BaronChocula]

23. Thank goodness!

Once again, journalists ARE SUPPOSED to be biased in favor of OBJECTIVE TRUTHS. They aren't supposed to pretend they have knowledge of nothing. Last week I heard an interview on NPR with a congressman from the White Nationalist Political Party deriding the debt limit deal and "the corruption" of the Biden administration. The woman interviewing just let the corruption allegation go with no question. It was sickening. It's not partisan BS when I say Republicans lie as a regular course. All professional journalists should know that and expect it. If they don't, they're in the wrong business.

[PatSeg]

25. I never thought I'd see the day

when Chuck Todd was finally leaving MSNBC. No matter how bad or mediocre he got, the network kept rewarding him. I still can't imagine who was watching him every Sunday.

[Rebl2]

37. Unfortunately he

will still be at nbc as political director or something like that. At least I read that yesterday.

[PatSeg]

42. Yes, I read that too

Hopefully he won't be of any major influence.

[JenniferJuniper]

28. Bye, Toady! You won't be missed.

[bringthePaine]

29. ha! Fucked Odd has finally fucked off!👍

[Pepsidog]

31. Rachel needs to step up here to replace the spineless Todd.

[Rebl2]

38. Would love that

but msnbc/nbc am pretty sure won’t let that happen, unfortunately.

[dalton99a]

33. Kick

[onecaliberal]

34. The replacement is just as bad, if not worse.

[Evolve Dammit]

39. The media has a serious problem and are enabling fascism. n/t

[Habitation]

40. Jeff nailed it, give him the job!

[Haggard Celine]

59. I agree!

I think he's an untapped talent, and MSNBC is supposed to be a network that leans left. I don't know, maybe he wouldn't be good on tv. Not everyone can do it.

[iluvtennis]

44. He won't be missed.

[live love laugh]

45. There're more like him or worse waiting in the wings.

[live love laugh]

46. Dupe - edited to delete

[kacekwl]

51. He coul travel across the country

stopping in diners in fly over country interviewing real American citizens with their pulse on politics. Or something equally important

[Cyberologist]

52. Andrea Mitchell went to sleep on air once.

Its on utube.

[RocRizzo55]

54. I thought it was "Upchuck Toad." nt

[PatrickforB]

55. Jeff sure does drop the F-bomb a lot. Every other word, in fact. It gets old. That said,

good riddance to Chuck Todd. A lightweight wannabe journalist who was always a part of the problem, never the solution.

[BumRushDaShow]

56. "he insisted quite openly that it wasn't his job to look out that window"

And that is why he and many of the current garbage can full of gaslighting political hacks will never touch the depth and breadth of the concept of actually using "common sense" when reporting, seen in the past with those like Walter Cronkite and John Chancellor.