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[EarlG]

PBO's WTF Expression when 10 Seconds after he mentioned "Syria" Chuck Todd said "You have Not..

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[still_one]

1. why anyone should waste their time on the sunday talking heads makes no sense. It sure isn't for

enlightnment

[Cha]

62. I didn't have to watch.. others did it for me. But, it sure is good to be able to point

out what a goPropaganda rag it is, still_one!

[still_one]

65. I know

[TRoN33]

2. For Pete's sake, when will. MSNBC execs will finally wake up?

Are they capable of feeling embarrassing or what?

[Enthusiast]

59. They have an agenda.

That agenda doesn't include fairness.

[louis-t]

3. THIS is the guy they went with?

[grahamhgreen]

14. Why legitimize him???

[flpoljunkie]

4. Not surprisingly, Drudge loved 'Toddus Interruptus' interview with the president

Todd’s interview style drew notice from the influential right-wing aggregator Drudge Report, which led the site Sunday with the headline: “TODD MAKES OBAMA SQUIRM.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/meet-the-press-review-chuck-todd-110684.html

[rocktivity]

23. Drudge says Todd made Obama squirm? I'm cool with that

Since that can be taken two ways!


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[Contrary1]

27. Being in the same room as Chuckie would make me squirm too...

right before I

[SmittynMo]

5. The right only hears what they want to hear.

And,,,,,,,, There's no fix for stupid.

[freshwest]

6. Breitbart Junior chimes in and makes as much sense. Shut up, Toad!

[yuiyoshida]

7. I wonder if Todd was a disruptive influence

in High School? Class clown?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Ass clown

[yuiyoshida]

11. lol...

too right!!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Chinless Todd is hoping his audience is as dumb as him

[vlyons]

9. Todd not nimble and doesn't listen

He went in with pre-scripted questions, one of which was: "You've not said the word, 'Syria' ..." So all the time that the Prez was speaking, Todd was not listening; just waiting to get to the next part of his script.

I noticed that at one point, Todd raised his hand, as if to ask a question, and held his hand in the air during the Prez talking. Very rude. I only watched because the Prez was on. I doubt that I'll watch MTP unless there is someone really interested booked on the show. The panel was not interesting at all. It's a very boring and predictable program.

[notadmblnd]

15. when I turned it on, I thought it was an episode of Morning Joe

So I got dressed and went to the grocery store before church let out.

[Fred Sanders]

33. Todd obviously did not listen because his job is just to ask the pre scripted questions, why bother?

You expect someone making millions a year interviewing and script reading to listen? Not in the job description.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

47. Excellent point. n/t

[lark]

12. Boycott MTP

Chuckie is a maroon and doesn't give a damn about accuracy in reporting at all.

[freebrew]

31. I've been boycotting since before...

David 'I don't have a brain' Gregory was hosting.
Never really liked Russert, either.

[Warpy]

41. I used to watch after night shifts because it put me to sleep

Then Reagan idolatry took hold completely and their formula changed to two or three frothing wingnuts talking over one tepid liberal.

That was it. Those shows are worth than useless. Stewart was right, they're hurting this country.

[grahamhgreen]

13. I wonder if they did this in the edit... And I wonder what else may have been edited.

[SoapBox]

16. Fired!

Fired right off the bat for being an embarrassment.

Idiot.

[femmocrat]

22. If only!

His performance was so amateurish and abrasive, it was painful to watch. I could see the president's growing impatience, but he was too classy to be rude to the arrogant fool.

[calimary]

42. Well, it might be useful to weigh in with Meet the Press.

Post on their Facebook page and on MSNBC's comments section. May not mean much individually, but if a boatload of us do it, somebody who needs to see it is GONNA see it.

http://www.nbcnews.com/contact

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6872152/ns/meet_the_press-more/t/meet-press-mailbox/

https://www.facebook.com/MeetThePress

Duly Noted - the following link includes references to David Gregory. Nevertheless, there's Twitter and other links in it, plus producer links:

http://meetthefacts.com/action/


I'd recommend weighing in and letting them know. Start spreading THAT FACT. Start putting THAT out there in the public record and into the public discourse where others, maybe MANY others, can see it. Spread THAT thinking and THAT observation. Start INFLUENCING the public mindset. Maybe some of them don't see what we see on DU and would merely take posts like this at face value and file them away in the "must be true, then" file. Make sure THAT kind of comment and critique and setting-the-record-straight is in there, too. Hopefully we can include MANY of them, and not just a nauseating series of happy talk or "good start" or some such irrational and unsupportable bunk. I just did, on their Facebook page. And the day is young! Join me!!!

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Kinda makes ya miss David Gregory

Does anybody feel that way?

I think there is a systemic problem at NBC. It's a corporation that really isn't interested in human affairs but rather only in maximizing profits to give higher dividends to investors. That means electing politicians who lower their taxes and even shift the cost of doing business on to the taxpayer; that in turn means environmental disasters do not get cleaned up and workplaces become accidents waiting to happen. That also means they can't give the corporations any bad publicity, which means censoring the news and even twisting it so that politicians who are seen as not being sufficiently deferential to the masters of industry are painted in a bad light. President Obama can hardly be viewed as anti-corporate. It's really a shame he didn't spend his time giving the likes of Legs Dimon and Pretty Boy Lloyd something to really complain about, starting with indictments leading to long prison sentences.

In any rational world, Chuck Todd would not survive his maiden voyage as host of Meet the Press. He was clearly more concerned about scoring propaganda points and kissing the butt of his corporate master to be engaged with the subject of his interview, the President of the United States. Interrupting the President when he is talking about Syria to complain that he's not talking about Syria is a new low for American journalism this side of FoxNews or right wing hate radio. It is truly one of those satire-is-dead moments. Todd's performance wasn't just bad -- it was absurd.

Of course, Todd will be back next week and the week after that and the week after that and so on. By keeping him on NBC will be demonstrating that it is part of the problem of corporate irresponsibility and anti-democratic bias.

[daleanime]

19. +1

[jeff47]

50. But if that were true...

It's a corporation that really isn't interested in human affairs but rather only in maximizing profits to give higher dividends to investors.

But if that were true, wouldn't you think they'd realize they could make more money by serving the "liberal" market instead of trying to compete for Fox News's viewers?

IMO, it's a company run by selfish bastards who want to lower their own tax rate. Screw the investors, and everyone else.

[Jack Rabbit]

56. Lowering the corporate tax rate increases profits, thus pays the investors higher dividends

Yes, they want to lower their own tax rate, too. The savings may then be invested in their corporation and the dividends are then taxed as capital gains at a lower rate than ordinary income.

[Enthusiast]

60. They insist that we have someone that sucks.

I say fuck 'em.

[daleanime]

18. yeah, our corporate press is fairly so well....

[ehrnst]

20. You'd think he was interviewing a woman... (nt)

[rocktivity]

21. Shortest. Hosting Tenure. Ever!

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[gordianot]

24. Baby Luke must be drooling in anticipation for the hereditary throne.

Problem is Luke son of Saint Tim of Russert is even more boring than all of his predecessors.

[merrily]

28. Not the brightest bulb, either.

I remember when he was "youth correspondent" or whatever fake job they gave him at first. And he gushed. No, seriously, he gushed, about how college kids "love McCain because he's just so authentic!"

Remind me how strongly the youth vote went for Obama in 2008?

I'm guessing Lukela was at a meeting of Young Republicans when he determined that America's young voters were so in love for McCain. Either that, or was full of it. Or both.

[C Moon]

25. Sounds to me like, they tried to guess how Obama was going to reply to questions..

and they had Todd's replies written out ahead of time. It didn't matter what Obama said, Todd went ahead and said read his pre-written replies anyhow. A puppet on a string.

Obama wasn't "squirming," he was trying to keep from laughing.

[merrily]

26. The repulsive Chuck Toad, off to a "great" start. Asshat.

[SummerSnow]

29. the truth of the matter...

:large

[tularetom]

67. I like the way he shapes his goatee to provide the illusion that he actually

has a chin.

[adirondacker]

30. Seems like Chuck Todd has a case of dementia to me. I'm sure he has health coverage,

so there is nothing preventing him from being diagnosed. It's nothing to be ashamed of IMHO.

[madamesilverspurs]

32. ...

[Fred Sanders]

34. Todd is not stupid, he is an excellent listener, but it is just not in the job description to be

fair or accurate or even informational. All those things are not what he was hired to do.

Would you sell your soul, reputation and be laughed at constantly for 10 million a year?

All talking heads on Fox are mostly paid a fraction of that and they got no problem at all.

[DFW]

35. I would have asked for an "instant replay."

I then would have offered Todd the choice of apologizing or ending the interview early. Live and on the air.

Either way, it would have made his short tenure at MTP even shorter, and probably put the show out of its misery altogether.

[DallasNE]

36. Chuck Todd Is Picking Up Where David Gregory Left Off

Plus, his body language kept saying "you're lying to me" with the disapproving head tilt.

But this could be expected where the only goal is a gotcha moment -- never mind that the "gotcha" doesn't never happened except in his mind.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. Rachael Maddow pointed out the first host of Meet The Press was a WOMAN....

Hey NBC!!!!

HINT!!! HINT!!!

[glowing]

39. God forbid they gave the job to Rachel who does her homework and would

make every side squirm in discomfort... Of course that would disrupt the corporate narrative they want outlined for the people to believe. Could you imagine if she got to the chance to sink her brain, questions, and work into the likes of Romney or McCain or Lindsey Grahm or Gov Christie? That would be worthwhile watching!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

55. What would be better would be for her to grill Holder on his inaction.

[glowing]

61. All of her interviews would probably be "must see TV"...

They r all just too scared of someone who would ask real questions and follow up questions and fall off script if the interview lead there like it did with Rand Paul that one time and Civil Rights Bill.

I'm sure she would ask Holder why not investigate torture and Bush Co crimes?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

73. They're too scared to let America realize it's a Liberal country.

[Enthusiast]

68. Every side? They have no interest in fairness.

If they had an interest in fairness they would still employ Donahue, Olbermann and Cenk.

[rocktivity]

69. If Rachel had pulled such a gaffe

do you think for ONE SECOND that NBC would be protecting her?


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[Spitfire of ATJ]

71. What's funny is they consider her to be "too partisan"....

Chuck Todd? He has a solid history of spouting RW talking points at the White House briefing room disguised as questions so he's "safe".

[rocktivity]

38. Why isn't this man an international laughingstock

and up to his eyeballs in calls for his resignation and threats from advertisers to pull out? He did this to a UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, for Pete's sake! If Olbermann, Maddow, or Schultz had done this, you can bet that this would be the lead story EVERYHWERE!


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[JEB]

40. You can't fix stupid, but

you can let it host MTP.

[Skittles]

43. he's programmed as a conservative tool

there's no logic

[logosoco]

44. Too many of MSM "journalist" are not paid to think or listen,

they are there to spout talking points. Primarily those in favor of repubs and corporate interests.

[marble falls]

45. Has Chucky Todd had anything to add to this? I just gotta hear what his response is!!!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

46. Jeremy Scahill owned Chuck Todd on Realtime with Bill Maher ...

... then Chuck asked Jeremy after the show why he showed him up like that.

Chuck is not a journalist. He's a parrot.

I hope this gets more attention and he's shown the door. Fucking charlatan.

[drynberg]

48. We're sorry, Chuck Todd...

NEXT!

[northoftheborder]

49. Thanks for reminding me why I quit watching Sunday morning network "news" shows.

I do enjoy a lot of MHP and Karnacki.

[oldandhappy]

51. Thank you for making this a feature post!

And, stop watching Sunday talking heads shows. Hike, swim, read a book, read the Sunday NY Times, take a long drive and watch for beautiful scenery, find some kids and play marbles, laugh out loud, go to church, call everyone in your family. There is much you can do other than MTP.

[Demoiselle]

57. Yes.

[MADem]

52. So pleased to be rec number hundred! Everyone should spread this far and wide! nt

[JoePhilly]

53. Post it to Chuck's Facebook.

[Bill USA]

54. Chuck GOP-Toady was too busy reading his script from GOP to listen to what the President was saying.

[Enthusiast]

58. Boycott Meet the Press.

[Cha]

63. Thank EarlG.. this is going to make it nice and easy to put on my FB page.

[Indydem]

64. Hate to bring these "fact" things into this...

1. That first quote in the graphic from Obama did not even happen. I have no idea where is came from, but the transcript and the video of the MTP episode has neither.

2. As soon as this segment was over, Todd clarifies his statement: "Some of you may have noted that I said the president hadn't mentioned the word "Syria" at all in one of my questions. He had mentioned it, but he hadn't said whether he was taking military action there."

3. According to the NBC transcript, President Obama mentioned Syria ONCE prior to Todd's comment, and not 10 seconds earlier. At the very start of the interview he says: "ISIL poses a broader threat because of its territorial ambitions in Iraq and Syria."


http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-transcript-september-7-2014-n197866

[Thor_MN]

72. You must be looking at an incomplete transcript...

However, according to my ears and eyes, you are right on one fact. It wasn't 10 seconds before Chuckie embarrassed himself that PBO said Syria, it was 9 seconds.

[alp227]

66. seriously. Todd is such a FRAUD. Unless NBC proves they deceptively edited the interview.

I hope NBC admits they arranged things so Todd said "you haven't mentioned Syria" AFTER Obama's Syria comments, otherwise I will keep calling this man Schmuck Fraud.

[Jack Rabbit]

75. Why would NBC edit it that way?

I'm surprised the remark wasn't left on a cutting room floor. Otherwise, they would have edited the President's remarks to make it appear he never mentioned Syria.

There is no way to make Chuck Todd look good in this matter. He is now the center of his own story. That is the worst thing a journalist can do, short of just making it up.

[Uncle Joe]

70. NBC is a disgrace to every honest journalist in the business,

apparently integrity is too much to ask for simply because it doesn't suit their corporate supremacist agenda.

They just want puppets and mouthpieces.




Thanks for the thread, EarlG.

[AlinPA]

74. Meet the Press is a garbage program. Chuck Todd is a stupid slob.

[Blue Owl]

76. Rivals this pic of the moment

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[jillan]

77. "If it's Sunday it's Meet the Mess" - lol - that's also going around Facebook. nt

[GeorgeGist]

78. Chuck needs to lay off the meth.

[tavernier]

79. Perhaps the POTUS should have mentioned Captain Crunch

or Count Chocula. Obviously, the kid with the pretend goatee didn't understand the word SYRIA, and was asking for his favorite breakfast treat.

What. A. Tool.

[BootinUp]

80. The line was pre-planned...he had to use it, lol. nt

[The Wizard]

81. Chuck Turd

professional douchebag.

[ReRe]

82. K&R

NBC's Meet the Press = Meet the Dumbasses.

[EEO]

83. American propaganda at its most obvious. It didn't take Chuck Todd long to lower the bar...

[ThoughtCriminal]

84. Todd's spin and the RW meme that inspired him

Yes, puke alert link, but if you want to know the RW meme that's going around:

<snip>
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chuck-todd-isis-isil-obama/2014/09/08/id/593263/

"Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd believes that President Barack Obama prefers to call the Islamic State terror group ISIL instead of ISIS because he doesn't want to deal with Syria.

During his interview with the president on the NBC show Sunday, Todd consistently referred to the jihad extremists as ISIS, an acronym for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, while Obama called the group ISIL, as in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

The ISIS moniker has been adopted by most media outlets in most cases, including Newsmax. But Todd believes he knows the reason that the president is sticking to ISIL, Mediaite reported.

"Obviously, we refer to it at NBC News as ISIS," said Todd about the confusion surrounding the various names. "The Obama administration, the president says the word ISIL. The last 'S' stands for Syria. The last 'L,' they don't want to have stand for Syria."
</snip>

So apparently Todd went in with the notion that referring to the group as ISIL instead is ISIS meant that the President was avoiding using "Syria". As soon as "ISIL" was used, his brain went shut down and he completely missed the references to "Syria"

You have to go to a very perpendicular universe for that to make any sense, but that's where they live. You can Google "chuck todd syria" and all the right wing sites are focused on the use of ISIL instead of ISIS. Everybody else posting about Todd's inability to hear the word "Syria".

Oh, and the whole ISIS vs ISIL thing is bogus too: "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" is the correct translation per AP:

http://blog.ap.org/2014/06/17/is-it-isil-or-isis-in-iraq/

[4lbs]

85. I don't watch any of those Sunday shows anymore. They are pretty much useless.

Unless you want to see stupid people.

[IkeRepublican]

86. Slapped this together real quick

Enjoy.

[Todays_Illusion]

87. Is it ok with the rules to post the link to the interview? here it is. Tell me If not allowed.

Here: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/56001624#56001624

Advance to about 7:45 it is still there, but apparently edited from the text version.

[wsbrep11]

88. Did anyone actually watch the program?

I watched the show in full. Right after the clip of that part of the interview was played, Chuck Todd got directly in front of the camera and noted his mistake in saying that the President did not mention Syria. He said that in fact the President had mentioned Syria.

So he immediately owned up to it, and corrected it.

Even though he was factually wrong in that statement, his obvious purpose was to get the President to elaborate on how Syria would fit in to whatever strategy he might be coming up with - something we all wanted to hear.

So what's with the crazy over-the-top vitriol? That's the kind of thing I would expect to read at a right-wing site. Democrats can be better than than that. We have genuine issues to be concerned with. Let it go.

[C Moon]

90. :/

[marew]

91. Todd displayed abject incompetence during his very first show!

This was Todd's very first show! This was so flagrant Todd could not ignore or deny the fact that he lied! Talk about disrespectful! Todd was so intentionally and so obviously uninvolved with what the President actually said! Todd proved he is not at all interested in even attempting to be fair or unbiased. Four times, FOUR TIMES the President mentioned Syria and Todd denied it.
You really think this was no big deal? If Todd tried to get away with this, what else has he done that is not that is not that obvious? Facts are not important to Chuck Todd. Remember Todd ACTUALLY said "It's Not Media's Job To Correct GOP's Falsehoods!" But lying about the President is not a problem!
Sorry, but I very much believe veracity and honesty in journalism is a "genuine issue". Todd should have apologized to both the President and the viewers!

[C Moon]

100. +1

[Major Hogwash]

89. Talk about rotten timing to pull out a "talking point" for a gotcha moment!!!!

It's like Chuck Toad wasn't even there in the room with President Obama!!

President Obama should do a 2nd interview, but the next time he should just be shown talking to an empty chair, ala Clint Eastwood at the 2012 GOP Presidential convention.

[marew]

92. Love it! LOL! n/t

[lady lib]

93. Letterman tonight

did a segment called, "Chuck Todd's on it." He showed the four clips of Obama discussing Syria and then Chuck's response.

Yeah, he's on it.

[StevePaulson]

94. Save MTP - Hire Rachel, A Real Journalist

I,m just sayyyyin.....

[orbitalman]

95. Chuck Titt: Truly stupid is as stupid does...

That's the way he comes across to me. I don't see his rise in journalism.

[Cha]

96. Thank you again, EarlG!

[rhett o rick]

97. The Corp-Media has the audacity to give this idiot a job. It's an "In Your Face" move.

They know he is an idiot but don't care.

[humbled_opinion]

98. The NEOCONS are desperate

for President Obama to start a war in Syria, it will empower them greatly having swayed a peace loving President to their dark side.... Watch for Cheney to hit the airwaves to tell us why we need to kill more kids.....

[asiliveandbreathe]

99. Earlg thank you

The Prez is so gracious, smart, pragmatic - perhaps just waiting to pounce all over upchuck with the agreement to do this interview - and chuck just fell into the abyss - perhaps the Prez already knows upchuck well enough - he knew he could make mincemeat out of him...

WE must do better in 2014 and give the Prez what he needs to move our country forward - get out the vote!

[Faux pas]

101. Remember, it's not

Phuck Wodd's job to report the facts.

[rocktivity]

102. UPDATE: Luke Russert lands Meet the Press gig

RawStory:(On) Friday...Todd emailed his NBC/MSNBC colleagues excitedly...

John [executive producer Reiss] and I want to take a minute to share some news about our larger plans for the future of ‘Meet the Press’ throughout the week...

And a lot has been written about who might be involved in our future. We’re now happy to announce that Luke Russert will be an important part of our 24/7 identity and will become a regular contributor to MTP, not just on air on Sundays, but online Mondays through Saturdays as well.

Luke has an impressive love for politics and has proven himself on the Capitol Hill beat. He’ll continue in his current role reporting for the network and MSNBC, but he’ll also branch out to take on new projects specifically for us...

We want ‘Meet the Press’ to be a home for all of our colleagues who love politics — every day of the week. We’re excited about Luke’s energy and creativity and look forward to the many talents he’ll add to the mix.

Weapon of mass media distraction much?


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