Glad you're here! I find this just BEYOND infuriating!!! We call him "Fuck Turd" around our house. And every day he earns that name, anew. I'm a retired broadcast journalist. It just burns me up to see this happening. Journalism is and should be a revelation of truth, NOT just you say potato and I say potahh-to, let's call the whole thing off. Journalism should be shining a light and educating the public on what is truth and what is falsehood or bullshit or manipulation. What can stand as fact, and what can't. And it does NONE of those things anymore. ANYBODY with an agenda and a photogenic face (usually, add blonde hair and delete sleeves - at least for the females) can go on and say anything they want, truth be damned. Our profession used to be held accountable for what information it disseminated. No more. chuck todd is nothing more than a free-marketer disguised as a "journalist." Let the market decide. Just put it all out there and let the viewer/listener/consumer decide. Well, THAT only works well when those on the receiving end - the viewer/listener/consumer - is WELL-INFORMED. ONLY THEN can anyone make correct calls. If they're not, if they're force-fed any old bullshit somebody who looks good or who has power can go on the air and say, or issue in print, then people will believe whatever sounds good or feeds their own predilections.
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