Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Good Grief

Remember that adorable little girl who asked President Obama to reassure her that those people saying “mean things” about his health care proposal aren’t telling the truth?

Topics: chuck-todd, barack-obama

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Obama in Portsmouth, NH Today

In a blog post on MSNBC’s First Read, Chuck Todd over-reports a fairly standard mass e-mail from a conservative group as “one invitation NBC News has gotten their hands on from a group rallying against the president,” when he is in Portsmouth, NH today.

Topics: msnbc, chuck-todd, barack-obama

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Chuck Todd Takes a Swipe at Arianna Huffington

Ben Smith: “NBC’s Chuck Todd goes off on Glenn Beck on First Read today, but his real targets are Ailes and Huffington: “Former political consultants-turned-TV execs or former radio DJs, or former California socialites, the folks helping to accelerate the public’s perception of the media off a cliff [are people who] made their livings trying to do other things.”

I certainly understand going after Beck - and more specifically the major outlets (including CNN) who have given him a platform. But lumping Huffington with Beck is way off base. Before he throws more stones, Todd may want to look at his own glass house, i.e. his own network’s culpability during the past decade, from the misogynistic coverage of Hillary Clinton to the fawning over Bush to the love affair with Ann Coulter.

Topics: chuck-todd, huffington, arianna

Friday, July 17, 2009

Glenn Greenwald Interviews Chuck Todd On Torture in the Media

Transcript and audio here.

Topics: chuck-todd, glenn-greenwald, torture

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Chuck Todd Needs to Read Krugman, Greenwald, Hamsher, Aravosis and Huffington

Apparently, the recent flap over the public option is the “first time” the left has criticized the White House, at least according to Chuck Todd…

Topics: chuck-todd, huffington, white-house, public-option, left, krugman, aravosis, jane-hamsher, glenn-greenwald,

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Chuck Todd Rejects Carl Bernstein’s Allegation That Reporters Are Lazy

Patrick highlights an interesting exchange between Chuck Todd and Carl Bernstein. First, Todd gets testy about his journalistic work ethic. Then, as Patrick points out, Todd begins saying the White House press briefing is a sham (a ‘show’), but bites his tongue at the last minute…

Topics: chuck-todd, carl-bernstein

Bernstein: It’s Time for the Press to Stop Whining

Famed White House reporter Carl Bernstein Thursday claimed “the press needs to stop whining” during an MSNBC’s Morning Joe segment on Wednesday’s heated exchange between columnist Helen Thomas and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

Topics: obama, msnbc, chuck-todd, helen-thomas, carl-berstein