Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Did Chuck Todd Roll His Eyes When Talking About Republican Press Releases?

Take a look at this clip of Chuck Todd chatting with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.  Pay no attention to Gibbs’ non-answer to Todd’s question; deflecting questions is his job. Rather, take a look at Todd’s expression when asking Gibbs about Christina Romer’s comments from yesterday, which I wrote about here, in which she claimed no one ever thought the stimulus would, you know, actually stimulate the economy. To begin with, he says Republicans have made the stimulus into a “political football,” omitting the possibility that their opposition to it may have been based in principle. But Todd then proceeds to roll his eyes while referring to a Republican press release contrasting conflicting White House statements as to whether or when the bill will actually work. He then tells Gibbs to “forget all that.”  Not a good moment for an otherwise good reporter. Nevertheless it confirms for me precisely what the mainstream media thinks of Republicans.

Topics: obama, msnbc, stimulus, republicans, matthews, economy, todd, romer, gibbs