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Russert had also previously worked in politics, but he made a real effort to leave his past work behind him and take seriously fairness, objectivity and the truth. It's apparent that, unlike his predecessor, Todd never quit being a Democratic operative when he decided to also become a pseudo-journalist. What Chuck Todd did last Sunday was cheating. It was often tough being grilled by Russert, but I never thought he cheated. When my in-laws visited, he went out of his way to make them feel at home-even if they weren't fans of his beloved Buffalo Bills.Ĭhuck Todd of 'Meet the Press' Larry French/Getty Images for SiriusXM During the Tim Russert-hosted era, it was always fun to do the show. "Meet the Press" is a remarkable institution of great prestige, going back to its creation by Martha Rountree on November 6, 1947. This brings us to a clear crossroads for Chuck Todd, NBC and "Meet the Press." This mistake will not appear corrected for those viewers."
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'Meet The Press' has millions of viewers on NBC every Sunday, and another several hundred thousand through multiple re-airs on MSNBC. Further, as Steve Krakauer of Fourth Watch noted, there is a huge audience difference between smearing the attorney general on network television and then apologizing on Twitter: "It has 3,300+, but likely has not been seen by even a small portion of the accounts 630,000+ followers, because a reply is only seen by mutual followers of both accounts.
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Todd saw an opportunity to smear the attorney general, and he eagerly did so-without exercising the most basic journalistic practice of reading the full transcript. It's nice that the show admitted fault-but this wasn't a simple error.
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Todd also apologized on air Tuesday, claiming he didn't edit the recording. The remaining clip included important remarks from the attorney general that we missed, and we regret the error." Earlier today, we inadvertently and inaccurately cut short a video clip of an interview with AG Barr before offering commentary and analysis. "Meet the Press" responded to the Justice Department on Twitter, saying, "You're correct.
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President Trump also responded to Todd's distortion of what Attorney General Barr said, tweeting: "Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd should be FIRED by 'Comcast' (NBC) for this fraud. Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec promptly tweeted a complaint, saying: "Very disappointed by the deceptive editing/commentary by on on AG Barr's CBS interview." In other words, Barr actually said what Todd accused him of not saying. It upheld the standards of the Department of Justice, and it undid what was an injustice." He went on to say: "But I think a fair history would say that it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law. However, "Meet the Press" didn't include Barr's full answer to Herridge's question. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this is a political job.'" He didn't make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. "'It's a correct answer,'" Todd said, as the AP further reported. So it largely depends on who's writing the history.'" Todd said that he was struck by the cynicism of that answer." Barr was being questioned over his decision to drop the case against former National Security Advisor and decorated military general Michael Flynn-who was illegally targeted by the Obama administration's FBI for a politically-motivated prosecution.Īccording to the Associated Press: "When Barr was asked by reporter Catherine Herridge what history would say about the decision, Barr replied that 'history is written by the winner. Todd played an edited excerpt of Barr during a CBS interview. But hostility turned into clear dishonesty when Todd distorted a recording of Attorney General William Barr from earlier that week. Ron Johnson (R-WI) slug it out with Todd could be surprised at the level of hostility the NBC moderator feels toward conservatives and Republicans-and President Trump, in particular. No one who has watched conservatives like Sen. Last Sunday, host Chuck Todd's hatred of President Donald Trump went over the top and evolved from mere snarky comments, biased questions and stacked information into an outright lie about the attorney general of the United States.
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This Sunday, we will learn if the venerable, oldest-of-its-kind Sunday interview show, "Meet the Press," needs to change its name.