Chuck Todd is a stain on journalism, as usual.
#Trump is barely any younger than Biden, and far less fit physically and mentally. Biden has no role in handling the Hunter investigation, which is solely controlled by a Trump appointee.
But Todd wants what he always wants: the R narrative.
He bewailed Trump as an existential threat to journalism and the country, calling him a "nightmare." But hey, getting him back means more eyeballs, right?
@mcfate Of course not. But what use is that to devout both-sideser like Todd?
But who CARES? Chuck Todd was an idiot in 2020, it didn't impact the election.
If he annoys you, watch some cartoons. Read a book.
Preaching to the choir, no matter who's doing it, isn't worth paying much attention to. He's not winning any NEW votes.
@mcfate Yes, that is very likely true. But it remains vile when the media spurns its responsibilities in order to promote a horserace with a fascist.
The media's "responsibilities" aren't anything that can be legislated, and you don't WANT them to be.
The media gets to decide for itself what its "responsibilities" are, and you can thank the First Amendment for that.
If you want to punish them, you do it by NOT paying attention to them. That's your recourse.
The folks at the Gateway Pundit are on just as firm ground complaining that The Intercept is "spurning" its "responsibilities, as vice-versa.
@mcfate But NBC is supposedly mainstream. Gateway and the Intercept are openly partisan.
"Supposedly".
Sounds like you're making assumptions that are unwarranted to me.
Both Gateway Pundit and the Intercept would likely deny being "partisan" at all, I suppose.
@mcfate Actually, I doubt they would. They have an ideological line, and they're proud of it. Yes, of course they say their line is "truth." But they don't hide their alignment.
@mcfate Then we'll agree to disagree.
I don't need anyone's permission.
@mcfate Did anyone suggest you do?
When someone posts something, they're eliciting agreement.
You didn't get any from me, and that seems to be distressing you.
@mcfate Um, no. "Agree to disagree" is a polite way of saying "we don't agree, and we both have a right to our opinion, so there's no point in continuing to discuss it."
That's not granting or denying permission, or seeking argument, or anything else.
This is getting so meta that you need to take a step back and ask yourself what exactly your goals are here.
Venting at ME is pointless, your emotions are of little interest to me. Venting at reality is even more pointless.
You could just scream into a pillow and save both of us a lot of wasteful effort here.
ProTip: "agreeing to disagree" is the point at which YOU stop disagreeing. You're still AT it, though.
I never agreed to anything of the sort.
@mcfate I don't seek any recourse other than pouring scorn on them. But they claim to pursue ideals they actually trample on for eyeballs and cowardly narrative promotion, and it betrays what they *claim* to be upholding.
Well, write 'em a stern letter or something. They're not paying a bit of attention to your scorn on a small social media site.
@mcfate Venting doesn't have to have any expectation of changing anything.
Does it have an expectation of making you unhappy?
Or do you simply enjoy getting yourself worked up over things you're not going to change by getting worked up over them?
Heard on the Stephanie Miller show that Chuck will be leaving MTP in September. Good news, even though I never tune in👍👍
@dwalace4 Yeah, but they're kicking him upstairs to "chief political analyst" for the network.
Oh God😖😖😖😖
@RationalLeft
'Chunk Turd' is doing what he does best -> spew 💩 💩 ...
@RationalLeft I thought he was leaving that show - why is he still on?
@PoliticalEd He's leaving soon. But they're promoting him (or kicking him upstairs) to "chief political analyst" for NBC.
@RationalLeft
I haven't seen it "raising" any "questions" from anyone who wasn't already committed to voting against Biden, though.