Discussion for article #227069
It’s astonishing how a network that can do so many things right (Rachel’s show, Chris Hayes’ show, etc.) can do something so wrong. How tone deaf do you have to be to think that Chuck Todd is the answer to the declining ratings on MtP?
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Chuck looks like NBC fed him a tape worm to thin him down for the big show.
Eat the cake, Chuck.
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I’m sorry, but I’m just not impressed with Chuck Todd. I just don’t think he’s very sharp. I wish him all the best but I just don’t think he was a good choice for MTP; I think he’ll be in way over his head and he’ll resort to relaying the conventional talking points he’s been fed during the week.
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Yawn - more of same
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Chuck Todd is as much of a hack as Trog’ Gregory. Until “Meet the Press” decides that their host will do his homework, be prepared, and ask tough followup questions like Tim Russert did and not just accept pontificating bullsh*t answers/statements as Gregory did, “Meet the Press” will be a third rate show at best with very few viewers.
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Bet Chuck Toad’ got candy and flowers and lots of praise from resident MTP gargoyle fixtures Mumbles’ McCain and Miss Lindsey Graham.
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Your mother (or spouse or brother, etc) can praise you all they wish. But none of us would consider this to be appropriate “set up” for a new job. That’s why we advise college students preparing for interviews not to use family members as references or discuss personal situations when their work potential is being evaluated. Shame on you, NBC.
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MTP ratings will continue on their current trajectory.
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McCain, Graham and Ayotte: The Typhoid Trio that drives down the ratings of a “serious” talk show faster than anybody except Sarah “Big Gulp” Palin.
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Sorry Todd, but I still think Norma O’Donnell would have been a better MTP host. Just saying!
The first three guests will be: John McCain, John McCain, and John McCain.
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One inside-the-beltway corporate media toadie replaces another, big whoop, it’s the “Same Old Sh**”
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Does, Meet the Press, even seem like the appropriate name for this show? How about, Watch the Stenographer or Meet the Only Party Whose View We Espouse?
Chuck Todd cannot fail because the expectations are so low. He will not unsuck the show and will match the current suckiness just right. His ass will probably fit right in David Gregory’s ex-ass imprint perfectly. So basically, same ass-different face.
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Ah, to know him is to love him.
I presume he loves his cat, too.
And his mommy and daddy.
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“… conventional [canned] talking points…”
Yep, you nailed it. Many of those talking points are a daily feed out of RNC HQ in NYC via fax.
I’m told one can follow those daily GOP talking points through the news threads during the day and week.
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oh christ… during the past week at one of st johnnie’s interminable appearances on msnbc, he gave such a sweet lathering to todd on taking over the program. there was actually a tag at the bottom of the screen identifying mccain as one of the most guests with the most appearances on mtp … as if that’s something to be proud of…
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Press the Meat with Chuck E. Cheesy.
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Wow! Can Andrea Mitchell and producer’s of MTP be more savaging of this president? 40 of 55 minutes program, purely devoted to non-sensical tearing at everything Obama does. The only saving grace and pushback coming from historian, Doris Kearns Goodman and Wes Moore…Similar to the notorious bashing of Obama, from that manic NYT woman, the WaPo guest comes up with “Herky Jerky”…both insiders of the “blood politics” of Washington. Ruth Marcus rants rubbish about the timing of Obama’s immigration position, while Doris Kearns pushes back about the potency of the president’s executive order not changing from September to November! MTP is doomed if Chuck follows this ugly path
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I call it “Press the meat”, myself.
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