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NBC’s Chuck Todd: I Understand Why Network News Isn’t Covering Gruber [VIDEO]
Daily Caller ^ | November 18, 2014 | Al Weaver

Posted on 11/19/2014 5:24:36 AM PST by Zakeet

Has the network news been neglecting the recent comments by MIT economist Jonathan Gruber? NBC, CBS and ABC haven’t covered the story a dozen times, leading to questions of media bias, but “Meet The Press” host Chuck Todd offers an understanding of why this is the case.

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“It’s a political story,” said Todd on Gruber’s comments. “Network news, in general, hasn’t be covering the political back and forth of Washington a lot lately."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: abc; california; cbs; chucktodd; demagogicparty; gruber; jonathangruber; mediabias; meetthepress; memebuilding; msm; nancypelosi; nbc; newsblackout; obamacare; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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To: Zakeet
No hsit Sherlock...

I gotta be careful how I say this...

No, I'm not gonna say it. We have rules around here and there's no polite way of saying what I'm thinking this guy and others like him are in for if things get ugly.

There, I didn't say it.

21 posted on 11/19/2014 5:57:54 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: Zakeet

“It’s a political story,” said Todd on Gruber’s comments. “Network news, in general, hasn’t be covering the political back and forth of Washington a lot lately.”

Really?!

https://twitter.com/chucktodd

Chuck Todd @chucktodd · Nov 16
We’ll talk exclusively with @SecBurwell. Is Obamacare working? Is the administration lowering expectations for open enrollment?

Chuck Todd retweeted
David Axelrod @davidaxelrod · Nov 11
You want to know what’s driving American politics, and has been for years? Read this smart piece by @DLeonhardt. http://nyti.ms/1xHlQHW

Chuck Todd retweeted
daveweigel @daveweigel · Nov 10
Those very red maps of the new House are fun, but you can fit Manhattan into North Dakota 2094 times. And Manhattan has more people.

Chuck Todd retweeted
Alex Parker @AlexParkerDC · Nov 5
So Republicans will have basically paid no political cost for the shutdown.


22 posted on 11/19/2014 6:00:36 AM PST by maggief
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To: RetSignman
“I haven’t watched Meet the Press in years but, evidently, they have changed it’s format to comedy.”

I started watching a while back, my Dr. told me it would be therapeutic to scream at the tv at the top of my lungs once a week.

23 posted on 11/19/2014 6:00:55 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Zakeet

Todd: I understand why the network news isn’t covering this.

We understand too, buttboy.


24 posted on 11/19/2014 6:03:42 AM PST by ArtDodger
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To: albie

They still are stuck on Bridgegate...


25 posted on 11/19/2014 6:04:42 AM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: ArtDodger

Why would anyone watch this clown?


26 posted on 11/19/2014 6:14:54 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: Zakeet

“our Libtard idols became less popular than gonorrhea! “

Clap! Clap!


27 posted on 11/19/2014 6:18:30 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Liz

Exactly right! In actuality, the MSM uses many of the same propaganda tactics employed by Gruber. They also share his elitist and condescending attitude. Gruber and the MSM hava a lot in commmon. They are fellow travellers.


28 posted on 11/19/2014 6:19:48 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Zakeet

Sure, that’s it.

They’re not covering it because it’s harmful to Dhimmicraps adn top “progressivism”. That’s why, Chuckie Boy. And Chuckie Boy knows it.


29 posted on 11/19/2014 6:22:33 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Zakeet
The state controlled media is an auxiliary to the DNC. It's an incestuous relationship that would gag a maggot.

5.56mm

30 posted on 11/19/2014 6:35:13 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Zakeet

Chuck Toad ponders the meaning of existence

31 posted on 11/19/2014 6:47:57 AM PST by JPG (The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
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To: OKSooner
this guy and others like him are in for if things get ugly.

What, you mean the millions of taxpayer $$$ they'll end up with? We keep talking about the fit hitting the shan, the spark that's gonna bring on the end, when things get ugly, but the fact is, they got it under control, and for their power and glory. You and I are just peasants. We'll continue squabbling for the scraps from Longshank's table, because it's the easy route. To do otherwise would require entirely too much sacrifice.

32 posted on 11/19/2014 6:50:52 AM PST by dware (3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
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To: dware

No, I didn’t say anything on any subject.


33 posted on 11/19/2014 6:56:17 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: Diogenesis
Parrot: "You can only fool all of the humans some of the time ..... but you will always have Chuck Todd and the MSM."

Pssst. It's a Cockatoo.

34 posted on 11/19/2014 7:24:12 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are not inclined to commit crimes.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Bottom line is that they don’t want to admit that Gruber was right, that they are stupid.


You got it.

Here’s a song for Obamamedia and the Demoncrats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc


35 posted on 11/19/2014 7:47:40 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Zakeet

I'm with STUPID => <= I'm with STUPID

36 posted on 11/19/2014 9:44:33 AM PST by SteveH
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To: Zakeet

Chuck Todd: “Network news, in general, hasn’t be covering the political back and forth of Washington a lot lately.”

IMHO this is obviously arather transparent lie, although I would be willing to believe that the MSM networks outside of FOX News have spent much more time on Kim’s ass than on Gruber in the last 7 days.

IMHO the reason the MSM networks have not covered Gruber is not just because of bias but because they did not have a DNC-approved counter-spin visual— a response from the WH (preferably Obama, since Gruber’s primary relevance is that he worked for— and therefore in the public eye, his name is tied to— the Obama Administration).

Of course, the best strategy for bad political news is to delay as much as possible, to take advantage of the short political attention span of the average voter. Obama was able to evade questions until the press conference at the end of the G20 summit meeting in Brisbane, Australia on Nov. 17.

Once the TV network MSM had its classic non-denial denial clip from Obama, it used it to slant Gruber as irrelevant (in addition to being old) news.

All of this is perhaps fairly predictable if one starts from the premise that the MSM TV networks are liberally biased. However, IMHO it does give some black box insight as to the inner workings of (liberal biased) MSM TV network editor room decision making in action.

In the MSM, the TV networks are the gatekeepers, and dictate what radio and print cover by sheer economics.

The existence of such blatant liberal MSM bias across the board is not exactly a surprise to informed people. Still it is disappointing to see it exhibited so flagrantly. How these guys can look in the mirror every day is something quite beyond me...

:-( :-( :-(


37 posted on 11/19/2014 10:04:48 AM PST by SteveH
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
It's an election year, and Chuck Todd claims:
“Network news, in general, hasn’t be covering the political back and forth of Washington a lot lately."
Oh, but wait, Chuckles -- I thought the 2014 campaign was all about Republicans not talking about issues! Turns out, the PMS (Partisan Media Shills) were avoiding issues like the plague.

IOW, the reason is exactly what we all know that it is.
38 posted on 11/19/2014 10:35:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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