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Internet flabbergasted after NBC's Chuck Todd named ‘Media personality of the year’: ‘Is this a joke?'
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Posted on 12/21/2019 3:08:14 PM PST by powermill

An announcement from the Poynter Institute naming NBC’s Chuck Todd the “media personality of the year” while calling his Meet the Press the “gold standard” was met with derision and laughter on the internet which has long hammered the NBC host for his failures as well as his habit of not asking follow-up questions.

According to Poynter — which describes its mission as helping “journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers” — Todd’s “excellent interview skills and accessible delivery make him THE voice when it comes to news in these politically divided times.”

Not everyone agreed with that assessment by Poynter’s Tom Jones.

Or as one commenter on Twitter succinctly put it: “Christ. Chuck Todd is horrible.”

You can see a sampling of commentary on Chuck Todd’s “gold standard” journalism skills below:

Carl J. Feher @CJ_Feher Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 4 others Is this a joke? Serious question.

12:57 PM - Dec 20, 2019

Katie O Grady @KatieOGrady4

12:32 PM - Dec 20, 2019

Nicole Belle @NicoleBelle Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others How much did you pay for this "honor"?

7:51 PM - Dec 20, 2019

Art Martin @gartmartin9 Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others And with that announcement, Poynter has just destroyed its credibility completely. Congrats!

AndyMatter @AndyMatter Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others His truly has been a career unmarred by competence.

BgMac @bgmacneill Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others @chucktodd cant interview his way out of a wet paper bag folks - he has zero critical thinking skills EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Foglandia @BabiesFree Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 4 others You cannot be serious. He's a shill. His interview skills are those of a flea and he's destroying our democracy. I will never watch any show he is on. He's dangerous and you are as well for enabling this monster.

12:12 PM - Dec 20, 2019

Denise Haynes @nee_haynes · Dec 20, 2019 Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others That’s strange. @chucktodd is the exact reason I don’t watch @MeetThePress.

Bootsie DeVos' Empty Pencil Box @Licentia1963 You and me both.

1:40 PM - Dec 20, 2019

JB_Nimble @JB_Nimble Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others Gold standard. Good one.

12:18 PM - Dec 20, 2019

The Queen of Cups @Sferr Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others Christ. Chuck Todd is horrible.

15 12:31 PM - Dec 20, 2019

Monty Boa @MontyBoa99 Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others Oh, please. Chuck Todd can't even start and finish a question in a single, complete, coherent sentence. Some of his questions are just so much gibberish that he has to rephrase them 2 or 3 times.

Put a bag on his head and just listen. As an interviewer, he's appalling.

1:37 PM - Dec 20, 2019

C.Mon @ClaireeMonroe Replying to @NBCNewsPR and 3 others I guess we're just all giving up.

5:05 PM - Dec 20, 2019


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chucktodd; media; msm; nbc; poynterinstitute
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1 posted on 12/21/2019 3:08:14 PM PST by powermill
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Fake media lending out credibility to one of their own. Gee, who would have thunk it.


2 posted on 12/21/2019 3:10:23 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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i guess the msm has run out of nominees!


3 posted on 12/21/2019 3:11:46 PM PST by powermill
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Because Alisyn Camerota was busy that day?


4 posted on 12/21/2019 3:12:10 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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Best Swamp creature. I’m not so sure that’s a claim I would seek.


5 posted on 12/21/2019 3:13:02 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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Hey poppy harlot and bangin’ brooke baldwin neeeeed awards too!


6 posted on 12/21/2019 3:13:31 PM PST by powermill
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Chuck Todd
David Gregory
Never trust anyone with two first names.
7 posted on 12/21/2019 3:15:10 PM PST by real saxophonist (Never let Sean Connery teach your dog to Sit!)
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Chuck Todd. (Using “Chuck” as a verb).


8 posted on 12/21/2019 3:15:21 PM PST by windsorknot
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He also narrowly beat Bonnie DeNiro for Little Person of the Year.


9 posted on 12/21/2019 3:17:20 PM PST by Atticus
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Mark Dice calls him Cuck Todd.

An apt moniker.


10 posted on 12/21/2019 3:18:31 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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11 posted on 12/21/2019 3:18:54 PM PST by timestax
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“”””””””Hey poppy harlot and bangin’ brooke baldwin neeeeed awards too!”””””””

My son went to high school with Poppy. I met her a few times. Very polite, nice girl back then. She certainly has changed and not for the better.

Brooke Baldwin has a face that looks like it is made from plaster of paris.


12 posted on 12/21/2019 3:18:56 PM PST by shelterguy
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What personality?


13 posted on 12/21/2019 3:20:03 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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Chuck Todd doesn’t HAVE a personality.


14 posted on 12/21/2019 3:20:09 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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If not What’s His Name, Who?

I don’t watch any of them, but apparently there is controversy!


15 posted on 12/21/2019 3:21:46 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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Just fake media handing out fake awards >yawn< who cares?


16 posted on 12/21/2019 3:24:42 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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Even Mark Levin calls him
CUCK TODD.


17 posted on 12/21/2019 3:25:57 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Mutual admiration society of the chosen people.>br>
It won't end well. Never has.
18 posted on 12/21/2019 3:26:59 PM PST by IWontSubmit
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He is the best guy who would come to the award ceremony. Thats all that matters to them. They need someone to go to their event so they can sell seats. Fox people would not sell any seats. At least they would not sell seats to their kind of people.


19 posted on 12/21/2019 3:29:09 PM PST by poinq
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A newborn baby has a better grasp of reality than Chuck Todd...


20 posted on 12/21/2019 3:29:20 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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