Chuck Todd Signs Off As Moderator Of ‘Meet The Press,’ Successor Kristen Welker Says She’ll Approach New Role “As A Reporter”
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UPDATE: Chuck Todd signed off of his final broadcast as moderator of NBC News’s Meet the Press by handing his successor, Kristen Welker, a reliable alarm clock and telling viewers that he’ll be focusing on network projects tied to bridging the political divide. Welker appeared in the final minutes of Sunday’s show, with a montage …

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  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOP
    27·
    2 years ago

    I never understood Todd’s continued moderation of Meet the Press.

    Watching him nod and smile when someone sat across from him who was spouting blatant lies and objectively false talking points was infuriating. Todd’s insistence that there were two sides to any argument even when faced with people like Kelly Anne Conway and her self-confessed “alternative facts” arguably dragged down media standards not only at NBC, but across the board. He should have been thrown out on his ear a decade ago.

    Good riddance.

  • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
    222·
    2 years ago

    I don’t see how you can bridge the political divide when one side wants equal rights for LGBTQ+ people and other side wants to overthrow the government if they don’t get their way.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      Republicans hate progressives. Centrist Democrats really hate progressives.

      If Chuck Todd is any indication, bridging the divide starts with referring to Sanders-supporting progressives, the common enemy of both groups, as “brownshirts.”