CNN’s Jake Tapper joined NBC’s Chuck Todd on his 1947: Meet the Press podcast Thursday to discuss Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Both men were critical of Clinton’s behavior and that he has never apologized to Lewinsky. “I understand why people at the time were upset,” Tapper said. “I understood it then, but now, having kids, I […]
Several mainstream media outlets last week reported that President Trump had referred to all immigrants as animals when he said, at an event on the problems caused by California’s sanctuary cities law, that members of the gang MS-13 “aren’t people. These are animals.” Chuck Todd, among others, admitted the comments were mischaracterized. A few outlets have […]
It’s not as fun or easy to take pot shots at a conservative president when that president fights back, according to Variety. In Ted Johnson’s piece, headlined, “Inside the Intense, Combative World of Covering the Trump White House,” White House reporters admitted they work harder to ensure their stories are accurate, that the Trump administration is […]
Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ show, quoted Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican Senate candidate, and thought he was misquoting the U.S. Constitution. Todd said the following: “First off, he doesn’t appear to believe in the Constitution as it’s written,” Todd said, before playing a clip of Moore referencing what is written in […]
In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) said that there is a campaign on the Hill, by the media and academia, to discredit Donald Trump as well as the people around him. Webb lamented that the Democratic Party has moved “very far to the left.” “Well, you know, there […]
In all the post-election discussion taking place, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd notes that one thing he is hearing less and less of in Democratic circles is the name “Hillary Clinton.” Todd said that he finds the “incredible shrinking presence of Hillary Clinton” surprising, considering that the Clintons have “dominated much of the air supply in the […]
Rather entertaining exchange over the online poll validity, which is a fair point brought up by NBC’s Chuck Todd: “Meet The Press” moderator Chuck Todd became incredulous Thursday as a spokesman for Donald Trump’s campaign continued to cite non-scientific polls as evidence that Trump won Monday’s debate. Spokesman Jason Miller and Todd went back and […]
The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, called it an “interesting question” when asked by ‘Meet the Press’ host Chuck Todd on whether he can reveal which country was behind the email hack of the Democratic National Committee. The email hack and release pushed out then-chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and led to a tumult among Bernie […]
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell agreed that Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech on Thursday at the Democratic National Convention could have easily been given by her vanquished opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Todd said that if the Democrats were hoping to convince Republicans to vote for Clinton, the speech’s progressive agenda was unlikely to do […]
Amidst the rash of recent police shootings comes a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that showed race relations are at the worst level they have ever been in the 25-year history of the poll. Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd discussed the results on Sunday: “Race relations are the lowest point in the history of […]