Chuck Todd Accidentally Tells the Truth
Dec 30, 2014 16:47:55 GMT -6
Nugget and dirkgently like this
Post by adjensen on Dec 30, 2014 16:47:55 GMT -6
Hmm…
My wife used to love Sunday news programs, but I have never been all that interested in them. But this bugs me. I'm not sure that he's right, I think that they would still get people on the show, but I'm guessing that the higher ups at the network are very happy that he thinks this way. The public is generally too dumb to know what the pressing issue really is, and is oblivious to the fact that this puts the media and those that they are supposed to cover in bed together.
Journalistic integrity just isn't what it used to be, and the Internet, which was supposed to bring down big media and give rise to citizen journalists, just doesn't have the resources or discipline to step into the void.
RIP Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow and David Brinkley.
NBC's "Meet the Press" isn't exactly the cutting edge of journalism these days, but on yesterday's episode, host Chuck Todd said something really, really insightful.
During a panel discussion about how and why the US public is so cynical about our corporate-owned media, Todd told comedian Lewis Black that if he "barks" at politicians - AKA asks them tough questions - they won't come back on his show.
Amazing, right?
The host of probably the most influential Sunday show in the country basically admitted that he won't do hard-hitting interviews because he knows that lying politicians will refuse to come back on his show if he calls out their lies. And, for a show like "Meet the Press," if no politician will come on the air, there's no show. (Source)
During a panel discussion about how and why the US public is so cynical about our corporate-owned media, Todd told comedian Lewis Black that if he "barks" at politicians - AKA asks them tough questions - they won't come back on his show.
Amazing, right?
The host of probably the most influential Sunday show in the country basically admitted that he won't do hard-hitting interviews because he knows that lying politicians will refuse to come back on his show if he calls out their lies. And, for a show like "Meet the Press," if no politician will come on the air, there's no show. (Source)
My wife used to love Sunday news programs, but I have never been all that interested in them. But this bugs me. I'm not sure that he's right, I think that they would still get people on the show, but I'm guessing that the higher ups at the network are very happy that he thinks this way. The public is generally too dumb to know what the pressing issue really is, and is oblivious to the fact that this puts the media and those that they are supposed to cover in bed together.
Journalistic integrity just isn't what it used to be, and the Internet, which was supposed to bring down big media and give rise to citizen journalists, just doesn't have the resources or discipline to step into the void.
RIP Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow and David Brinkley.
