The move is an effort by NBC News President Deborah Turness to restore passion and insider cred to a network treasure that has been adrift since the death in 2008 of the irreplaceable Tim Russert.I am LMFAO! Meet the Press will go from awful to worse.
I don't see how Chuck Todd, who once said 'it's not a reporters job to educate the public with facts when Republicans lie' will possibly be able bring Meet the Press out of it's Sunday morning death spiral.
From Talking Points Memo:
During a segment on "Morning Joe," former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) speculated that most opponents of the Affordable Care Act have been fed erroneous information about the law. Todd said that Republicans "have successfully messaged against it" but he disagrees with those who argue that the media should educate the public on the law. According to Todd, that's President Barack Obama's job.Yeah, I get that it was hard to replace Tim Russert because Russert held his guest's feet to the fire and rarely let rhetoric get in the way of Russert educating his viewers with facts."But more importantly, it would be stuff [LIES] that Republicans have successfully messaged against it," Todd told Rendell. "They don't repeat the other stuff [TRUTH] because they haven't even heard the Democratic message. What I always love is people say, 'Well, it's you folks' fault in the media.' No, it's the President of the United States' fault for not selling it."