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'Meet the Press’ Host Chuck Todd Takes Heat for Airing ‘Offensive’ Gun Video
The Wrap ^ | June 21, 2015

Posted on 06/21/2015 6:15:20 PM PDT by SMGFan

“Nothing is without context, Chuck Todd. Airing a substandard segment at possibly the worst time was a terrible decision,” one Twitter user complains

Chuck Todd is defending a segment on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” that featured black prison inmates discussing their regrets over past gun violence.

While some have praised the video, many more social media users complained it had no place in a debate about the tragic deaths of nine African-American churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina at the hands of an alleged white supremacist.

As part of its coverage of the Charleston church massacre, Todd introduced a video featuring convicted murderers at the infamous Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, talking about how they never meant to kill anyone when they grabbed a gun.

“The circumstances you are about to see are very different from the racist violence in Charleston,” Todd explained. “In this case, the inmates are African-American that you’re going to hear from. But their lessons remain important.”

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No sympathy for Chuck from me.
1 posted on 06/21/2015 6:15:20 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Chuck Schmuck!


2 posted on 06/21/2015 6:18:07 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: SMGFan

Chuck Todd

Brian Williams

Andrea Mitchell

Oh, never mind.


3 posted on 06/21/2015 6:46:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SMGFan

He looks like the gopher in Caddy Shack.


4 posted on 06/21/2015 6:47:52 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SMGFan

Up Chuck


5 posted on 06/21/2015 7:07:59 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: SMGFan
Will more black people be murdered this year by other black people, or by unemployable racist losers with bowl haircuts?

Leave Chuck Todd alone!!!

6 posted on 06/21/2015 7:40:25 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: SMGFan

Thuck Codd


7 posted on 06/21/2015 7:53:57 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf ;-))
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To: SMGFan

4 African Americans were killed and at least 22 were wounded in Chicago this weekend. Not a peep out of them MSM. Why? Doesn’t fit the narrative.

/#BlackLivesMatter #OnlyIfPoliticallyUsefulToDemocrats


8 posted on 06/21/2015 8:09:21 PM PDT by piytar (Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
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As I noted on another thread on this subject, the irony runs thick here with F. Chuck being hoisted on his own petard by his peeps. Gives me a warm feeling inside...


9 posted on 06/21/2015 8:13:39 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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