Chuck Todd: GOP Candidates Launched ‘Premeditated Attack’ Against Debate Moderators

Newsbusters ^ | Kyle Drennan

[markomalley]

Despite the incredibly biased performance of the moderators of CNBC’s Republican presidential debate, on Thursday’s NBC Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd portrayed his business network colleagues as victims of a GOP plot: “Look, in many ways this was a premeditated attack. There had been some leaked ideas that, you know, beforehand, they were going to go after the moderators and say, ‘Hey, the Democrats didn't get questions like this,’ and they determined this before the debate even started.”

Todd made that accusation in response to co-host Savannah Guthrie observing: “...the media was the opponent not on the stage right with them but, clearly, a big part of this debate. Fairly or unfairly, this is a winning strategy for candidates.”

[Qwackertoo]

So Says F Chuck Todd who has specially made DNC knee pads.

[bray]

Sounds like the establishmedia is a little thin skinned?

Pray America wakes

[Bryan24]

Well, Chuck, what do you think the “moderators” were doing? The candidates were just fighting back.

[Robert DeLong]

That would have required the candidates to know the questions being asked before hand. So even if it were true, CNBC gave them the ammunition to plan that premeditated attack since the questions were lame.

The bottom line is these people will throw out anything since they know so many of their idiot supporters will buy into anything.

[Paladin2]

F Chuck wants to attract the mob to improve his ratings?

[John W]

Chuck Todd is an ass.

[RossA]

Is anyone organizing a Fire Harwood or Boycott CNBC movement? Why not both?

[dforest]

Uh huh, yeah, that is because all those candidates KNEW the foul questions were going to be asked by the CNBC JV team. /sarc

[dynoman]

“the media was the opponent”

And the moderators viewed the candidates as the opponent. That’s the root cause, and why the candidates viewed the media as the opponent.

[mylife]

Awwww..... F. Chucks **ssy hurts...

[SteveH]

if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

harry s truman

[Don Corleone]

Right out of the Alynsky playbook

[x]

Chuck Todd is on NBC -- part of the same outfit as CNBC, which hosted the debate.

Did he declare that connection? Did his host or the other commentator (from MSNBC -- part of the same company)?

[McGruff]

I don't know how these people sleep at night.

[timestax]

[clamper1797]

They don’t

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Hahahahahaha!!!!

[jeffersondem]

You know for sure the lame stream media knows they have been hurt when they trot Todd out to say the lamestream boys and girls were ambushed . . . just minding their own business when the conspirators struck without provocation. I love it.

[Exit148]

Playing the “best defense/offense” game, Chuck”