# Chuck Todd is OUT! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 5, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034 "2023-06-05T12:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/41 "2023-06-14T00:47:26Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > And Tim Russert, as nice a guy as I’m sure he was, had a face that I just wanted to punch. I can’t exactly say why. I wonder if it’s the resemblance to one of those punching dummies. [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1050/9418/products/BOB_XL_grande.jpeg) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1050/9418/products/BOB_XL_grande.jpeg) [![](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMVOot-1mDE7iqxRGcuCLop_DSInFUHEyff8mhsRPR0XmRGHjEQ5TNQWYESyNn-pidhjNEXfSpucD9LNQ) ](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMVOot-1mDE7iqxRGcuCLop_DSInFUHEyff8mhsRPR0XmRGHjEQ5TNQWYESyNn-pidhjNEXfSpucD9LNQ) ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/42 "2023-06-14T00:48:51Z")
Agreed that Matthews was not an especially good interviewer. The overtalking did get old, and fast. (My wife used to watch MSNBC a lot–I didn’t usually pay close attention, but couldn’t help picking up on some of what was going on.) Todd was better, but as others have said he had a tendency to cave awfully quickly–I remember Ted Cruz walking all over him at one point, persistently refusing to answer any questions and Todd just seeming unable to control the narrative in any way. I get that he wanted Republicans to continue to appear on the show, but I still think he could have done a better job. Rachel Maddow was a fine interviewer, as long as the interviewee agreed with her approximately 100%. --That being said, they did have some better interviewers as hosts–Katy Tur, Joy Reid, and Chris Hayes all spring to mind–who seemed to avoid the limitations of Matthews, Todd, and Maddow. Just my two cents. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/43 "2023-06-25T16:43:09Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I never quite got the hate for Chuck Todd. Maybe this latest Twitter thread by political analyst Norm Ornstein will begin your education:[read all the comments. They’re enlightening.](https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1672984357911289856) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/44 "2023-06-25T19:32:43Z")
I liked the comment that called Chuck Todd the “Jay Leno of political interviewing.” Accurate and stinging. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/45 "2023-07-01T23:38:35Z")
Kind of a nasty thing to say about Leno. He’s bland, not edgy, anodyne, but Todd is an offensive asshole. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/46 "2023-07-04T00:57:07Z")
A typical night in the Todd household. Mrs. Todd: “Damn, I burnt the toast.” Chuck: “That’s got to be bad news for Democrats.” Scared to ask tough questions of Republicans, lets them spew their false talking points unchallenged, and a devout disciple of bothesidesism. He was never fit to take the torch from Tim Russert. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/47 "2023-07-04T01:29:04Z")
Todd was boring. Won’t miss him, can barely remember him even though I’ve seen him on Meet the Press and other news shows many times. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034/48 "2023-07-04T22:40:06Z")
Todd who? And empty bloviator if ever there was one. Good riddance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-todd-is-out/985034.md?page=2)