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Chuck Todd.
VIDEO: Chuck Todd's arguments against investigations of Bush torture crimes
The Political Carnival —
... Please read this piece by Glenn Greenwald . I won't do it the injustice of butchering it and posting a few excerpts, because Greenwald's responses need to be read in full: ...
Chuck Todd And Glenn Greenwald To Debate Torture Investigations (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Salon's Glenn Greenwald called out MSNBC's Chuck Todd at great length Wednesday for a segment Todd participated in on Morning Joe in which, per Greenwald, "everyone agreed without question that investigations were a ridiculous distraction from what really matters and would be terribly unfair." Based on my experience, Chuck and Glenn are both very decent fellows, and they've apparently agreed to work it all out in a podcast interview, which I'm sure will be a high-quality discussion. That said, I have to take issue with Todd on this score: ...
Journalmalism
Suburban Guerrilla —
Glennzilla on White House beat reporter spokesperson Chuck Todd.
I’d like to ask Chuck Todd: if Bush had John Yoo write a memo opining that it was perfectly legal for Bush to deploy hit squads within the U.S. to assassinate American citizens without any due process, would it be wrong to investigate and prosecute that, too, on the ground that everyone had permission slips from a DOJ lawyer and that’s just what lawyers do?
NBC White House 'Reporter' Chuck Todd: Torture Investigation Little More Than 'Cable Catnip'
The BRAD BLOG —
... And now MSNBC offers another egregious example of corporate media failure --- in this case, again, "inside the beltway" corporate media failure --- in their "coverage" of such a possible investigation/prosecution. Glenn Greenwald is, as usual, a must read here beginning this way on Wednesday... ...
Remainders: Greenwald vs. Todd
Michael Calderone's Blog —
Google: Newspapers can always opt out of search.
Newsweek fires staffers over email.
Todd talks to Greenwald for 30 min, after being criticized yesterday.
TVNewser: Roesgen out at CNN; had slammed tea parties. (Fox Nation cheers).
Kushner, Trump engaged -- announcement over Twitter.
Stop Me Before I Politicize Again!
Obsidian Wings —
... Glenn Greenwald has had an interesting back and forth with Chuck Todd about comments Todd made on MSNBC's Morning Joe, in which he said, among other things, that the question whether torture should be investigated were "cable catnip" that threatens to distract us from important issues, and that it is "very dangerous" to investigate such things. You can read his comments and watch the video here. The transcript of Glenn's subsequent podcast with Todd is ...
Stop Me Before I Politicize Again!
Political Animal —
Stop Me Before I Politicize Again! Glenn Greenwald has had an interesting back and forth with Chuck Todd about comments Todd made on MSNBC's Morning Joe, in which he said, among other things, that the question whether torture should be investigated were "cable catnip" that threatens to distract us from important issues, and that it is "very dangerous" to investigate such things. You can read his comments and watch the video here . The transcript of Glenn's subsequent podcast with Todd is ...
Hullabaloo — ... and oppose investigations and prosecutions too, it seems they're genuinely unreflective and uninformed as well. Take a look at Glenn Greenwald's conversation with Chuck Todd on ...
