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NBC’s Chuck Todd blames distrust of media on ‘conservative echo chamber,’ not ‘fact’

There are two shocking things about the statement Chuck Todd blurted out yesterday on Meet the Press, the flagship NBC News program he hosts.  One is that he said it, and the other is that he probably believes it.

The video is below.  Here is the relevant portion of the exchange between Todd and veteran columnist David Broder via Grabien:

I think one of the best things going in Donald Trump’s favor— we know this— is the mainstream media. I hate to say it. I know I’m sitting on a Meet the Press roundtable, but the truth of the matter is 62% think the media is biased. So in other words, if you look at the approval ratings of Donald Trump versus the approval rating of the media—

(OVERTALK)

CHUCK TODD: The conservative echo chamber created that environment. It’s not— no. No. No. No. It has been a tactic and a tool of the Roger Ailes created echo chamber.

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