1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Licht just seems to be there to turn the network into right wing gruel, and still can't even do that as successfully as intended.

I read that some other Zaslav flunky has been assigned to CNN now alongside Licht. 

What's truly Kafkaesque is how deluded he seems about himself and his views, and how when challenged to drill down in what he's actually saying about 'truth' and 'moderation' he just cycles back around to doublespeak. What he means is his desire to espouse conservative Republican views, but as someone who spent years working for Colbert and probably considers himself a liberal he can't fully admit that to himself or the entire game collapses. Same with his dancing around the topics of trans rights and his strange COVID beliefs - he doesn't want to fully articulate what he is trying to say. That would ruin things and make him realize he's just mouthing more of the same right-wing apologia as Joe Rogan and Dave Chappelle.

Say what one will about the awful Zaslav and his sweater vests but at least he seems to know who he is. Licht is willfully clueless. And there were many valid reasons to fire Don Lemon, but being one of few prominent and outspoken gay and Black voices in media who could speak to what Trump and his kind are actually doing to people like him on-camera was not one of them.

Edited June 3, 20232 yr by Vee

 

Chuck Todd is out. Thank goodness.

 

Todd must have done a lot of damage to the network to get the heave-ho at this stage.

4 minutes ago, marceline said:

Chuck Todd is out. Thank goodness.

 

I agree, lol!  I'm just sorry that Chuck Todd will leave behind a show that he has helped tarnish with his utter refusal to speak truth to power when the viewers and the nation needed it.

NBC seems to generally be the type of network where the majority of their hosts tend to leave by being carried out feet first.

4 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Todd must have done a lot of damage to the network to get the heave-ho at this stage.

I smell a sexual harassment allegation or several coming.

 

Rumors of Chuck Todd's dismissal have been around for years, so I doubt it was in response to any recent crisis.

I wonder who will take his place?  MSNBC seems like a good source of hosts.  Joy Reid is good in a debate, but has a problematic past on social media.  Nicole Wallace took over Chuck's cable gig, but she is not very confrontational without a panel.  It seems like a perfect job for Rachel Maddow who wants to work fewer hours, has a soothing aura for a Sunday morning, and it would be nice to get some LGBTQ representation on Sundays. 

I remember reading Todd's predecessor David Gregory's memoir because his story of leaving NBC always stuck out to me.  He described his embarrassment that not only did nobody fight for him to stay at the network, but nobody was sad to see him go.  He knew his lack of impulse control when it came to anger had gotten the best of him, and it was a moment of clarity that he had to change his relationship to his workplace.  Good lesson to learn, ever if it is too late sometimes...

Edited June 4, 20232 yr by j swift

This seems very abrupt. I wonder WTF happened this time. But yes, to be clear I am rejoicing.

Edited June 4, 20232 yr by Vee

37 minutes ago, j swift said:

Rumors of Chuck Todd's dismissal have been around for years, so I doubt it was in response to any recent crisis.

I wonder who will take his place?  MSNBC seems like a good source of hosts.  Joy Reid is good in a debate, but has a problematic past on social media.  Nicole Wallace took over Chuck's cable gig, but she is not very confrontational without a panel.  It seems like a perfect job for Rachel Maddow who wants to work fewer hours, has a soothing aura for a Sunday morning, and it would be nice to get some LGBTQ representation on Sundays. 

I remember reading Todd's predecessor David Gregory's memoir because his story of leaving NBC always stuck out to me.  He described his embarrassment that not only did nobody fight for him to stay at the network, but nobody was sad to see him go.  He knew his lack of impulse control when it came to anger had gotten the best of him, and it was a moment of clarity that he had to change his relationship to his workplace.  Good lesson to learn, ever if it is too late sometimes...

In this video announcement at the end of the show, he already told us that it is Kristen Welker.  He is still there through the summer.  Welker takes over in September.

Edited June 4, 20232 yr by Vee

There's some irony that George Stephanopolous is now the token white dude on Sunday morning.

#letthemfight

 

I noticed that Todd was more confrontational with Republicans in recent months. I wonder if that is why he is going, or if he knew he was on the way out and stopped caring.