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As Anchors Change at ABC and MSNBC, Will Executives Ignore Diversity Again?

Eric Deggans | Posted 12.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Msnbc, George Stephanopoulos, NBC News, Gwen Ifill, This Week, TV News, ABC News, Diane Sawyer, Diversity, Good Morning America, Tv News Anchors, Media News
Eric Deggans

Until you work on these issues, it's hard to appreciate how difficult it is to diversify newsrooms. But it's time for TV outlets to cast their gaze beyond the usual suspects.

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Chuck Todd, Savannah Guthrie Launching "Daily Rundown," 9AM Show On MSNBC

Posted 12.14.2009 | Media

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Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie, NBC News' two White House Correspondents, are launching a 9AM show on MSNBC called "Daily Rundown," the Washington Po...

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Amy Winehouse (boobs), Tracy Morgan (butts) and Miss Pole Dance, The Week in Review

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment

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Trish Kinney

I thought it would be fun to peruse the Huffington Post at the end of the week to see what's up on the site and what stories got the most attention. So here goes.

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Chuck Todd Not Shaving Goatee After All [UPDATED]

Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

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UPDATE: Chuck Todd is keeping the goatee, after all. Todd has chosen instead to donate $1,000 to both his charity — Samaritan Inns — and ...

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Kathleen Sebelius Lectures Chuck Todd For Not Sneezing Correctly During Briefing (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was outraged when NBC political correspondent Chuck Todd had the temerity to sneeze during her b...

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One Year Ago: When Peggy Noonan Hailed Palin in Print, Then Got Caught Trashing Her on "Open-Mic"

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

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Greg Mitchell

Talk about flip flops! It was exactly one year ago today that Noonan suffered her infamous "open-mic" disaster at MSNBC during coverage of the GOP convention.

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The Public Option is Popular, Moral and Inexpensive, Therefore it Must Die

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Chuck Todd, Cbo, Obamacare, Public Option, Maria Bartiromo, David Brooks, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Cable News, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
Bob Cesca

There's no ambiguity about it. The public option is resoundingly popular, fiscally conservative and morally sound. It's centrist, it's liberal, it's conservative. Unless you don't believe in, you know, numbers.

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Sahil Kapur

Jeremy Scahill Slams Chuck Todd, Media, Congress Over Blackwater On "Real Time With Bill Maher" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill sparred with NBC political director Chuck Todd on Friday, forcefully criticizing journalists and lawmakers for treading lightly on Blac...

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Sam Stein

NBC To Test Public Option As Choice And Alternative In Next Survey

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Critics who called out the NBC poll for excising the word "choice" from its question about a public option for health insurance will be happier by nex...

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Sen. Grassley: GOP Support For My Plan More Important Than What's In The Plan

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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In an interview today On MSNBC Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley -- of recent Death Panel fame -- laid out what was most importan...

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Obama Sits Down With NBC News' Chuck Todd (WATCH LIVE VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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President Obama held an event Wednesday in hard-hit Elkhart, Indiana. He discussed the economy and made an announcement about stimulus money: $2.4 bil...

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Obama's Unwords Begone II

Jerry Weissman | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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Jerry Weissman

To maintain his trademark cool demeanor and to abolish his unwords, the president would do well to insert more pauses in his answers -- and to avoid Chuck Todd.

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Friday Talking Points [87] -- A Tale Of Two Houses

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.

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Colbert Takes On Cheney And Chuck Todd Over Torture Investigations (VIDEO)

Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy

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Stephen Colbert used his segment "The Word" last night to mock detractors of investigating the Bush administration for torture. He singled out Fox's S...

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Chuck Todd: Media Has "Created This Drama" That Obama Is Struggling With Health Care (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

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NBC News' Chuck Todd aptly critiqued the media coverage of President Obama's health care push on Monday, saying that standard legislative battles are ...

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Jason Linkins

Chuck Todd And Glenn Greenwald Debate Torture And The Media

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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I've been remiss in not following up on the podcast discussion that Salon's Glenn Greenwald and MSNBC's Chuck Todd gave yesterday, that I previewed on...

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Jason Linkins

Chuck Todd And Glenn Greenwald To Debate Torture Investigations (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

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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 Green...

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Sarah Palin Goes Full Tilt

Mario Almonte | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Mario Almonte

The biggest mystery about Sarah Palin's abrupt and droll decision to resign as governor of Alaska is why the media should think there is anything mysterious about it at all.

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Todd Purdum Discusses His Vanity Fair Article On Palin: "Desperate" Decision That Revealed McCain's "Appalling Egotism" To His Staffers

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

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Todd Purdum was a guest on 'Hardball" tonight to discuss his mammoth 10,000-word Vanity Fair article on Sarah Palin and her involvement in the McCain ...

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Chuck Todd Interviews Robert Gibbs On "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Health Care Reform, Stimulus (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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NBC's Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd, filling for Chris Matthews as host of "Hardball" tonight, conducted a lengthy interview with White H...

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Chris Matthews And "Hardball" Panel Examine If There's A '2012 Republican Curse' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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Republicans just can't seem to catch a break as another one of their leading candidates to challenge President Obama in 2012, South Carolina Governor ...

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"Morning Joe" Crew Cracks Up Over "Pearl Necklace" Mention (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media

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Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist, Chuck Todd, and Harold Ford lost their composure over Mike Barnicle's comment about a "pearl necklace" on "Morning Joe"...

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If Ayotte Runs in NH, It's a Sign Democrats Have Electoral Problems Holding Senate/House Seats in 2010

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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Jennifer Donahue

New Hampshire tends to be about two years ahead of the national electoral party trend and 2010 could prove to tip the balance of power for New Hampshire Democrats.

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White House Correspondent FACEOFF: Who's YOUR Favorite? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media

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It doesn't hurt to have a pretty face or a smooth voice deliver the bad news from Washington. But not all these faces are pretty or smooth. Feast you...

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Chuck Todd To Write Book About Obama Administration

The New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

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The Observer has learned that Chuck Todd--the defiantly goateed newsman who serves as the chief White House correspondent and political director for N...

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