Just days after media outlets linked arms in solidarity to denounce the banning of a CNN White House correspondent, NBC News’ Chuck Todd slammed The Daily Caller as a “troll farm.”
The Political Director for NBC News stepped in to defend NBC reporter Ken Dilanian after he was called out on Twitter for complaining that President Trump called on Daily Caller reporter Saagar Enjeti during a press conference Monday.
Dilanian had tweeted about the “pet media” and followed up with what he deemed an example of the president’s preferential treatment of news outlets because he “actually called on the Daily Caller.”
Prediction: The president’s pet media organizations and reporters will profess shock, and the rest of us will keep focused on the crucial question of whether the Trump campaign conspired with a foreign attack on our democracy. https://t.co/vh1ojF5dXg
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 30, 2018
What was I saying earlier about Trump’s pet media. He actually called on the Daily Caller. Next up: Sputnik.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 30, 2018
Todd backed him up a few hours later, and was also called out when someone highlighted his “double standards.”
Don’t use the phrase “pet media” on the day we’ve been introduced to “Bigfoot erotica”
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) July 30, 2018
Media claims it’s horrific when @POTUS supporters critique the media. You scream “death of free press” & “putting journalists at risk.” But then @chucktodd is fine with attacks on news outlets that don’t share his Liberal world view. Double standards are Chucky’s only standards.
— Doug E Fresh (@dgerstner33) July 30, 2018
Todd’s reply raised plenty of eyebrows on Twitter.
Oh please. There are news organizations and troll farms. Learn the difference.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) July 30, 2018
One Twitter user took a trip down the “solidarity” memory lane, recalling last week’s incident when CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins was disinvited from a Rose Garden event after she refused to leave the Oval Office when the press pool was being escorted out.
Solidarity Part 2 ( bonus appearance from Chuck Todd ) pic.twitter.com/JEWvkv6HlZ
— BT (@back_ttys) July 31, 2018
Political Director of NBC trying to deligitimize a media outlet seems kind of newsworthy.
— BT (@back_ttys) July 31, 2018
Todd was also schooled on Collins’ background as a Daily Caller alumnus.
Don’t tell Chuck where Kaitlin Collins used to work. https://t.co/d3uz20fIbF
— BT (@back_ttys) July 31, 2018
You must be ok with @kaitlancollins getting thrown out then. Since she used to work for a troll farm and all.
— Cocaine Mitch, Supreme Court whisperer (@JD_235) July 31, 2018
Also, Kaitlin Collins literally used to work at the Daily Caller!!! Does that make her a “troll farm” reporter?? The hypocrisy from you people is astonishing. https://t.co/HHoCnfl89e
— Joe S (@JosephS2424) July 31, 2018
The slam of the conservative news outlet came just one week after Dilanian was scolded by MSNBC’s Katy Tur for referring to Fox News and The Daily Caller as journalists: “Don’t use that term,” she told him.
so @KatyTurNBC thinks my colleagues @DailyCaller like @ChuckRossDC and i aren’t journalists because we sometimes dare to question the things that they report. when has @DailyCaller ever made a mistake this big @KatyTurNBC?https://t.co/ZON2OUex0D pic.twitter.com/mIXn7BkBH2
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) July 23, 2018
Todd’s “elitist attitude” was blasted on Twitter after users raked him and his cohorts over the coals for their bias. It seems viewers have no problem distinguishing between real news and “troll farms” like The Daily Caller thanks to experts like Todd.
Hey Chuck, we have.
Pay attention.
— Chicken World (@rowdyrr9) July 30, 2018
Daily Caller is real news. People HATE this elitist attitude, Todd. Keep it up. ?
— worthyjoe ?? (@worthyjoe) July 31, 2018
Really @Chucktodd—@DailyCaller isn’t part of the press? https://t.co/rIZcC3hvOZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 31, 2018
Let’s break down his comment.
“It’s ‘real’ when it’s on our side”.
— Charlie Santana-Collins (@DoctorPiccoloMD) July 31, 2018
Chuck’s mad cause conservative-leaning news organizations are being let in the room. https://t.co/fI2O6YlvsG
— Swearengen (@Camelback71) July 31, 2018
Conduct yourself in a way that the difference is noticeable.
— Notcher Beeswax (@NotcherBeeswax) July 31, 2018
What are the odds that @brianstelter will include this “attack on the free press” in the next addition of his “news”letter? Zero to NONE. What a bunch of flaming hypocrites you all are.
— JenniferW (@JenWoodruff79) July 31, 2018
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