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Chuck Todd — once the face of Sunday TV as moderator of Meet the Press — has quietly been reassessing his perch in the media class, and conservatives should be paying attention. Todd left NBC earlier this year and has since shown up in interviews and media rounds where he no longer reflexively protects the Democratic machine.
One clip circulating on conservative channels captures Todd debating the Democrats’ “core mistake” and trading barbs with Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty, a reminder that even establishment insiders are admitting what the rest of us already know: the party elite lost touch with the voters. Newsmax has pushed Finnerty into prime time because he speaks plainly to millions of Americans who are fed up with elite spin.
Todd’s candor about media failures has been striking to watch. He’s admitted that parts of the press corps “carried water” for Democratic leaders and failed to call out the obvious when it mattered, a rare bit of honesty from someone who spent years inside the system. That admission is vindication for conservatives who have long argued that the mainstream media protects its favored party.
Rob Finnerty didn’t back down either — that’s the point. Newsmax has been building an alternative news ecosystem where hosts actually challenge both parties instead of patting the ruling class on the head, and Finnerty’s rise to primetime shows Americans want straight talk, not the old Beltway cover-ups. When Newsmax books heavy hitters and forces them to answer for their record, viewers win.
Make no mistake: the “core mistake” label isn’t new coming from Chuck Todd. He used the phrase before in the context of foreign policy and planning failures, and it’s telling that a journalistic insider reaches for the same blunt language about Democratic strategy and messaging today. If even old-guard journalists are using that phrase, conservatives should amplify it relentlessly.
This moment is an opportunity. Republicans and conservative media should stop being shy about pointing out the rot — from failed messaging to media complicity — and turn these admissions into policy and political consequences. Voters deserve elected officials who listen, not elites who lecture and act surprised when their agenda collapses at the ballot box.
Patriots who work for a living can smell the condescension a mile away, and Chuck Todd’s recent switch from protector to critic only confirms what we’ve long known: the ruling class is out of touch and their allies in the press enabled the decline. It’s time to press that advantage, demand answers, and make sure the next chapter belongs to the American people, not the coastal elites.
