Frankly, we didn’t think much of anything when we saw Chuck Todd’s tweets scroll past, aside from a vague suspicion he was just warming up for the day he’d have to make the big jump and type the words “President Trump” for real.
Donald
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016
Trump
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016
It turns out, though, that NBC News’ political director was conducting a social media experiment — one that elicited some angry reactions, to his amusement.
Amusing to read the angry tweets about my experiment.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016
Rest assured, there was a point to the whole thing, although some news would have been appreciated instead.
Point of my last two tweets was to prove how folks on social media just jump to conclusions without really caring about the content
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/Dantastic99/status/806261635123965958
It’s science, stupid!
.@chucktodd I just assumed you butt tweeted.
— Heather Shields (@HeatherEShields) December 6, 2016
The experiment sounds kind of interesting, we suppose. It’s like when media outlets like NBC News jump to conclusions and rush out a piece to support the desired narrative without really caring about the content or the facts.
uh… yeah no that didn't really prove anything
— "Justin is the best" – Bill(y) Gates (@JustinOArnold) December 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/dgmcdowell/status/806267946368634886
https://twitter.com/ClariseTushie/status/806261871544303616
.@chucktodd Could you explain 'jump to conclusions' vs. 'retweet or like without regard to content'? Not the same thing.
— Barbara J King (@bjkingape) December 6, 2016
Looks more like word association rather than conclusion jumping.
— Scooter (@scootey) December 6, 2016
wants to share a teachable moment. Notice how he always appoints himself teacher? Problem is u have to earn that title.
— Marc Conrad (@conrad_marc) December 6, 2016
Not sure you can conclude anything – less than 0.01% of your followers responded – try some other words though – could be fun
— Michael Dreyer (@MichaelDreyer) December 6, 2016
yikes, that's how you're spending your day?
— Thomas (@foolerytommy) December 6, 2016
More proof that mainstream media does Not even care about content.That's why your work is not relevant.
— PaintingTheEarth (@paintingearth) December 6, 2016
well that was a pretty strange experiment. Ah journalism RIP.
— LYNN – I would like you to do us a favor though (@lynnfromnyc) December 6, 2016
We have time for one last question …
So what is your point
— Razor (@Firepower11) December 6, 2016
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