Chuck Todd apologized on air for ‘Meet the Press’ mistake

“Meet the Press” made a big mistake on Sunday. They made a big apology on Tuesday.

During Sunday’s show, moderator Chuck Todd set up a panel discussion by showing a clip of Attorney General William Barr on CBS. Barr was asked how his recommendation of dropping charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn will be remembered. On the clip, Barr said, “Well, history is written by the winners so it largely depends on who is writing the history.”

That’s where the clip was cut off and where Todd asked panelist Peggy Noonan about Barr’s cynicism. Todd added, “It’s a correct answer, but he’s the attorney general. He didn’t make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this is a political job.”

The fact of the matter is, if “Meet the Press” had run the full clip, it would have shown that Barr did say he believed he was upholding the law. He said exactly what Todd claimed he didn’t.

On Tuesday’s “MTP Daily” on MSNBC (and his first TV appearance since Sunday), Todd addressed the issue by first explaining what had happened. Then he continued.