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What started as a firestorm on Twitter, turned into an angry petition and by noon on Wednesday more than 1,000 progressives had called NBC’s Washington bureau to tell people just how mad they were at Chuck Todd.<\/p>\n
The NBC political director’s transgression: In a statement on\u00c2\u00a0Morning Joe<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0last week, Todd said it’s not the media’s job<\/a> to correct Republican misinformation about the Affordable Care Act. Liberals don’t agree<\/a>, and, where members of this crowd would usually focus their attacks on "lies" spread by Fox News<\/em> or various right-wing personalities, Todd’s comment had them turning on a mainstream pundit.<\/p>\n The backlash is considerable. Nicole Belle, editor of the progressive blog CrooksandLiars.com,<\/em> launched a petition on CREDOMobilize.com <\/em>urging the president of NBC News to issue a public apology. The petition has garnered more than 133,000 signatures<\/a> since it was posted last week. Another effort, encouraging activists to call NBC headquarters, has inspired more than 1,500 phone calls<\/a>.<\/p>\n via Homepage http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/politics\/liberals-turn-on-liberal-media-20130926<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What started as a firestorm on Twitter, turned into an angry petition and by noon on Wednesday more than 1,000 progressives had called NBC’s Washington bureau to tell people just how mad they were at Chuck Todd. The NBC political director’s transgression: In a statement on\u00c2\u00a0Morning Joe\u00c2\u00a0last week, Todd said it’s not the media’s job … <\/p>\n