Bret Baier Shuts Down Chuck Todd’s Weak Attack with One Line [WATCH]

Former NBC News anchor Chuck Todd took a swipe at Fox News’ Bret Baier during an appearance on The Bulwark podcast, claiming Baier has shifted his approach to journalism and now resembles Fox News commentator Sean Hannity.

Todd suggested Baier is more concerned with securing “tee time with the president” than maintaining journalistic integrity.

Todd, who previously hosted Meet the Press, criticized cable news and claimed he had “given up” on it as a reliable source of information.

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During the discussion, he lamented that certain journalists had not reciprocated his past support when they faced professional criticism.

“I’ve handed my credibility to a handful of journalists over there who’ve never reciprocated when times were tough. When times were tough for them, I went out of my way to defend a couple of them,” Todd said.

Without directly naming Baier, Todd referenced a prominent Fox News personality who, in his view, had changed course in recent years.

“Certainly, we’ve seen the evolution of one of their larger news personalities go from trying really hard to follow in Brit Hume’s footsteps. And suddenly they — [he] looks more like Sean Hannity every day,” Todd said.

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Todd concluded his remarks by suggesting Baier was now more focused on personal perks than journalistic integrity.

“Instead, he now just wants to have tee time with the president,” Todd said. “I hope he enjoys it.”

Baier was asked about Todd’s remarks on Thursday and responded with a calm yet pointed rebuttal.

HOST: “And you take a fair amount of heat for this. Chuck Todd, a, I don’t know, ex-friend of yours said, ‘I thought he actually cared about being a journalist first and wanting to walk that line, and now he just wants to have tee time with the president.’”

BAIER: “Yeah, that’s interesting. I don’t know what prompted Chuck to do that. I have an interview to do with the UK prime minister today. I don’t know what he’s doing.”

Baier’s response, which was met with laughter, underscored the stark contrast between his ongoing role as a journalist and Todd’s current status outside of major media platforms.

Baier went on to defend his approach to covering the news, explaining that off-the-record conversations with figures like President Donald Trump are part of the job.

“I think my focus is, you know, what I said, covering the news. If I have off-the-record conversations in moments with President Trump, I think any journalist would want to get in his mind of what’s next. Things are going a million miles an hour, just to give some perspective off the record. So I don’t think that’s true,” Baier stated.

He also referenced how Fox News had been among the first to cover concerns about President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities, despite being accused of pushing “cheap fake” videos at the time.

“As I’ve said, we’ve covered a lot of things that we were first on. You know, the cognitive questions about President Biden. We were told we were running cheap fake videos,” Baier added.

.@BretBaier responds to comments from @chucktodd: “I don’t know what promoted Chuck to do that. I have an interview to do with the U.K. Prime Minister today. So, I don’t know what he’s doing.” pic.twitter.com/t4gCYSF1T3

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Baier’s remarks also touched on the broader issue of media bias and how different networks handled coverage of Biden’s cognitive decline.

He alluded to figures like CNN’s Jake Tapper, who once dismissed concerns about Biden’s mental state but later shifted focus, even writing a book about Biden’s struggles.

Baier’s measured response stands in contrast to Todd’s criticism.

While Todd now spends his time making comments on The Bulwark podcast, Baier continues to conduct interviews with world leaders, demonstrating where each journalist currently stands in the media landscape.

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