Former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd told Newsmax Friday that one of the greatest failures of mainstream journalism in recent years was the decision to de-platform President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots — a move he said worsened polarization and damaged trust in the media.
“Well, I think the biggest mistake legacy media made was de-platforming Donald Trump,” Todd said in an interview on Newsmax’s “Finnerty.”
“I think the reaction post-January 6th of suddenly saying anybody who was on the other side of that issue wouldn’t certify the election and de-platforming him off of Twitter and Facebook — now X, of course — it made everything worse because what happened,” Todd added.
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