CNN: Malaysian Air 370 24/7

NBC's Chuck Todd takes aim at CNN

By DYLAN BYERS | Politico.com
3/21/14 8:47 AM EDT

NBC News political director and chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd publicly criticized CNN this week for its relentless use of the "breaking news" chyron on stories related to missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

"Another day of 'breaking news' based on finding nothing or in other words, 'not breaking news,'" Todd, who also hosts MSNBC's "Daily Rundown," wrote on Twitter on Friday morning.

"I know it may look like I am casting stones while potentially living in a glass house. But the mistakes of one news org hurts ALL of us," he wrote. "Then it becomes 'the media' is abusing 'breaking news' — no it's not 'the media' in general."

A day earlier, Todd took to Twitter to ask, "Wait, so when did finding NOTHING get characterized as 'breaking news'?" He also noted that Daily Rundown was "VERY judicious with the 'breaking news' banner." We "want it to actually MEAN something," he wrote.

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