
<p>What role should media outlets play in dealing with political messaging from the government? A couple of stories over the last 24 hours raise that question, which NBC's Chuck Todd attempted to answer in regard to ObamaCare. [Note: The video is not embeddable.] TPM titled the clip in question, "It's Not Media's Job to Correct GOP's ObamaCare Falsehoods," which is the general assumption carried into the discussion but as Twitchy notes, isn't exactly what Todd said, either:</p><p>Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell: "If you took ten people from different parts of the country who say they're against the bill, and sat them down, I'd love to have ten minutes with them and say, "tell me why you're against the bill." And if they told you anything, it would be stuff that's incorrect."</p><p>Chuck Todd: "But more importantly, it would be stuff that Republicans have successfully messaged against it, and they wouldn't have even heard they don't repeat the other stuff, because they haven't even heard the Democratic message. What I always love is that people say, 'well it's your folks' fault in the media. No, it's the President of the United States's fault for not selling it!"</p><p>Rendell: "Absolutely."</p><p><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2013/09/19/todd-its-not-the-job-of-the-media-to-carry-wh-messaging/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/did-chuck-todd-really-say-media-not-responsible-to-correct-obamacare-falsehoods/">Did Chuck Todd Really Say Media Not Responsible to Correct Obamacare ...</a> (Mediaite)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dPA2JFG043DMEkMM3kyDyFdVDF0mM&ned=us">12 additional articles.</a></p>