That weird sobbing sound you hear is from @ChuckTodd

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50. Well, it's probably a point of pride by now. He CAN'T go back now. He CAN'T change his schtick.

That would be admitting that his critics on the left were correct. And DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN he CAN'T do that!!! He's saving face at this point, and trying desperately hard to justify his way of doing things. I'm sure, with the ratings evidently NOT improving now, on HIS watch, he's very painfully aware of what's ahead. He knows his neck is probably on the block. Unfortunately, with his attitude and his "journalistic" (I put that in quotes, and use that word advisedly when applied to a chuck todd type) world view, he does not have the tools OR the motivation to change anything. He is probably dug in. Probably reasons that it's THIS particular schtick of his that got him this far, so why change now? Besides, this dude strikes me as a glaring red-white-&-blue "blame the OTHER guy" type of guy. He CAN'T abandon that and save face. He can't bring himself to change his attitude, especially after betting the house on his own cockeyed theory of "journalism" that's filed under the heading of "it's not MY job!" Because to abandon THAT would be to tell the whole world including his critics (whom he desperately wants to prove are wrong) that HE HIMSELF was wrong. That HE got it wrong. That HE botched it. That HE is doing the job WRONG. That his whole mentality that he brings to his "work" is WRONG. He can't admit that.

We are surrounded by people who don't DARE admit they were wrong. They just don't DARE. They CAN'T. Can't afford to. What would their friends say? What would the neighbors think? What would the all-important Pox Noise contingent think? Their egos and everything they've sunk into their own CON worldview and their CON agenda won't let them. They CAN'T admit they were wrong. Because then they'd have to admit that their entire agenda and worldview is also wrong. They CAN'T go there. They can't face the truth. Just being around the science deniers and "no such thing as global warming" gang and "humans didn't do it" crowd oughta tell you that.