Chuck Todd

Host of NBC's "Meet the Press". 4 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2022. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by PolitiFact31 Jan 2022United States Politics and government

Chuck Todd, Host of NBC's "Meet the Press"

“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Thomas is the only current member of the Supreme Court to be nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate of the other.

Checked by PolitiFact8 Mar 2021United States

Chuck Todd, Host of NBC's "Meet the Press"

“The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”

PolitiFact rated this: True

PolitiFact says: The founders never wrote into the Constitution a filibuster of the type that has since been practiced by the Senate, and their contemporaneous writings suggest views that ranged from ambivalent to negative.

Checked by PolitiFact11 May 2020United States Politics and government

Chuck Todd, NBC News host

“Says Attorney General William Barr didn’t cite the "rule of law” in explaining his decision in the Michael Flynn case during a CBS News interview.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact24 Feb 2020United States Crime and security

Chuck Todd, MSNBC anchor

“(Amy Klobuchar) did prosecute a black teenager who was sentenced to life in prison, despite what are now serious doubts about the evidence.”

PolitiFact rated this: AP report raises concerns