NBC and MSNBC anchors ignore their own political director's criticism of media's "hyping" of purported division among Clinton supporters

SUMMARY: In reference to the media's focus on what Chris Matthews called a "civil war" between "the PUMAs, the holdouts ... and the majority, apparently, of [Sen.] Hillary [Clinton] people who really want [Sen.] Barack Obama and the Democratic Party to win this November," Chuck Todd said: "I kind of think we're hyping it up a little bit. ... I wonder if in three days, we look back and say, 'Why did we waste all of our time with that?' " Despite Todd's criticism, in August 25 interviews with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Charles Schumer, President Jimmy Carter, and Robert Gibbs, 18 of the 20 questions NBC and MSNBC correspondents and anchors asked dealt with Clinton, her supporters, or former President Bill Clinton.

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