and... those responsible for the choice of having Trump for her first show should be fired!
MEET THE CRITICS
 
 
Michael Hiltzik: Welker's interview "was a gross dereliction of journalistic duty." (LAT)
Jonathan Last: Welker "failed the Trump test." (The Bulwark)
Corbin Bolies: Welker's skills as an interviewer "were no match for a chaotic interview subject like Trump." (Daily Beast)
Dan Froomkin: "A pretaped sit-down interview is precisely the right format to debunk Trump to his face, but Welker barely even tried." (Press Watch)
Aaron Rupar: "Because Welker’s approach was so feeble, footage of Trump lying was broken up with shots of her back in the studio trying to clean things up with fact-checks she was either unwilling or unable to provide in real time. But even these left a lot to be desired." (Public Notice)
Norman Ornstein: "Trump says the Capitol Police testified against Nancy Pelosi, and then burned all the evidence. Lie upon lie upon lie. Unchallenged by Welker. Every word out of his mouth is a lie, and he talks over any questioner. Just a colossal mistake to showcase this sociopath." (X)
Bill Carter: "Bottom line is she treated Trump like normal, legit candidate, not one who tried to blow up our democracy and faces 91 felony indictments. Not just irresponsible journalism. Downright dangerous journalism to legitimize this guy- in the name of having a 'talked about' premiere." (X)
Mark Jacob: "What if TV news interviewers told their upcoming political guests: 'Don’t come on my show and lie. If you do, I’ll end the interview immediately and inform you on camera that you’ll never appear on my show again.' That won’t happen, of course. But it should." (Courier)
Parting note: The silence from MSNBC has been deafening. While the progressive cable news channel is usually quite quick to skewer how the rest of the news media covers Trump, its rosters of anchors have been noticeably unwilling to speak truth to power when it comes to confronting their own sister network's failure.
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