Kristen Welker made her debut as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday morning and kicked things off with a daring choice of interviewee: Donald Trump. The former president rattled off a list of full and partial untruths, leaving many viewers and members of the media confused and disappointed.
At various points, Trump claimed “millions of illegal immigrants coming into our country, flooding our cities, flooding the countryside,” that a “record” number of terrorists have been caught “this year” and that the U.S. “gave $85 billion worth of equipment to the Taliban” this year alone.
His statements included numerous lies and exaggerations. Also rattling many who saw the interview is what was seen as how little Welker seemed to push back against Trump’s claims. As political scientist Norm Ornstein tweeted, “Oy. Trump says the Capitol Police testified against Nancy Pelosi, and then burned all the evidence. Lie upon lie upon lie.
At various points, Trump claimed “millions of illegal immigrants coming into our country, flooding our cities, flooding the countryside,” that a “record” number of terrorists have been caught “this year” and that the U.S. “gave $85 billion worth of equipment to the Taliban” this year alone.
His statements included numerous lies and exaggerations. Also rattling many who saw the interview is what was seen as how little Welker seemed to push back against Trump’s claims. As political scientist Norm Ornstein tweeted, “Oy. Trump says the Capitol Police testified against Nancy Pelosi, and then burned all the evidence. Lie upon lie upon lie.
- 9/17/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Pelham Bay Park — a 2,765-acre oasis of century-old shade trees and freshly mown ball fields, hemmed in by a pair of three-lane freeways — is about an hour by train from Midtown Manhattan, on a good day. This being an average day on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Mta, it takes closer to two, and I’m late to meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Bronx. I’m anxious about locating her in a park she’ll later tell me, proudly, is the largest in New York City — more than three times bigger...
- 8/7/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
A national women's advocacy group is calling for more female moderators for the upcoming 2016 presidential debates after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced a lineup of moderators that includes only one woman. More than 42,000 members of the group, UltraViolet, have signed a petition urging the commission to announce more female anchors to moderate the three debates between major-party nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the first of which takes place on Sept. 26. UltraViolet’s petition notes that while there are many women for the commission to choose from - including Gwen Ifill, Rachel Maddow, Christiane Amanpour and Tamron Hall -...
- 9/9/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
A national women's advocacy group is calling for more female moderators for the upcoming 2016 presidential debates after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced a lineup of moderators that includes only one woman. More than 42,000 members of the group, UltraViolet, have signed a petition urging the commission to announce more female anchors to moderate the three debates between major-party nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the first of which takes place on Sept. 26. UltraViolet’s petition notes that while there are many women for the commission to choose from - including Gwen Ifill, Rachel Maddow, Christiane Amanpour and Tamron Hall -...
- 9/9/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off in their first joint event in the presidential race, but host Matt Lauer is the one who seems to be getting the most criticism.
At NBC's "Commander-in-Chief Forum" Wednesday evening, Lauer was accused by some Democrats of spending too much time on Clinton's email scandal and failing to fact-check Trump for several claims – including that he always opposed the Iraq War.
The hashtag #LaueringTheBar even began trending on Twitter.
Lauer opened his questioning of Clinton, who spoke first in the pre-debate forum, with the controversy over her private email server. He remained on...
At NBC's "Commander-in-Chief Forum" Wednesday evening, Lauer was accused by some Democrats of spending too much time on Clinton's email scandal and failing to fact-check Trump for several claims – including that he always opposed the Iraq War.
The hashtag #LaueringTheBar even began trending on Twitter.
Lauer opened his questioning of Clinton, who spoke first in the pre-debate forum, with the controversy over her private email server. He remained on...
- 9/8/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- People.com - TV Watch
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off in their first joint event in the presidential race, but host Matt Lauer is the one who seems to be getting the most criticism. At NBC's "Commander-in-Chief Forum" Wednesday evening, Lauer was accused by some Democrats of spending too much time on Clinton's email scandal and failing to fact-check Trump for several claims - including that he always opposed the Iraq War. The hashtag #LaueringTheBar even began trending on Twitter. Lauer opened his questioning of Clinton, who spoke first in the pre-debate forum, with the controversy over her private email server. He remained...
- 9/8/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off in their first joint event in the presidential race, but host Matt Lauer is the one who seems to be getting the most criticism. At NBC's "Commander-in-Chief Forum" Wednesday evening, Lauer was accused by some Democrats of spending too much time on Clinton's email scandal and failing to fact-check Trump for several claims - including that he always opposed the Iraq War. The hashtag #LaueringTheBar even began trending on Twitter. Lauer opened his questioning of Clinton, who spoke first in the pre-debate forum, with the controversy over her private email server. He remained...
- 9/8/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
One of the great things about liberals, true liberals, is their capacity for compassion and sensitivity, a capacity that's often discarded in the heat of political debate. On Sunday morning's Up with Chris Hayes, that capacity was on display when panelist Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute told a fat joke about Rush Limbaugh, and host Chris Hayes stepped in to gently chide him.
- 7/9/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
On Thursday, Morning Joe welcomed authors Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein onto the show to discuss their new book, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism. As the discussion turned to clashes between the two major parties and the "tribal politics" they partake in, host Joe Scarborough called out the two authors for "acting as if the Democrats are the only keepers of honesty and truth."...
- 5/24/2012
- by Alex Alvarez
- Mediaite - TV
On Thursday, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews brought retiring Rep. Barney Frank (D-ma) on his program to discuss a recently released book by Brookings Institution fellow Thomas Mann and American Enterprise Institute Scholar Norman Ornstein in which they find that the Republican party is responsible for dysfunction and gridlock between Congress and the executive branch. Frank lamented the present state of the Republican party, which just received a heavy influx of freshmen swept into Congress in the wave election of 2010, and offered advice to moderate Republicans: “If you’re a mainstream Republican, you want the current crowd of extremists to lose.”...
- 5/3/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and American Enterprise Institute scholar Norman Ornstein appeared on MSNBC’s Now with Alex Wagner on Wednesday to discuss their new book, It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How The American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism. They lamented the state of Republican politics and Mann advocated for “mandatory attendance at the polls” as a means of reinforcing centrism on the Congress. But this alarming recommendation, as well as the claim that the Gop has shifted more to the right than the Democratic party has shifted to the left, requires some measure of rebuke.
- 5/2/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
* 9th Circuit says FCC political ad ban too broad
* Dissent fears for future of public broadcasting
* FCC ban on ads for goods and services upheld
By Jonathan Stempel, Terry Baynes and Jasmin Melvin
April 12 (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court struck down a federal ban on political advertising on public TV and radio stations, a decision that could open the public airwaves to a heavy dose of campaign ads leading up to the November elections.
By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the Federal Communications Commission violated the First Amendment's free speech clause by blocking public broadcasters from running political and public issue ads.
The court said the ban was too broad, and that lifting it would not threaten to undermine the educational nature of public broadcast stations. It upheld a ban on ads for goods...
* Dissent fears for future of public broadcasting
* FCC ban on ads for goods and services upheld
By Jonathan Stempel, Terry Baynes and Jasmin Melvin
April 12 (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court struck down a federal ban on political advertising on public TV and radio stations, a decision that could open the public airwaves to a heavy dose of campaign ads leading up to the November elections.
By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the Federal Communications Commission violated the First Amendment's free speech clause by blocking public broadcasters from running political and public issue ads.
The court said the ban was too broad, and that lifting it would not threaten to undermine the educational nature of public broadcast stations. It upheld a ban on ads for goods...
- 4/12/2012
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
The embattled New York congressman announced he was taking a leave of absence to deal with his junk mail problem. Eric Alterman on how the move just might save his career.
Will Anthony Weiner become the first politician in American history to be forced out of office in a sex scandal without even getting laid? This is the question that continues to dominate American politics this weekend-or at least did until Weiner came though with his "Hail Mary" pass on Saturday with his announcement, via spokeswoman Risa Heller, of a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives" in order to "to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person."
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Media's Selective Sex Scandal Savagery
It was a genius move, given the vice grip of Democrats' panic that was rapidly engulfing Weiner like bad weather in a...
Will Anthony Weiner become the first politician in American history to be forced out of office in a sex scandal without even getting laid? This is the question that continues to dominate American politics this weekend-or at least did until Weiner came though with his "Hail Mary" pass on Saturday with his announcement, via spokeswoman Risa Heller, of a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives" in order to "to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person."
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Media's Selective Sex Scandal Savagery
It was a genius move, given the vice grip of Democrats' panic that was rapidly engulfing Weiner like bad weather in a...
- 6/12/2011
- by Eric Alterman
- The Daily Beast
Beltway wisdom suggests a budget stoppage would be a boon to the Democrats and a disaster for the Gop, but David A. Graham says not so fast-Boehner is no Gingrich, and Obama's no Clinton.
Although Democrats and Republicans have eked out a deal to prevent a budget shutdown for the time being, there's a Beltway consensus forming around two basic ideas: The government is going to shut down sometime in the next few months, and when it does, it'll be a boon for President Obama and a catastrophe for the Gop.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
The first assumption is simple enough to understand. Although Republican leaders such as Speaker John Boehner insist a shutdown won't happen, hardliners in his party are so adamant about cuts to the federal budget and opposed to an increase in the nation's debt ceiling that the speaker may not...
Although Democrats and Republicans have eked out a deal to prevent a budget shutdown for the time being, there's a Beltway consensus forming around two basic ideas: The government is going to shut down sometime in the next few months, and when it does, it'll be a boon for President Obama and a catastrophe for the Gop.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
The first assumption is simple enough to understand. Although Republican leaders such as Speaker John Boehner insist a shutdown won't happen, hardliners in his party are so adamant about cuts to the federal budget and opposed to an increase in the nation's debt ceiling that the speaker may not...
- 3/1/2011
- by David A. Graham
- The Daily Beast
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