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malaise

(269,187 posts)
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 12:44 PM Sep 2023

Sorry Kristen Welker

He is the former President not Mr President.

Eff off with the licky licky questions and deference to this criminal lowlife.
Saying you wouldn’t be there without Andrea Mitchell is all I need to know.
Of course you both think interviewing this monster for your first show is a big deal.
Spare me please - he should be a pariah.

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Sorry Kristen Welker (Original Post) malaise Sep 2023 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2023 #1
Now those I would watch malaise Sep 2023 #2
✔️✔️✔️ blm Sep 2023 #3
NBC & CNN obviously think the twice impeached 91 X's indicted disgraced rapist will bring more eyes spanone Sep 2023 #30
Double eff off to her after malaise Sep 2023 #53
I hope the ratings for this travesty suck! n/t SheilaAnn Sep 2023 #4
Same here Rebl2 Sep 2023 #43
Corporate does lean Right and wants as little pushback as possible is my guess. n/t SheilaAnn Sep 2023 #44
I know Rebl2 Sep 2023 #46
Definitely. I don't know her or am familiar with her, hope she sinks..LOL. n/t SheilaAnn Sep 2023 #47
She had been Rebl2 Sep 2023 #48
Starting with Russert every Meet the Press moderator has been a dud. gordianot Sep 2023 #5
Was there anyone worse than David Gregory? Earth-shine Sep 2023 #9
chuck todd says hi jcgoldie Sep 2023 #13
Not sure on that. Chuckie seemed to actually know something about politics. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #14
He was a good dancer, though nt spooky3 Sep 2023 #29
Well, I was going to give her a chance, TNNurse Sep 2023 #6
Diarrhea Donny has a sparkling clean toilet after that licking Blue Owl Sep 2023 #7
Kristen Welker? How the hell did she get that job? calimary Sep 2023 #8
She admires and worshipped Chuck Todd. She Emile Sep 2023 #12
He never impressed me either. calimary Sep 2023 #15
I am sure Trump got them to agree to that. Kingofalldems Sep 2023 #10
this set off alarm bells for me: orleans Sep 2023 #11
I heard about this and hoped MontanaMama Sep 2023 #18
Oh my! malaise Sep 2023 #20
Keith has more to say in passing today. CountMyVote4Reality Sep 2023 #24
K&R spanone Sep 2023 #33
I don't watch right wing news gab13by13 Sep 2023 #16
That's why she shouldn't have taken the interview crazylikafox Sep 2023 #23
Sorry Kristen Welker Resist160 Sep 2023 #17
Tell it to NBC bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #19
All the women give a shout-out to Andrea Mitchell, because she was the pioneer in TV journalism... Hekate Sep 2023 #21
I love the way she weaseled her way on Hilary's plane election night. gordianot Sep 2023 #25
Beside the point. I don't like Andrea either, but the fact is she's a pioneer for women in broadcast Hekate Sep 2023 #27
Barbara Walters was a news anchor on NBC in 1950. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #40
I believe that title belongs to Rebl2 Sep 2023 #45
What, you didn't like KW's twinkling senseandsensibility Sep 2023 #22
Aren't all ex-Presidents addressed as Mr President? Iggo Sep 2023 #26
Welker is either a GQP bootlicker, or just plainly stupid. 634-5789 Sep 2023 #28
On the other hand she may well believe malaise Sep 2023 #32
👍🏼K&R👍🏼 spanone Sep 2023 #31
Access Journalism is about access, not journalism Hassler Sep 2023 #34
she sounds like an 8 year old proud she got to interview her daddy in class for career day EleanorR Sep 2023 #35
Yep malaise Sep 2023 #36
Actually he's FUCK trump or HOOVERtrump Cha Sep 2023 #37
Nice😀 malaise Sep 2023 #38
"mr presdidnet" these damn pundit heads Cha Sep 2023 #39
Chuck Todd want to be, how sad is that? Emile Sep 2023 #41
When they saw how well a Trump interview Danascot Sep 2023 #42
Geez DallasNE Sep 2023 #49
These hacks would celebrate interviewing Hitler if it gave them fame and their neteorks malaise Sep 2023 #50
Yup. Nr DallasNE Sep 2023 #51
Welker is going to be just as weak as Chuck Todd LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2023 #52
Worse if that is possible malaise Sep 2023 #54

H2O Man

(73,623 posts)
1. Recommended.
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 12:56 PM
Sep 2023

I agree. The only interviews I'd be interested in would be Jack doing cross-examination, or H2O Man interviewing him for DU.

spanone

(135,886 posts)
30. NBC & CNN obviously think the twice impeached 91 X's indicted disgraced rapist will bring more eyes
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 03:52 PM
Sep 2023

that's all they crave

I'll chip in for the H2O Man interview

malaise

(269,187 posts)
53. Double eff off to her after
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 11:46 AM
Sep 2023

Reading the comments this morning. She insulted the entire country with that Mr President bukkshit.
How low can these hacks sink?

Rebl2

(13,563 posts)
46. I know
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 11:04 AM
Sep 2023

this, but just like they lost viewers with Chuck Todd, if she doesn’t push back they will lose even more viewers-I hope.

Rebl2

(13,563 posts)
48. She had been
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 11:13 AM
Sep 2023

the Whitehouse correspondent for NBC the last few years as well as one of the host’s on Saturday Today show. I believe she was one of the moderators during the last presidential election and at that time she did push back on tfg. That seems to have gone by the wayside the last couple years. Now she just goes after Biden.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
14. Not sure on that. Chuckie seemed to actually know something about politics.
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 02:03 PM
Sep 2023

MTP has been a wasteland since Russert. Maybe longer.

TNNurse

(6,929 posts)
6. Well, I was going to give her a chance,
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 01:48 PM
Sep 2023

BUT, there is no way I will willingly view him and listen to his arrogance and lies.

As Julia Roberts said in "Pretty Woman"..."Big mistake, huge".

orleans

(34,075 posts)
11. this set off alarm bells for me:
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 01:55 PM
Sep 2023

from olbermann podcast "GOP DEBATE 1: TRUMP IS ROMPING BECAUSE DeSANTIS IS A HOLOGRAM - 8.24.23




And maybe bigger than all, there is a scandal involving ABC News, CBS, CNN, NBC, The Washington Post, the New York Times, and other news outlets and I doubt anybody will notice but it drove me to distraction. Why, the night before the debate, did a dozen of the leading political reporters and editors think it was cool to have a meal with Jason Miller and two other thugs from the Trump Campaign and let them get schmoozed by them and let Miller try out his latest attacks on DeSantis? The Trump people want to dismember the press and maybe individual reporters. With the BEST of politicians you must keep yourself at arm's length - and these are the worst of them. They (and they include Dana Bash, Robert Costa, and Kristen Welker) should all be fired.



https://omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/cwko-thu-8-24-23-final

and another link
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gop-debate-1-trump-is-romping-because-desantis-is-a/id1633301179?i=1000625506172

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
18. I heard about this and hoped
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 02:10 PM
Sep 2023

someone would post links about it, so thank you. Shady as hell. All of it!!! They all lost credibility in my book. Welker is a doormat just like her predecessor.

gab13by13

(21,408 posts)
16. I don't watch right wing news
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 02:05 PM
Sep 2023

but again, in Welker's defense, if she took Trump on and corrected his lies, she would get death threats.

Resist160

(18 posts)
17. Sorry Kristen Welker
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 02:06 PM
Sep 2023

I WAS always a fan of Kristen Welker but after this interview with the indicted guy, I'm done. She could've picked a better person to interview. But then I gave up on MTP after my dearly beloved Tim Russet died suddenly. I still miss my fellow Irishman.

bucolic_frolic

(43,311 posts)
19. Tell it to NBC
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 02:14 PM
Sep 2023

I thought she was none too qualified from her days in Philly. Now she's buffed the rough edges and masquerades better, but still the same core.

Hekate

(90,837 posts)
21. All the women give a shout-out to Andrea Mitchell, because she was the pioneer in TV journalism...
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 02:27 PM
Sep 2023

…for all the women who came after her.

That is just a historical fact. It doesn’t mean they have each created a shrine and pray to her icon.


gordianot

(15,245 posts)
25. I love the way she weaseled her way on Hilary's plane election night.
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 03:08 PM
Sep 2023

Then Hilary dissed her by not giving Andrea any attention. You could tell by facial expressions both were not happy for the mutual company.

Hekate

(90,837 posts)
27. Beside the point. I don't like Andrea either, but the fact is she's a pioneer for women in broadcast
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 03:23 PM
Sep 2023

…journalism. Every woman who gets promoted or hired at NBC gives her a shout-out for being welcoming to them. Even Rachel Maddow. It’s what well-mannered people do when they share a workplace.

Hillary Clinton is a politician, and has never been a broadcast journalist anywhere, much less in the same shop as Andrea Mitchell. Andrea has a long history of being a pill to the Clintons — just as she is doing now with Joe Biden. “Enough about Biden’s successes in the economy — we’ve done that for 30 whole seconds. How about Hunter’s heinous crimes?” The remote control is my friend.




senseandsensibility

(17,146 posts)
22. What, you didn't like KW's twinkling
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 02:37 PM
Sep 2023

eyes and giddy smile when she was discussing the big interview? Not even a hint that she understands the danger of this creature.

Iggo

(47,571 posts)
26. Aren't all ex-Presidents addressed as Mr President?
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 03:20 PM
Sep 2023

If he wasn’t in the room and she was talking to you and me and referring to him as the President, I can see where you would have beef. But wasn’t she talking directly to him? Why get yourself all twisted over that?

malaise

(269,187 posts)
32. On the other hand she may well believe
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 04:06 PM
Sep 2023

that she’s a very important journalist. Often full of oneself overlaps with full of shift.

EleanorR

(2,395 posts)
35. she sounds like an 8 year old proud she got to interview her daddy in class for career day
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 05:40 PM
Sep 2023

Unprofessional, irresponsible, awful.


Emile

(22,945 posts)
41. Chuck Todd want to be, how sad is that?
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 05:08 AM
Sep 2023

She told Chucky last Sunday how she has always admired him. Egads

Danascot

(4,694 posts)
42. When they saw how well a Trump interview
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:57 AM
Sep 2023

worked out for Chris Licht and Kaitlan Collins at CNN they couldn't wait to do it (to) themselves.

malaise

(269,187 posts)
50. These hacks would celebrate interviewing Hitler if it gave them fame and their neteorks
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 12:26 PM
Sep 2023

Made money. It ‘s that simple.

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