{"id":2287400,"date":"2024-07-01T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-nbcs-welker-lies-about-lies-cant-stand-truthful-republicans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:40:31","slug":"liberal-media-scream-nbcs-welker-lies-about-lies-cant-stand-truthful-republicans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-nbcs-welker-lies-about-lies-cant-stand-truthful-republicans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Media Scream: NBC\u2019s Welker lies about \u2018lies,\u2019 can\u2019t stand truthful Republicans &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberal-media-scream-nbcs-welker-lies-about-lies-cant-stand-truthful-republicans-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses NBC anchor Kristen\u200c Welker questioning Governor Doug\u200d Burgum about President\u2062 Donald Trump&#8217;s supposed lies during a recent\u200c debate. Welker \u2064insinuated that Trump has made false claims, such as \u2063Democrats wanting to kill infants after birth and widespread fraud, which Burgum refuted. \u200dThe article \u2064touches \u2062on the liberal media&#8217;s \u2062bias and their efforts to \u2062divert attention \u2062from Biden&#8217;s performance during \u200cthe debate. The conversation between Welker and Burgum highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-inches-closer-to-shutdown-solution\/\" title=\"Senate Nears Shutdown Solution\">ongoing political tensions<\/a> and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-goes-on-offense-with-public-remarks-that-could-complicate-court-cases\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden&#039;s public remarks may complicate court cases as he takes a more assertive stance\">media scrutiny surrounding<\/a>\u2062 the\u2062 upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\" \/><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal Media Scream: NBC\u2019s Welker lies about \u2018lies,\u2019 can\u2019t stand truthful Republicans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/paul-bedard\/\">Paul Bedard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-01T15:19:08-04:00\">July 1, 2024 3:19 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1686917\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3056920\/liberal-media-scream-cnn-proves-anti-trump-bias-days-before-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Liberal Media Scream<\/a> features President Joe Biden\u2019s media cheerleading squad trying to find some way to divert the public\u2019s attention away from the fact that the president was out of it during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3065445\/three-reasons-trump-struggle-focus-biden-debate-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>last week\u2019s debate<\/a> with former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3065355\/trump-celebrates-supreme-court-immunity-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The top tactic of the liberal press was to say that Trump told more \u201clies\u201d than the comatose president. And when Republicans pushed back, the media just ignored and pressed on.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point was NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker, the <em>Meet the Press <\/em>anchor. One of her featured guests was Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), who is on Trump\u2019s short list of running mate candidates. Not only did she press him on whether he was a liar, she told lies about debate statements Trump made that have been fact-checked as truthful.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Northam was. And if you say \u201cit was taken out of context\u2026it\u2019s only for deformed babies and non viable babies\u201d, well, for one that baby is still delivered and alive. <\/p>\n<p>Second: even if you think \u201cdeformed\u201d is a justified reason to kill a living infant, remember that discussion\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/srNBmdxx4N\">pic.twitter.com\/srNBmdxx4N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CannCon (@CannConActual) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CannConActual\/status\/1694581304812015681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> \u201cAs someone who is on Donald Trump\u2019s short list to be his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a>, do you think he should stop saying things that are not true?\u201d She then recited his supposed lies: \u201cJust to say a few: He said that Democrats want to kill infants after birth. That\u2019s not true. He again lied about widespread fraud. Not true. He lied about his comments after Charlottesville. Should he be truthful with the American people if he wants to lead this country? Especially given what you just said that you never lie. That\u2019s your standard, governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats certainly do support allowing abortion up until birth and even death to newborns. That was clearly stated by former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, himself a pediatric neurologist. And liberal reporters love misquoting Trump\u2019s \u201cgood people on both sides\u201d comment about the demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, but it has been debunked, and he was not referring to Nazis as one of the \u201cboth\u201d sides.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welker Lies About Trump in Demanding Burgum Denounce Trump\u2019s Lies\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FxSf1Y5ER5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From Sunday\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> on NBC:<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOV. DOUG BURGUM:<\/strong> <em>Four years ago, when we ended up with the current ticket on the Democrat side, that was this grand devil\u2019s bargain of \u201ceverybody drop out, we\u2019re going with these two.\u201d Then, the biggest lie that has been foisted on the American public was seen on Thursday night. People can\u2019t un-see what they saw. What they saw was, we\u2019ve been told by the White House, two weeks ago, the White House was attacking journalists, including your friends, saying that no, you can\u2019t say these stories about that Joe Biden isn\u2019t capable of serving right now. And then, all of America saw it. And you know who else saw it? Our adversaries saw it. Putin saw it. Xi saw it. The ayatollah saw it. I mean, the nation \u2014\u00a0we keep talking about elections. We are at a greater national security risk today than we were on Thursday because the commander in chief showed that he\u2019s not capable of serving.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>KRISTEN WELKER:<\/strong> <em>Well, there\u2019s not proof of that, but governor, let me just ask you about the debate and a little bit more of what we saw. By one count, Donald Trump made more than 30 false claims during that debate. I want to play something you told my colleague Chuck Todd on this broadcast last year. Take a look.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHUCK TODD:<\/strong> <em>You ever lied in politics?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BURGUM:<\/strong><em>  No.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODD:<\/strong> <em>That you know of? You don\u2019t believe you\u2019ve ever lied?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BURGUM:<\/strong> <em>No.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODD:<\/strong> <em>You feel like you\u2019ve always told the truth as you understood it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BURGUM:<\/strong> <em>Absolutely. That\u2019s how I was raised and how I\u2019ve gone forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELKER:<\/strong> <em>As someone who is on Donald Trump\u2019s short list to be his vice presidential nominee, do you think he should stop saying things that are not true?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BURGUM:<\/strong> <em>I think the whole manufactured thing this morning of, that Donald Trump has said something that he hasn\u2019t said before, I mean, everything that he said on Thursday night he\u2019s been saying before. I mean, so this isn\u2019t, this is not news.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELKER:<\/strong> <em>This is not manufactured. But this is not manufactured, governor. I mean, just to say a few: He said that Democrats want to kill infants after birth. That\u2019s not true. He again lied about widespread fraud. Not true. He lied about his comments after Charlottesville. Should he be truthful with the American people if he wants to lead this country? Especially given what you just said that you never lie. That\u2019s your standard, governor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brent Baker,<\/a> the vice president of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explains our weekly pick: \u201cWelker is so sure of herself, so smugly superior that she can rattle off a list of supposed lies from Donald Trump without any self-awareness that she is passing on distortions of what Trump said while she demands Gov. Burgum criticize Trump for not being truthful. And then, when Burgum makes a perfectly reasonable observation, she corrects him with the \u2018there\u2019s not proof of that\u2019 bromide. Pot, meet kettle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rating:<\/span> <em><strong>FOUR<\/strong> out of <strong>FIVE SCREAMS.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1686917\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1686917\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\">2024 Election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media-bias\/\">Media Bias<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/meet-the-press\/\">Meet the Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nbc\/\">NBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/opinion\/\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Liberal Media Scream this week focuses on NBC&#8217;s Kristen Welker, who accused President Trump of lying during the debate with President Biden. She also questioned Gov. Doug Burgum about Trump&#8217;s truthfulness, but failed to acknowledge that some of Trump&#8217;s statements have been fact-checked as truthful. Welker&#8217;s smug attitude and lack of self-awareness in passing on distortions of Trump&#8217;s words while demanding honesty from Burgum earned her a rating of four out of five screams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2287401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Burgum-Debate-Reax-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32491,7471,17615,33555],"class_list":["post-2287400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-liberal-media","tag-nbc","tag-scream","tag-welker"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Burgum-Debate-Reax-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}