{"id":2290697,"date":"2024-07-08T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-welker-pushes-meet-the-press-even-further-left-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:40:00","slug":"liberal-media-scream-welker-pushes-meet-the-press-even-further-left-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-welker-pushes-meet-the-press-even-further-left-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Media Scream: Welker pushes Meet the Press even further left &#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\">28<\/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-welker-pushes-meet-the-press-even-further-left-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=2290697&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 Kristen Welker, \u200dthe host of\u200c NBC&#8217;s\u2062 Meet the Press,\u200c who \u2063has been accused of pushing the show further to the left. In a recent interview with Sen. J.D. Vance, Welker\u2063 repeatedly \u200casked him to pledge to accept the \u2063results of the 2024 election,\u200b insinuating that only by doing \u200cso can President Joe \u2062Biden be reelected. Vance argued that it is the media&#8217;s \u200dlack \u200dof curiosity about \u2063election problems\u200d that undermines confidence in the\u2062 electoral system, not a candidate&#8217;s desire for fair \u200delections. 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class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal Media Scream: Welker pushes Meet the Press even further left<\/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=\"2024-07-08T15:53:22-04:00\">July 8, 2024 3:53 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1697692\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>This week\u2019s Liberal Media Scream features the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-people-in-nypd-custody-following-anti-cuomo-protest\/\" title=\"4 people in NYPD custody following anti-Cuomo protest\">latest demonstration<\/a> that NBC <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3072387\/jd-vance-defends-trumps-desire-investigate-biden-contentious-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Meet the Press<\/a> <\/em>host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2436572\/liberal-media-scream-meet-the-presss-kristen-welker-debuts-as-chuck-todd-clone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kristen Welker,<\/a> in the anchor seat for less than a year, has pushed the show further left than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2448167\/chuck-todd-hosts-final-meet-the-press-introduces-kristen-welker-as-new-host\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Todd left it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Sunday, it was Welker using her trademark practice of beating her point into the ground in demanding another Republican to \u201caccept the election results,\u201d which she obviously believes will show President Joe Biden reelected.<\/p>\n<p>Her target was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3003236\/jd-vance-steps-up-trump-trial-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH),<\/a> on former President Donald Trump\u2019s short list of running mates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you say unequivocally, unequivocally here and now, that you will accept the results of the 2024 election no matter what they are?\u201d she asked, ignoring warnings from the FBI about election hanky panky and some of the problems found in the 2020 ballot casting.<\/p>\n<p>When Vance said he\u2019s hoping for a clean election, Welker said he was signaling that the election won\u2019t be fair. He fired back that it is the media\u2019s blindness to problems that is the threat to the election outcome, not a candidate\u2019s hope for problem-free elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I think actually undermines people\u2019s confidence in the electoral system is when the media is incurious about obvious examples of problems in our electoral system,\u201d Vance said.<\/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 Dissembles in Claiming Vance Refuses to Pledge to Accept Election Results\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgHR3w8RGNI?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>KRISTEN WELKER:<\/strong> <em>Well, here we are about a week before the Republican convention. Before I let you go, can you say unequivocally, unequivocally here and now, that you will accept the results of the 2024 election no matter what they are?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEN. J.D. VANCE [R-OH]:<\/strong> <em>So long as it\u2019s a free and fair election, Kristen, of course we will. We will use constitutional processes to challenge issues if we think there are issues. But if it\u2019s a free and fair election, we will do what the Constitution requires. We will respect the results. And I expect those results are going to be to reelect Donald Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELKER: <\/strong><em>It was a free and fair election in 2020. Donald Trump took his concerns to court. He lost in court. But he still has not conceded. Do you understand that when you refuse to commit unequivocally, that feeds into people\u2019s concerns, skepticism about the nation\u2019s electoral process?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>VANCE:<\/strong> <em>Well, Kristen, I don\u2019t agree with that actually. I think that feeding into people\u2019s concerns about our electoral process is that one-half of America\u2019s political segment, they won\u2019t support legislation that makes it harder for illegal aliens to vote. They won\u2019t support universal voter ID in our elections even though you have to present ID to do almost anything in this country. I think taking people\u2019s concerns seriously about election fraud is the way to reinforce security and confidence in our elections.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WELKER:<\/strong> <em>Yes, senator, it\u2019s already against the law for noncitizens to vote. But just on that very point, when you, when others refuse to say, \u201cYes, we will accept the election results,\u201d do you understand how that undermines people\u2019s confidence in the electoral system?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>VANCE:<\/strong> <em>But, Kristen, what I just said is I don\u2019t agree with that. What I think actually undermines people\u2019s confidence in the electoral system is when the media is incurious about obvious examples of problems in our electoral system. I think we\u2019ve got great elections, but a lot of things could be better in certain states. I want to work to make that happen so the American people have greater confidence in their elections. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll keep doing.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brent Baker,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explains our weekly pick: \u201cWelker has managed to make <em>Meet the Press<\/em> more of a vehicle for the agenda of liberals than it was under Chuck Todd. Every week, it seems, she acts as a thought police operative, demanding Republican guests pay fealty to the Democratic media party line on how elections cannot be questioned, trying to undermine their very legitimacy as elected officials. In Vance\u2019s case, she distorted his answer to appear the opposite of what it was so she could lecture him about his improper thinking.\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 data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1697692\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1697692\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/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><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest episode of Liberal Media Scream on NBC&#8217;s Meet the Press with host Kristen Welker shows that she has shifted the show further left than her predecessor Chuck Todd. Welker aggressively questioned Republican Senator J.D. Vance about accepting the results of the 2024 election, implying that failure to do so undermines confidence in the electoral system. Vance pushed back, arguing that the media&#8217;s lack of curiosity about election problems is the real threat. Overall, Welker&#8217;s approach on the show has been criticized for promoting a liberal agenda and pressuring guests to conform to Democratic viewpoints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2290698,"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\/Vance-Elections-NBC-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5206,32490,17615],"class_list":["post-2290697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-liberal","tag-media-bias","tag-scream"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Vance-Elections-NBC-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290697","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=2290697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}