Meet the Press nadir: October 25. Just a shame that a great show has fallen so low after periodic small improvements
I founded the Media Criticism course at Towson and taught the course for 20 years. It was always full, and
Read more
Kristen Welker
Meet the Press watch October 11; Yet another anti-Trump show…Minor improvements…Trump makes anti-Trumpism easy
I, a half-century professor of political rhetoric, first took a look today at ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopolous,” which
Read more
Meet the Press’ insufficient improvement
Because MTP now has two major guests from opposite sides of the political spectrum, whereas from the beginning of Welker’s tenure through just a month or two ago, she always – and I mean always – had two from the Democratic left and one from the Republican right. And recently she has had, unlike in the past, strong and competent conservatives.
Read more
Meet the Press: Tradition Perdition
Throughout my young adulthood, the news and journalistic analysis show Meet the Press was the model of its kind. The closing self-tribute, “If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Press” was iterated without embarrassment.
Read moreAmid the pandemic an election
Top photo is a YouTube screenshot of the second and final presidential debate (https://youtu.be/bPiofmZGb8o) How many days until Election Day?
Read more