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senseandsensibility

(25,797 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:26 PM 21 hrs ago

My message to Kristin Welker and the rest of the corporate media

Take a page from the old song by the Staples Singers (one of mr. senseandsensibility's favorite songs) and RESPECT YOURSELF.

Do not put up with demeaning name calling, lies, and personal insults. Do not beg trump to complete the interview if he is insulting you and not answering questions or providing your viewers with useful information. Respect yourself and the solemn obligation you have been given by our nation's founders and the constitution. Your job is too important to succumb to a fear of losing access or a desire to complete the conveted interview at all costs.

You have legal and constitutional power, as well as a moral obligation to demand answers. But unless you also demand respect, you will get lies and insults. Neither of these is of any use to your viewers. By allowing them, you are failing.

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My message to Kristin Welker and the rest of the corporate media (Original Post) senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago OP
Stop giving the pathological liar a platform! Chasstev365 21 hrs ago #1
The reason he does these interviews is to spread his lies senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #2
He got no favors during that interview. He looked horrible. GoodRaisin 18 hrs ago #16
nah. i disagree. a few years ago? yes. johnnyfins 21 hrs ago #3
I could agree with either not giving him air time or vigorous senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #4
But Welker did push back on him multiple times johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #5
Well yes, she did senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #6
Not just that. They need to address him with the same respect he gives the media. Bluetus 20 hrs ago #7
The problem is he just talks louder and keeps talkig over her.....until she finally gives up and says "lets move on" LiberalLovinLug 18 hrs ago #10
Nice to see Welker stand her ground, but DeeDeeNY 19 hrs ago #8
Agree whole-heartedly! WmChris 19 hrs ago #9
That is a really good idea senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #12
Yes she certainly could have cancelled the interview right out from under him FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #11
She was hired to interview the guy. Optics are much better is she perseveres and HE walks out. She did right. Plus... thesquanderer 18 hrs ago #15
The ruling class is currently in one of it's regular "fuck off and die, peons" phases struggle4progress 18 hrs ago #13
Or they can just capitulate and give Donny a check for $16 million dollars progressoid 18 hrs ago #14
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe 18 hrs ago #17
Thank you! senseandsensibility 17 hrs ago #18
The interview was aborted by a tyrant. What could have been done live love laugh 11 hrs ago #19
She told the truth and pissed him off, he ends up scurrying back to his hole questionseverything 3 hrs ago #20
She stayed calm and professional orangecrush 1 hr ago #21
K&R mvd 1 hr ago #22
She should have laughed, and said Americanme 38 min ago #23
This would be my opening statement/question to him every time he spoke... Moostache 13 min ago #24
This message was self-deleted by its author gulliver 5 min ago #25

senseandsensibility

(25,797 posts)
2. The reason he does these interviews is to spread his lies
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:36 PM
21 hrs ago

That's why it is actually Welker and the legacy media who are doing HIM a favor by interviewing him. If they insist on doing so, it must be rigorous in the extreme. Allowing insults and begging him to complete the interview is playing into his hands.

GoodRaisin

(11,129 posts)
16. He got no favors during that interview. He looked horrible.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:48 PM
18 hrs ago

I think she did fine. She got him to show his true colors.

johnnyfins

(4,095 posts)
3. nah. i disagree. a few years ago? yes.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:43 PM
21 hrs ago

But now he just looks bad, he is easily debunked in real time and people arent buying his bullshit anymore.

Courts are starting to rebuke him. Even Welker went at him multiple times for his lack of evidence(which he never talked about or produced). He just said there is so much evidence amd then talked about California. They guy is cooked.

senseandsensibility

(25,797 posts)
4. I could agree with either not giving him air time or vigorous
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 03:58 PM
21 hrs ago

fact checking and a demand for professionalism (no personal insults). What we seem to have is the worst of both worlds: a platform for his lies and a chance for him to demean the journalists with insufficient pushback.

johnnyfins

(4,095 posts)
5. But Welker did push back on him multiple times
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 04:36 PM
20 hrs ago

regarding election evidence. All he could say was California. He looked like an absolute ass, actually. Like the old, washed up conman that he is.

She should have pushed back when he called her "darling" at the end. Fucking dirty old misogynist rapist.

senseandsensibility

(25,797 posts)
6. Well yes, she did
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 04:48 PM
20 hrs ago

But unfortunately, it just wasn't enough. His lying has gotten so pervasive that at this point journalists should say "That's a lie." The fact that they still can't be this clear is a problem. We've had ten years of this BS.

Bluetus

(3,192 posts)
7. Not just that. They need to address him with the same respect he gives the media.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:01 PM
20 hrs ago

That is, when he lies, which is continuously, they should say "That's not true, Donald". Talk to him like he's a toddler with a firm voice. Maybe he will pout and call names. If he does, "That is not very nice, Donald."

Remember, he fears strong women. And he immediately started backtracking, blaming it on the weather, as if the rain makes him lie more?

And he agreed to another interview with her. He needs the microphone.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,773 posts)
10. The problem is he just talks louder and keeps talkig over her.....until she finally gives up and says "lets move on"
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:06 PM
18 hrs ago

To his brain dead followers.....Der....that means he WON again! winning!

DeeDeeNY

(3,974 posts)
8. Nice to see Welker stand her ground, but
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:33 PM
19 hrs ago

interviewers need to start fact checking him during the interview, or if he abruptly walks off after a temper tantrum, then the interviewer needs to read off to the camera all the facts contradicting his lies. They shouldn't waste the air time by letting him have the last word.

senseandsensibility

(25,797 posts)
12. That is a really good idea
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:08 PM
18 hrs ago

I think the reason she or other reporters for that matter don't do that is they fear losing access. And that's a problem.

FakeNoose

(42,726 posts)
11. Yes she certainly could have cancelled the interview right out from under him
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:06 PM
18 hrs ago

She would have had good reasons too, he didn't answer her questions and he acted completely disrespectfully. NBC would have backed her up if she had done that. I'm sure of it. They can see that CBS is circling the drain and they don't want to be next.

thesquanderer

(13,143 posts)
15. She was hired to interview the guy. Optics are much better is she perseveres and HE walks out. She did right. Plus...
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:45 PM
18 hrs ago

...if she called it off, she possibly could have been fired. Not only was it her job to do the interview, but as she said, they had flown a whole crew to Wisconsin to do it. I don't think she can make that call. I suspect NBC was happy that she tried to get him to stay. That was her job.

struggle4progress

(126,912 posts)
13. The ruling class is currently in one of it's regular "fuck off and die, peons" phases
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:12 PM
18 hrs ago

They'll be stuck there until the pushback worries them

progressoid

(53,429 posts)
14. Or they can just capitulate and give Donny a check for $16 million dollars
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:26 PM
18 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:46 PM - Edit history (1)

Then he'll be your best friend for ever.

Or until you say something bad about his ballroom or his back swing.

live love laugh

(16,534 posts)
19. The interview was aborted by a tyrant. What could have been done
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:55 AM
11 hrs ago

in the few minutes that sicko vehemently lashed out? He was overbearing, loud, bullying …. I am not a fan of Welker, but I don’t see that she did anything wrong and I don’t think she hardly had a chance to do anything differently.

questionseverything

(12,086 posts)
20. She told the truth and pissed him off, he ends up scurrying back to his hole
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:46 AM
3 hrs ago

I think she did great !

Moostache

(11,319 posts)
24. This would be my opening statement/question to him every time he spoke...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:50 PM
13 min ago
Mr. President, the American people salute the rank, not the man and have appointed me the honor of acting as their voice tonight. My questions are from your constituents, those same American people and I expect you will afford them the respect of a thoughtful reply to their questions.

And then the second he stepped out of line or ramped up his usual bloviating bullshit, I would cut the mic, kill the camera and walk off the set. Sure, it might seem a little "Animal House"-esque (walking out on the Dean and the rigged hearing), but there is no way the press in this country will EVER recover if they do not stop bowing down to this demented mad man/charlatan/clown/festering boil on the ass of humanity...

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