The debut episode of Kristen Welker moderating Meet the Press has been widely panned by both sides of the political aisle. Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann believes current MSNBC host Rachel Maddow should have been the voice of reason, but failed.
During his Countdown podcast Tuesday, Olbermann argued that Maddow had the chance to be a defacto moral compass for MSNBC, but instead of pushing back against her corporate bosses, simply towed the party line.
“Guess what? I was not wrong. She did not say boo about the deplorable NBC and MSNBC Meet the Press ‘interview’ of Trump,” Olbermann said. “NBC is itself investigating whether somebody on the staff of Meet the Press assured the Trump campaign there would not be any serious fact-checking. So he lied and lied and lied and Kristen Welker asked him touchy-feely Dateline questions about how it feels when he sees his mug shot.”
In regards to the purported investigation, Keith Olbermann said the questions persist, but not where they should be.
“The questions are being asked at 30 Rock, they’re just not being asked to on the networks of NBC by compliant employees. There was a sad irony last night, Rachel began her show with a monologue about how little things like being asked by a friend to be a dog sitter was a good sign that you were a good person and could be dependent upon and less time on the subject of making at least some noise of protest about her employers rolling over for Trump prostituting her network and standing up against the truth. She had the chance to be that person and she failed.”
