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On Thursday morning, NewsBusters deputy research director Geoffrey Dickens predicted that NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie would “go nuts on [President] Trump” in the town hall later that evening. And he was spot on with his prediction as she directed 25 liberal questions, comments, and other such biased interactions at the President.
That’s in contrast to her 9 neutral interactions and ZERO right-leaning interactions with Trump. But the audience questions were more balanced with three left-leaning questions, five neutral, and two right-leaning.
Not only did Guthrie have more interactions with Trump, compared to ABC chief anchor George Stephanopoulos who had a total of 19 with former Vice President Joe Biden in their town hall, but they also drug out as the town hall would devolve into a debate and even some shouting matches.
Whereas ABC began the program with an audience question, Guthrie didn’t get to the audience for almost 20 minutes as she prioritized battling with the President.
After asking Trump about his health and trying to nail down when he took a coronavirus test before the last debate, Guthrie went on to berate and lecture him about wearing masks and hold rallies. “No one that says you can't be out there, but it's just about wearing masks and having -- For example, your rallies! Your rallies don't require masks,” she shouted. “But as president, you're right, you want to be a leader, but you also are a leader and a setter of an example.”
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