More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Friday, NBC’s Today brought on Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd and MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace to blast President Trump’s interview with Nightly News anchor Lester Holt. Todd derided the White House sit-down as a “bungling attempt” by Trump to explain the firing of FBI Director James Comey, while Wallace ranted that the entire administration had “zero credibility.”
The panel discussion began with co-host Savannah Guthrie teeing up the nasty reviews: “I mean, this is a president who believes he is his best spokesperson....if the goal was to convince people, ‘Look, I fired Jim Comey for good reason, not related to this Russia investigation,’ how did he do?” Todd wasted no time bashing the exchange: “He did pretty poorly....But what really made this, I think, a bungling attempt, sort of Keystone Cop-like, is the fact that the staff seems to be playing catch-up.”