How Savannah Guthrie Helped Salvage NBC’s Risky Bet on Town Hall

Also Read: NBC News' Savannah Guthrie Cuts Off Trump Speech Declaring Victory: 'Frankly Not True' (Video)No winner has been declared in the 2020 presidential election as of Wednesday evening, with the race tightening in battleground states including Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania as mail-in votes continue to be processed.In a speech on Wednesday, Democratic nominee Joe Biden expressed optimism that his campaign would secure the necessary electoral votes to win the presidency

NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie was not about to let U.S. President Donald Trump get away with misinformation during his overnight speech.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump will do a town hall next week with what is likely to be a friendlier forum than he faced with NBC News and Savannah Guthrie.Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that the president would participate in an event on Oct. 21, to be moderated by Eric Bolling, the conservative political commentator and host of America This Week.

Savannah Guthrie moderated a controversial town hall with the President Donald Trump on Thursday, and her “Today” show team is supporting her all the way.

Savannah Guthrie moderated a controversial town hall with the President Donald Trump on Thursday, and her show team is supporting her all the way.The journalist received praise from co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Al Rocker for how she handled her conversation with Trump, where she pressed him on the coronavirus pandemic, wearing face masks, his tax records and retweeting a conspiracy theory from QAnon, among other topics.Kotb tweeted that she was «proud» to be Guthrie's partner following the town hall,

Donald Trump told supporters that Savannah Guthrie went “totally crazy” during the NBC Town Hall on October 15. Speaking to a group of seniors in Fort Myers, Florida, the following morning, the president accused the TODAY co-host of ruining a “pleasurable evening” for him.

Donald Trump. She changed the subject for her bosses.NBC was reeling heading into Thursday's event, under widespread criticism for scheduling it at the same time as ABC's town hall with Democratic opponent Joe Biden.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPresident Donald Trump said on Friday that Savannah Guthrie had gone “totally crazy” during the NBC town hall on Thursday night.Speaking to a group of seniors in Fort Myers, Fla., Trump also weighed in on Joe Biden’s simultaneous appearance on ABC, which he said he did not watch.“He wasn’t looking too good,” Trump said.Trump and Biden held simultaneous town halls on the two networks.

During President Donald Trump's town hall on Thursday, current and former showrunners, producers and stars — including a handful of current and former NBC talent — who signed aletter of protest against the event continued to criticize the network for its decision and how the event played out. More than 100 top figures in the industry had criticized the network on Wednesday for choosing to air the town hall during the same day and time as ABC'stown hall with former vice president Joe Biden.

President Trump said his position on wearing masks has not changed since he contracted COVID-19during his town hall on NBC on Thursday, timed to compete with presidential contender rival Joe Biden's on ABC. When moderator Savannah Guthrie asked whether Trump's feelings on masks altered after he fell ill, he responded,"No, because I was okay with the masks.

Todayco-anchor Savannah Guthrie kicked off Thursday night's NBC town hall in Miami with President Donald Trump addressing the scheduling chaos and controversy around the debate-turned-solo event. "We want to say right off the top this is not how things were supposed to go tonight," theTodayco-anchor said at the top of the debate.

Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie moderated a town hall with President on NBC October 15 and is garnering a fair amount of praise for her handling of the situation, which once again saw POTUS avoiding answering questions and going off on rambling tangents. Before the town hall even aired, it was surrounded by controversy.

conspiracy theory that claimed Joe Biden had SEAL Team 6 murdered after the bin Laden — which the conspiracy claims was actually unsuccessful.“You’re the president! You’re not someone’s crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever!” Guthrie replied during the town hall.

QAnon, pressing him and not letting him evade answering. The town hall was a replacement of sorts for the debate Mr.

Also Read: Republicans Are Not Happy Savannah Guthrie Pushed Back on Trump During Town HallPerhaps the most notable moment of the hour-long session came when Guthrie asked Trump about a tweet he had retweeted this week which pushed a conspiracy theory about Joe Biden and Osama bin Laden. Trump defended defended himself by saying, “I’ll put it out there, people can decide for themselves.

Also Read: Trump Trashes 'Concast,' NBC, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Joe Biden, Fake News in Epic 2-Minute Tirade (Video)Earlier, Guthrie asked Trump if he would disavow QAnon “in its entirety,” which Trump refused to do.“It is this theory that Democrats are a satanic pedophile ring and that you are a savior of that.

Also Read: Savannah Guthrie Pushes Trump on QAnon, Conspiracy Theories: 'You're Not Like Someone's Crazy Uncle Who Can Just Retweet Whatever!'“Again, the reason we got here is because President Trump dropped out of the second debate,” Rachel Maddow continued. “Vice President Joe Biden then scheduled a town hall at ABC News, that is ongoing.

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten As puzzling as it was that NBC News scheduled its town hall with Donald Trump against ABC News and Joe Biden, credit is due to moderator Savannah Guthrie for turning it into much more of an hourlong interview than a series of softballs from everyday folk.Throughout the hour, she peppered the president with questions on his COVID-19 testing, on his retweets of conspiracy theories, on whether he’s indebted to the tune of $400 million.It was a bit of a recovery for the

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Trump wanted to run and ramble. Savannah Guthrie wouldn’t let him.In what may be the performance of a career, the popular “Today” anchor kept a tight rein on the proceedings of a controversial town-hall event with President Donald Trump that put NBC in the cross-hairs of critics and Hollywood A-listers.

Savannah Guthrie hit back at an increasingly irate Donald Trump at his NBC Town Hall event after the president maintained that retweeting a wild conspiracy theory wasn’t the same as promoting it. The TODAY host pointed out that Trump had retweeted an insane claim that Joe Biden, allegedly tried to have SEAL Team Six murdered, which is reckless at best. “That was an opinion of someone, and that was a retweet,” Trump said. “People can decide for themselves; I don’t take a position.”