Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams criticized fellow journalists in a statement provided to The Washington Post on Monday for failing to find the right words to describe a “visibly struggling” President Biden throughout his term.
Williams told The Washington Post that the journalistic language used in today's media was “lazy, numbing and normalizing in a time of urgency and necessity.”
The Post published a report With quotes from ten journalists who talked about how the press will cover President-elect Donald Trump's second term.
“It's actually a huge insult and a disservice to those watching and listening — because it doesn't match what they've seen or heard for themselves. It's been sad to watch so many working journalists try to create the words to accurately describe the struggle of a diminished president,” Williams said. “Able to complete a sentence or thought in his disastrous and final debate.”
Brian Williams called out his fellow journalists in a statement to The Washington Post. (Reuters)
“Say it with me: Perhaps the ultimate irony is that the electoral collapse of the Democratic Party in 2024 was caused in large part by the man who ran to save the country and democracy — the same man who then tried to stay too long in office.” “You said that on the show. Now, please, you can say that into the microphone,” he said.
The newspaper also spoke to other members of the press, e.g Former CNN host Don Lemon Which encouraged the press to focus on what Trump does, not what he says.
“The media should also cover less of what Trump says and more of what he does. Too often journalists let Trump's latest harsh or bigoted comments dominate the news cycle. They rarely devote the front page to the man's extreme actions.” Lemon said.
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
During the appearance In a late-night television interview after the election, Williams said the Democratic Party needed to “rebuild.”
The former anchor said Democrats used “insulting” campaign language.
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“Cover the second Trump administration without fear or favor,” Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, told The Washington Post.
Abramson said that Elon Musk would be a success for journalists, adding: “When policies work and the new administration deserves praise, publish these stories.”
