{"id":7934,"date":"2025-01-13T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=7934"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:18:35","slug":"nbcs-kristen-welker-faces-backlash-for-false-claim-about-vp-harris-and-gold-star-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=7934","title":{"rendered":"NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker Faces Backlash for False Claim About VP Harris and Gold Star Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBC\u2019s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; host Kristen Welker faced backlash for falsely claiming Vice President Kamala Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 U.S. service members killed in the 2021 Kabul airport bombing. The claim, made during an interview with Sen. Tom Cotton, was later retracted by NBC.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cotton criticized Harris and President Biden for missing a recent Gold Star families\u2019 event honoring the fallen service members. In defense, Welker incorrectly stated Harris attended the 2021 transfer alongside Biden, but only Biden was present. NBC issued a correction acknowledging the error.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy highlights ongoing criticism of the administration\u2019s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal. Families of the fallen have expressed frustration over the perceived lack of accountability and respect, pointing to incidents like Biden checking his watch during the 2021 transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Welker\u2019s false statement has fueled debates about media accuracy and bias, intensifying scrutiny of both the Biden administration and the press on this sensitive issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC\u2019s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; host Kristen Welker faced backlash for falsely claiming Vice President Kamala Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 U.S. service members killed in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker Faces Backlash for False Claim About VP Harris and Gold Star Families -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=7934\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker Faces Backlash for False Claim About VP Harris and Gold Star Families -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NBC\u2019s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; 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