"Over and over, when the president repeated lies that were debunked months or years ago, Llamas responded simply right' or yeah' or didn't acknowledge them at all, Dale wrote, continuing: Trump's rapid-fire dishonesty is difficult for any interviewer to handle, especially given the limited time they are given by the White House, and it's not uncommon for them to largely ignore the serial inaccuracy in order to get to the topics they've planned to address."
"In the article, Dale credited Llamas for pushing back on Trump's assertion that he was starting to get great polls on the economy, causing Trump to rephrase that his polling numbers should be great. Dale called it a textbook moment in political interviewing before adding, it was one of the only times in the interview that Llamas challenged one of Trump's false claims."
CNN chief fact checker Daniel Dale criticized NBC anchor Tom Llamas for often failing to rebut President Trump's repeated long-debunked falsehoods during an extended interview. NBC posted an extended streaming version of the sit-down on YouTube. Llamas pressed Trump on an economic polling claim, prompting Trump to rephrase, which Dale praised as a textbook moment. Llamas frequently replied with brief affirmations like 'right' or 'yeah' or did not acknowledge false claims. Dale noted that Trump's rapid-fire dishonesty challenges interviewers, and that viewers lacked immediate corrective information despite NBC publishing a fact check online.
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