Usa 2020: here is anchor Savannah, star of the ‘zapping night’ – USA 2020

Someone on social media (perhaps a bit exaggerated) goes so far as to say that he saved the United States, jeopardizing the president’s last chance of victory. Others attack her by calling her rude, disrespectful, biased, and aggressive. As you think about the ‘zapping night’, the one in which Americans were forced to change channels dozens of times to follow the duel from a distance Donald Trump and Joe Biden, only one star shone: Savannah Guthrie’s.

The Melbourne-born, 48-year-old mother of two, former lawyer and legal expert, the host of the popular Today Show, which airs every morning on Nbc News, had no easy task. Especially after the controversy that had overwhelmed his network for agreeing to send Trump live at the time of the opponent’s sex. But with her performance, Guthrie eliminated any criticism. Because while the sleepy (for some “boring”) talk with the Democratic candidate was on the air, Savannah and Donald turned on. Prepared (a degree in journalism and another in law) sure of herself, determined and animated by zero astonishment, the journalist has succeeded in cornering an animal from the scene like Trump, pressing him in evasive responses and with a rigorous verification and immediate events that have often put the president in trouble.

Suddenly, all the courage and experience gained over the years came to light, after events such as the September 11 attacks, the raid on Osama bin Laden, the Michael Jackson trial, not counting the four years as a White House correspondent. by Barack Obama. A job that in 2018 earned him his entry on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Savannah’s strength in one sentence: “She’s the president, not some crazy guy who can retweet anything.” Trump had just defended himself from the accusation of having relaunched several conspiracy theories: “I am retweets … only retweets … I cannot control everything …”. But Guthrie was relentless: “Mr. Trump, there is no evidence of fraud and rigged elections. You are casting doubt on our democracy.” “A great job from Savannah in the most difficult circumstances, no one has been able to do it until now,” commented the legendary Carl Bernstein, one of two reporters who exposed Watergate. Conservative Fox News’ ‘rival’ Laura Ingraham doesn’t think so: “Has a journalist ever challenged Biden like Savannah is challenging Trump?” Meanwhile, there is a boom of Savannah followers on Twitter and Instagram: more than 23,000 in a few hours. And someone suggests, “Why don’t we have them hold a town hall with Trump every night from now until the vote?”