Special Edition Broadcast to Look at Lessons Learned Since 2020 and Growing Threats of AI, Misinformation and More

May 23, 2024 — Meet the Press with Kristen Welker will air “The Threat to Democracy” this Sunday, a special edition broadcast focused on election security and democracy amid growing threats from misinformation and artificial intelligence in the lead-up to the 2024 election.

With more than half the world’s population set to cast ballots this year, the broadcast special comes as an NBC News poll has identified “threats to democracy” as a top issue at the voting booth this year. 

Moderator Kristen Welker will take an in-depth look at the lessons learned from 2020, the preparations taking place to protect the vote in 2024, and novel threats to the voting process in conversations with state election officials, democracy and disinformation experts, and journalists and analysts. The broadcast will feature conversations with:

• A bipartisan panel of Secretaries of State, including Jocelyn Benson (D-Mich.), Brad Raffensperger (R-Ga.), Adrian Fontes (D-Ariz.), and Al Schmidt (R-Pa.)

• The Stanford Internet Observatory’s Renee DiResta, author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality; and The Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

• The New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker, McCain Institute Executive Director and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas, former Presidential Commission on Election Administration Co-Chair Ben Ginsberg, and PBS Newshour Co-Anchor Amna Nawaz on challenges and threats to democracy.

“The Threat to Democracy” airs Sunday morning, May 26 on NBC. 

For more information, contact:

Alex Butcher-Nesbitt
NBC News
e: Alex.Butcher-Nesbitt@nbcuni.com

MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER

Meet the Press with Kristen Welkeris the premiere destination for original political reporting and interviews with the leaders that shape each week’s headlines. Moderated by Kristen Welker, the veteran NBC News chief White House correspondent and the first journalist of color to moderate a Sunday public affairs program, Meet the Press has set the political agenda and highlighted the everyday impact of Washington decision-making on viewers all over the country for more than 75 years. It reaches millions of viewers every Sunday and millions more through social, digital and on-demand platforms. Meet the Press also brings its signature analysis and newsmaker interviews to streaming audiences with Meet the Press NOW at 4 p.m. on weekdays on NBC News NOW. Kristen Welker is the 13th moderator of Meet the Press, Carrie Budoff Brown is NBC News senior vice president for politics, and David Gelles is executive producer. Melissa Frankel is executive producer of Meet the Press NOW.