Media Consultation, Writings, and Commentary
Dr. Welner has been a contributor to network news including ABC, CBS, and BBC and to programs such as Larry King Live, on issues relating to forensic psychiatry and criminal behavior, such as the Ft. Hood shooting, white collar defendant Bernie Madoff, false confessor John Mark Karr, the Craigslist Killer Phillip Markoff, and the Virginia Tech massacre. He drew considerable media attention when his remarks on ABC News’ Good Morning America regarding media coverage of the Virginia Tech rampage sparked a discussion which may have affected the direction of subsequent news coverage.
As an ABC News Consultant, he was regularly featured on Good Morning America, 20/20, and Nightline, and contributed to ABC News.com on topics including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s interrogations, Anna Nicole Smith’s death investigation and mob violence and looting.
In 1992 and 1993, Dr. Welner was a volunteer media coordinator and spokesperson for the Ross Perot election campaign in New York and the citizen action organization United We Stand America, also in New York. During the 1992 election campaign, Dr. Welner debated candidates’ representatives in support of Ross Perot’s presidential bid.
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