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2016 Postmortem

RandySF

(58,936 posts) Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:47 PM Sep 2016

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I was wrong about Lester Holt.

I expected him to put him thumb on the scale for Trump, but he didn't. He was tough fair and actually held Don the Con accountable.

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I was wrong about Lester Holt. (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2016 OP

when he decided to participate. nt TeamPooka Sep 2016 #1

Yup, too passive too often n/t True Dough Sep 2016 #6

I thought that too. Lester Holt could have piped in a few times & not let Cheeto run his mouth AgadorSparticus Sep 2016 #9

Lester fact checked trump on his support for the war in Iraq Gothmog Sep 2016 #2

Not as much as I had hoped for dhol82 Sep 2016 #3

Much more than any of us expected! anamandujano Sep 2016 #4

What low expectations. dhol82 Sep 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author True Dough Sep 2016 #7

Definitely! n/t True Dough Sep 2016 #8

Trump hung himself ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2016 #10

Yep. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2016 #12

Agree canetoad Sep 2016 #16

Holt could have done better dflprincess Sep 2016 #11

Brian Williams won't be getting his old job back tonight, but there's always tomorrow. tandem5 Sep 2016 #13

expect Trump to attack Holt and NBC in 3-2-1 JCMach1 Sep 2016 #14

Holt held back when he could, injected only when necessary. Any more insertions would appear biased Bucky Sep 2016 #15

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

1. when he decided to participate. nt

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:49 PM

Sep 2016

True Dough

(17,311 posts)

6. Yup, too passive too often n/t

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:54 PM

Sep 2016

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)

9. I thought that too. Lester Holt could have piped in a few times & not let Cheeto run his mouth

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:56 PM

Sep 2016

So excessively.

Gothmog

(145,345 posts)

2. Lester fact checked trump on his support for the war in Iraq

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:49 PM

Sep 2016

I love it

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

3. Not as much as I had hoped for

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:50 PM

Sep 2016

Let the orange one carry on way too long on certain questions.

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)

4. Much more than any of us expected!

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:51 PM

Sep 2016

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

5. What low expectations.

Reply to anamandujano (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:53 PM

Sep 2016

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True Dough This message was self-deleted by its author.

True Dough

(17,311 posts)

8. Definitely! n/t

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:55 PM

Sep 2016

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)

10. Trump hung himself

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:57 PM

Sep 2016

Letting him babble was the best thing that could have happened.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,743 posts)

12. Yep.

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:58 PM

Sep 2016

canetoad

(17,169 posts)

16. Agree

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #12)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 11:04 PM

Sep 2016

Enough rope.

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)

11. Holt could have done better

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:57 PM

Sep 2016

but maybe letting Trump run amok wasn't a bad idea.

tandem5

(2,072 posts)

13. Brian Williams won't be getting his old job back tonight, but there's always tomorrow.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:59 PM

Sep 2016

Talking heads must earn their keep everyday!

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)

14. expect Trump to attack Holt and NBC in 3-2-1

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 11:00 PM

Sep 2016

Bucky

(54,027 posts)

15. Holt held back when he could, injected only when necessary. Any more insertions would appear biased

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 11:03 PM

Sep 2016

Thing about being moderator is, you have to be moderate. Holt did it perfectly. At some point you have to trust that the voters can see the flaws in the candidates without the refs laying out the final tallies.

I expect Holt to be excoriated by Fox and all its wanna be clones.

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