{"id":50429,"date":"2016-09-27T13:17:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50429"},"modified":"2016-09-27T13:21:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:21:57","slug":"lester-holt-the-third-debater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50429","title":{"rendered":"Lester Holt: The Third Debater?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Heat Street<\/p>\n<p>At last night\u2019s debate, Donald Trump faced off not just against Hillary Clinton, but against moderator Lester Holt.<\/p>\n<p>The game of two-on-one saw Holt ask no questions about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hillary\u2019s emails<\/li>\n<li>Benghazi<\/li>\n<li>The Clinton Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While ignoring these issues, Holt grilled Trump on stop-and-frisk, the birther story, his comments about women, his many bankruptcies, why he hasn\u2019t released his tax returns \u2014 and a host of other issues the media sees as unfriendly to the Republican candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Holt also repeatedly attempted to \u201cfact check\u201d on some of Trump\u2019s positions, such as his claim to have opposed the Iraq War from the beginning. Holt interrupted Trump several times to interject, but rarely succeeded (and may have come across as weak and impotent).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Twittersphere has taken note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/TimSClark\/status\/780603058539507714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffTutorials\/status\/780602582188392452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyMaglio\/status\/780602207725051904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lester Holt train of thought right now:<br \/>Tax returns- ck<br \/>Birth Cert- ck<\/p>\n<p>Emails? Health? Benghazi? <br \/>(Oops we ran out of time)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 ERIC BOLLING \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ericbolling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericbolling\/status\/780591151774654465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/SaveUSA1776\/status\/780598904807100416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I suppose Lester Holt just forgot about the no-applause, no-cheering rule as the night wore on.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4c2la5NBk\">https:\/\/t.co\/d4c2la5NBk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J6AYjHM7AI\">pic.twitter.com\/J6AYjHM7AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimgeraghty\/status\/780605568763428864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nearly all of Holt&#39;s followups and fact-checking efforts were directed at Trump, not Clinton. Look for a big debate over his role<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HowardKurtz\/status\/780594938396434433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lester Holt questions all attacks on Trump which put him on defense all night!! Not 1 question on any things she has done <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/debates?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#debates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/themouthmatusow\/status\/780608841612263424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/toddstarnes\/status\/780607254437519361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/poniewozik\/status\/780603815011741696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRUMP CAMPAIGN ATTACKING <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LesterHoltNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LesterHoltNBC<\/a>!!!! Now you KNOW they know how bad this was.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurteichenwald\/status\/780604290679267328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">The<strong> nerds at Vox.com tried to argue that Hillary was interrupted a lot during the debate because she is a woman<\/strong>. However, the cute little graphic they made actually shows that Lester Holt interrupted Trump far more often than he interrupted Hillary.<\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahkliff\/status\/780603407996510208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\"><\/div>\n<p>Many<strong> liberals and members of the mainstream media either praised Holt for challenging Trump during the debate, or lashed out at him for not being aggressive enough<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lester Holt asked good, tough, smart questions at the debate. Finally, someone did: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DexFT9k0Oe\">https:\/\/t.co\/DexFT9k0Oe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4KCz2IW7Jg\">pic.twitter.com\/4KCz2IW7Jg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Slate (@Slate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slate\/status\/780618506610085888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentBozell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brentbozell<\/a> you are totally wrong and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LesterHoltNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LesterHoltNBC<\/a> did what needed to be done in order to keep order. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> was condescending <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Che7Hq7ylH\">https:\/\/t.co\/Che7Hq7ylH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rolando Nichols (@RolandoNichols) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RolandoNichols\/status\/780609768092078086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Funny how the same folks who warned <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LesterHoltNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LesterHoltNBC<\/a> not to fact check this a.m. are now blasting him for not fact checking more. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/debatenight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#debatenight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kimberly Atkins Stohr (@KimberlyEAtkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimberlyEAtkins\/status\/780607117036257280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/jamespmanley\/status\/780606539153321985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed\">\u00a0Some joked that Lester Holt wasn\u2019t even at the debate, due to his failure to adequately admonish Trump for not giving the \u201cright\u201d answers.<\/div>\n<p>And, <strong>of course, one prolific tweeter took special note<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing on emails. Nothing on the corrupt Clinton Foundation. And nothing on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Benghazi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Benghazi<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Debates2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Debates2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/debatenight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#debatenight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/780597941979480064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/DylanByers\/status\/780608777062117377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/heatst.com\/politics\/lester-holt-the-third-debater\/\">http:\/\/heatst.com\/politics\/lester-holt-the-third-debater\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}