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dameatball

(7,671 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:16 PM Oct 2019

Just saw Lester Holt re: tonight's news. Lead stories were LeBron James and Felicity Huffman. Good

Grief!
Sure, they are somewhat interesting stories. I get that. But in the grand scheme of things....wtf???

This is part of the reason why people are not fully informed over the corruption in our country and the peril our planet is in. Ratings I suppose.

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Just saw Lester Holt re: tonight's news. Lead stories were LeBron James and Felicity Huffman. Good (Original Post) dameatball Oct 2019 OP

Yes exactly. This is information people need. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #1

NBC nightly going downhill. Cattledog Oct 2019 #2

LeBron James took a knee for China Ptah Oct 2019 #3

We can't count on the media. They're in it for the money. spanone Oct 2019 #4

Okay, I was wrong. Lead story is "Russia Moves In." I must have see a teaser of some kind. dameatball Oct 2019 #5

Lester Holt has been a registered republican for years Submariner Oct 2019 #6

dewsgirl

(14,965 posts)

1. Yes exactly. This is information people need.

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Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:20 PM

Oct 2019

Cattledog

(6,670 posts)

2. NBC nightly going downhill.

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Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:24 PM

Oct 2019

Ptah

(34,160 posts)

3. LeBron James took a knee for China

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Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:25 PM

Oct 2019

spanone

(142,064 posts)

4. We can't count on the media. They're in it for the money.

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Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:27 PM

Oct 2019

dameatball

(7,671 posts)

5. Okay, I was wrong. Lead story is "Russia Moves In." I must have see a teaser of some kind.

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Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:32 PM

Oct 2019

Submariner

(13,439 posts)

6. Lester Holt has been a registered republican for years

Reply to dameatball (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:58 PM

Oct 2019

so you have to expect he will go lightly on his right wing comrades by starting off with NBA and hollywood stories.

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