Lester Holt is an antagonist....

[pbmus]

Joe did a magnificent job of answering his inane rebukes..

I really do not understand NBCs glorifying Holt...

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Lester was a tad annoying.

[qazplm135]

2. His job is to ask tough questions

not puff anyone up.

I don't understand the folks all upset because Holt asked a couple of mildly tough questions that then Biden answered well.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

4. This.

[elleng]

5. Answered VERY well, and I sure as hell want to see/hear THAT made clear, early and often.

[dlk]

6. It wasn't Holt's job to argue with the candidate

His hostility was obvious and unprofessional. It detracted from the town hall.

[qazplm135]

7. baloney

I watched the whole thing, there was none of that.

[brush]

10. It was annoying when Holt insinuated that the first debate debacle...

was just as much Joe's fault as it was trump's. I lost respect for him then. Everyone in the nation saw trump make the debate almost unwatchable.

[qazplm135]

11. you had to use the word insinuated

because you know he didn't actually say that.

[brush]

12. Because he didn't say it. He hinted at it. You must not...

have watched it.

[qazplm135]

14. yeah, watched the whole thing

Some people here are simply too sensitive.

[Silent3]

18. I'm not sure he insinuated the way the debate went was Biden's fault, exactly...

...but there was definitely, to me, something in Holt's tone that sounded like, "Where's your explanation for why you didn't stop Trump from acting like that... and it better be good!"

[brush]

20. Yes, like it was Biden's responsibility to keep a grown man...

in check from acting like belligerent adolescent, an adolescent who just happens to be the president.

Holt let his republican hole card show.

[R B Garr]

19. I took Holt's insinuations as both-siderism, too.

Holt was duplicitous about Biden being bullied, then wondering why Joe told him to shut up. It was obvious to all that Biden was holding off an 8-year-old mentality and trying to be dignified about it.

[uponit7771]

22. +1

[elleng]

3. He was OK, didn't damage the dialogue, imo,

except for one badly timed commercial break.

[StevieM]

8. I won't complain too much after the way Matt Lauer treated Hillary in 2016. (eom)

[PatSeg]

16. Oh yes

I'd forgotten that. He was a total jerk.

[brush]

21. Yep, and look where Lauer is now. Nowhere and in disgrace.

His treatment of Hillary kind of points to what came out about his attitude towards women.

[PatSeg]

23. Someone's success clearly went to his head

but honestly, I never understood why he was so successful. There was nothing about him that was in any way unique or talented. He couldn't have been more blah or ordinary. A little divine justice there that he lost it all, though he still exited the world stage a wealthy asshole, but still an asshole.

[brush]

24. He was in the right place at the right time. He was pals with...

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Bryant Gumbel so when Gumbel left, the job just fell into his second banana lap. I lived in NY back then. Before he was on NBC he worked across the river in Jersey on a nothing show called "One Broadcast Plaza" which was a midday show on local stories.

He got lucky.

[PatSeg]

25. That makes sense

Clearly his career was the result of dumb luck. Supposedly at his peak, he was earning $25 million a year. What on earth could have made him worth that much money? So instead of being grateful for his clearly unearned success, he abused his position. Do you suppose he ever questioned what on earth he ever did to deserve his good fortune and maybe even set out to 'pay it forward' like some celebrities have done? Obviously not.

I truly believe that eventually we will all reap what we sow.

[Polly Hennessey]

9. Awhile back someone on

DU said that Lester Holt is a registered republican. Who knows.

[beachbumbob]

13. Holt did 1000x better than Wallace

[Talitha]

15. Yeah, but Joe has always welcomed differing opinions... it opens doors to discussion.

Joe used to disagree with Obama, and Obama said Joe made him a better President. So just because Holt questioned Joe, it doesn't make him the enemy.

[PatSeg]

17. Good point

It really does open up the discussion.