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NBC’s Lester Holt slammed for 'cotton candy' North Korea coverage (TR)
Fox News ^ | 1/23/2018 | Sasha Savitsky

Posted on 01/23/2018 11:00:19 AM PST by DFG

NBC's Lester Holt is under fire for his "cushy" coverage of North Korea, despite the regime’s long record of cruelty, murder and oppression.

The star journalist traveled to the Hermit Kingdom weeks before the Peacock Network will cover the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, and viewers slammed his coverage as being sycophantic, decidedly uncritical and feeding "propaganda."

Holt was criticized in particular for saying he was treated “with respect” by the regime, where he reported from a ski slope as seemingly happy North Koreans were enjoying a wintry day. Viewers said the ski scene appeared to have been staged by the North Koreans, who are notorious for keeping visiting journalists on closely guarded, highly choreographed tours and not allowing interviews with high ranking government officials.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews; holt; lester; lesterholt; mediawingofthednc; nbc; nork; northkorea; partisanmediashills; pyongyang
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Full title : NBC’s Lester Holt slammed for 'cotton candy' North Korea coverage on 'cushy' trip to cruel dictatorship
1 posted on 01/23/2018 11:00:19 AM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

America needs less Holt.


2 posted on 01/23/2018 11:02:33 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: DFG

I don’t blame him. Look what happened to the last American who was arrested in North Korea.

;-)


3 posted on 01/23/2018 11:03:02 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: Paladin2

Stay there Lester. Forever.


4 posted on 01/23/2018 11:03:32 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: DFG
WW3 Preparations: Amidst Drought North Korean Officials Raid Homes And Farms To Feed Army
5 posted on 01/23/2018 11:04:04 AM PST by blam
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To: DFG

A general told me that they have really enjoyed the cable installation the Clintons got for them
and asked why we didn't include FOX.

6 posted on 01/23/2018 11:05:55 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: WayneS

Re your tagline from Churchill: If you haven’t seen “Darkest Hour” yet I would recommend it.


7 posted on 01/23/2018 11:08:16 AM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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I have not seen it yet because I was concerned it would be a leftist-hollywood hit piece. Is it a fair depiction of the man?


8 posted on 01/23/2018 11:09:59 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: DFG

Technically we are still at war with North Korea. Would Holt’s reporting be considered giving aid and comfort to the enemy?


9 posted on 01/23/2018 11:10:53 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: DFG

With any luck I'll have lunch with little rocket man and learn how the NORKS prepare tasty delicacies using only grass and tree bark.

10 posted on 01/23/2018 11:11:32 AM PST by JPG (MAGA)
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And those same liberal media will do countless stories on the homeless now that a republican is in office and the same that liked to call the Tea Party members “teabaggers” and how racist they were. But a brutal dictator staving his people? Eh, how lovely the country is and the people are so happy. Proof that there aren’t murderous dictators liberals don’t love.


11 posted on 01/23/2018 11:12:21 AM PST by bcr100 (Its)
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12 posted on 01/23/2018 11:16:01 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: WayneS

I had the same fear but there wasn’t much hit-piece type stuff in my opinion.


13 posted on 01/23/2018 11:16:49 AM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: DFG

My dementia ridden MIL watches CBS. This guy Holt is always cotton candy. That’s what those NBC viewers are use too. NBC viewers are all retarded zombies anyway.
At least my MIL forgets to vote.


14 posted on 01/23/2018 11:17:41 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: DFG

The word cotton is going to trigger a lot of hate.


15 posted on 01/23/2018 11:18:16 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood

The snow in the background is pretty white too.


16 posted on 01/23/2018 11:20:12 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: right way right

I meant MIL watches NBC.


17 posted on 01/23/2018 11:23:38 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: DFG

NBC viewers haven’t seen such glowing coverage of a State leader since early January of 2017.


18 posted on 01/23/2018 11:23:38 AM PST by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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My dementia ridden MIL watches CBS. This guy Holt is always cotton candy. That’s what those NBC viewers are use too. NBC viewers are all retarded zombies anyway.
At least my MIL forgets to vote.

Are you sure she is being “voted” five-six-seven times each election by the SEIU/NAACP/SPLU “social advisors” going around each senior citizens home “assisting” every one of those senior citizens during every election season with write-in ballots by hand-carrying them to the polling place(s) early and often?

They have a history of throwing away republican ballots, and sending in dozens of "dead ballots" all marked for democratic positions.

The census takers hired from those groups do the same. For empty, burned-out buildings.

19 posted on 01/23/2018 11:26:47 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: DFG

NBC is frikkin’ retarded.


20 posted on 01/23/2018 11:41:02 AM PST by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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