Posted on 09/27/2016 4:44:49 PM PDT by Kaslin
>NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, at Monday night’s debate, repeatedly cross-examined and fact-checked GOP nominee Donald Trump. However, for Hillary Clinton there was not one single challenge to anything she said. And there wasn’t a hard-hitting question to the Democratic nominee on any of her controversies whether it be Benghazi, the Clinton Foundation or the e-mails.
If Holt had correctly done his job as moderator he could’ve asked a tough question of Trump and then pivoted to ask an equally challenging question to Clinton. The debate might have gone completely different if he had.
Listed below are questions actually asked by Holt, followed (in italics) by questions he could have asked Clinton, if he had any interest in being fair and balanced:
HOLT: Mr. Trump, we’re talking about the burden that Americans have to pay, yet you have not released your tax returns and the reason nominees have released their returns for decades is so voters will know if their potential president owes money to, who he owes it to and any business conflicts. Don’t Americans have a right to know if there are any conflicts of interest?
HOLT: Mrs. Clinton, questions have been raised about the Clinton Foundation raising money from foreign entities that had business before the State Department while you were Secretary of State. Voters need to know their potential president owes money to, who he or she owes it to and any business conflicts. Don’t Americans have a right to know if there are any conflicts of interest?”
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HOLT: Mr. Trump, for five years, you perpetuated a false claim that the nation’s first black president was not a natural born citizen. You questioned his legitimacy. In the last couple of weeks you acknowledge what most Americans have accepted for years, the President was born in the United States. Can you tell us what took you so long?
HOLT: Mrs. Clinton you said that quote: “You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the ‘basket of deplorables’. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it.” A Washington Post taken after you made that statement found 65 percent said it was “unfair” to describe a quote “large portion” of Trump supporters in that way? Mrs. Clinton how do you expect to unite this country with such language?
...HOLT: Our next segment is called Securing America. We want to start with a 21st century war happening every day in this country. Our institutions are under cyber attack and our secrets are being stolen. So my question is who’s behind it and how do we fight it? Secretary Clinton, this answer goes to you. How can Americans expect you to take a lead in such an important fight when you, FBI Director James Comey called you quote “careless” in your storage of classified e-mails on a private server?”
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HOLT: Mr. Trump, with a lot of these are judgment questions. You had supported the war in Iraq before the invasion. What makes your judgment. Why is your judgment any different than Mrs. Clinton’s?
HOLT: Mrs. Clinton, your State Department was accused of not paying attention to warnings of a potential attack, prior to the Embassy bombing in Benghazi that left four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, dead. Additionally, the State Department was accused of scrubbing CIA talking points, in the aftermath of the attack. Don’t these issues go to the question of your judgment in a crisis situation?
I agree 100 percent
She should be offended at his metaphorically holding the door open for the “little woman” who can’t make it without a big strong male’s help. That is if this is viewed from a liberated point of view. Embarrassing to real women.
Mr. Dolt either is just plain stupid or his boss received orders he couldn’t refuse. In any case, Dolt conducted a farce, not a debate. In a traditional debate, both sides discuss the same question. If not, you’ve got talking about oranges and the other apples.
“”voters will know if their potential president owes money to, who he owes it to and any business conflicts.””
He doesn’t know a heck of a lot about tax returns, does he? Would have been better off keeping his mouth shut on that one.
It’s pretty ironic that the Clinton campaign found the architect that Trump had hired at one time who apparently had a beef with him and the way his bill was paid. When have the Clintons ever done ANYTHING that required hiring someone to do a job and finding they weren’t satisfied with the job performed? NEVER??? Anyone in any business and especially the huge business enterprise that Trump runs is bound to have conflicts regarding materials, workmanship, bills etc. Hillary acted like this was out of the norm...and I guess for her, it would be! When you’re in politics, you don’t have to produce anything. Same with being an attorney!
Here’s something else Americans need to figure out:
Elections are the media’s big payday. They mean big advertising bucks that must in most cases be paid up front.
Therefore, it is in the media’s best interest to use its polling arms to convince voters on both sides that the race is close. It’s down to the wire!
That way, both sides keep their ad buys going.
The media has a HUGE conflict of interest that no one talks about. There is NO WAY they should be conducting polls and hosting debates. Even reporting on an election in which they have a MASSIVE financial interest is a blatant conflict.
This is an issue that must be addressed. It’s the elephant in the room. Or the donkey, more to the point.
So is Colin Powell.
We all know how he is in the tank for Trump. /sarc
Next time, if appears that the moderator is acting as hitlery’s wingman, Trump should stop and say time out. Because the moderator is overtly biased, I reserve the right to pass on your questions and bring up any topic I want.
Trump should announce his intention beforehand to cry foul when needed and turn the debate into an infomercial.
A liberal who funded the Al Gore recount in 2000 boasted of being a “registered” Republican, yet he said that in all of his years he had never found a candidate who so matched his views as Al Gore Jr.
Some turds vote in the primaries one way but for the opposite party in the general election.
Why did he have an earpiece, I thought they were banned for moderators???
Kaslin, you, and all of the rest here are looking at this in the wrong way.
Lester Holt is ALIVE this morning, and in no danger of a Tragic Accident or random shooting!
In addition, his continued employment is secured.
That is what really matters, isnt it?
If hed gone after Hillary the same way he went after Trump, hed be looking over his shoulder this morning, on the watch for some crazed liberal, or in danger of a tragic Weight-lifting accident.
He can at least sleep peacefully tonight, over the clank of his Democrat Slave Chains.
I’m a registered Democrat, precinct captain and election judge. Seriously, I am. The later two are elective offices. I got elected to both offices with a handful of write-in votes and zero campaigning. Seriously, I did.
I want to believe you however, your actions belie your statement, what to do?
MARTHA RADDAZ GRILLS PENCE Here's a good indication of the kind of 'moderation' you can expect from Martha Raddatz. She has all the charm of a hyena
Here's the first problem, we have assented to our enemy's description of events. Calling what Lester Crowley did, "fact checking" validates the point as a fact when it is not. When these so-called journalists inject their invalid opinion into an opinion commentary, they have no claim to impartiality or to truth. We cannot validate what Lester Crowley did by calling it "fact" checking, when it was simply him behaving like a crooked butcher with his thumb on the scale.
If Hillary Clinton requires a tag-team partner for a Presidential debate, how will she ever lead the country against some of the greatest threats weve ever been faced with?
ca-ching!
I see what you did hear...
Looks like a BUNCH of us have figgered this out!!
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