Holt Plays Down Middle, Downing Suggests Critical Generals Have Axes to Grind

Today Show/NewsBusters | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Today Show/NewsBusters ping.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Today Show/NewsBusters ping.

[jigsaw]

glgb, a great report -- thank you very much!   Could you please put me on your ping list?   Thanks.

[Laverne]

Nice report; when will they fire Holt? His even handedness is unacceptable by the NBC management....

[Always Right]

Holt's performance this morning was typical of his standards of down-the-middle journalism that others at Today and NBC would do well to emulate.

Katie is doing just fine shilling for the left. If you want to go far in this business, you must be a complete leftist whore.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

My pleasure - thanks for your interest and welcome to the list.

[soloNYer]

And that semblance of objective interviewing is why someone like Lester does not qualify as a weekday anchor when people are actually watching the Today show.

[joesbucks]

Yet had this been retired generals and admirals critical of Clinton, Gore or Kerry in time of war, the vast majority on this forum would be applauding the actions of the "brave military men and sailors coming forward with the abuses of the military". Frankly, go back to Bosnia and you would probably see that type of support.

We can't have it both ways folks.

[OldFriend]

I can hardly believe this actually aired. Thanks for helping by posting.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

For once, it was my real-not-twisted pleasure to post something about the Today show!

[SE Mom]

WTG Lester. Reading the interview was refreshing. When the press is so clearly biased (as with Ms. Couric) I tend to discount any critisism because the bias is so clear. This is dangerous- even with policies I support and believe in- there is always room to improve and learn. Without reasonable critisism that process can't happen.

IF there were more interviews like this both sides might find themselves educated and informed rather than threatening to throw the tv out the window.

[LZ_Bayonet]

I don't know where Lester Holt stands politically. It's to his credit that I can say that. I don't know how he gets away with it at that network, except that he's so good in all the other aspects of the job too. Maybe he's a lib off the air but has the ability to display fairness when on the job (i.e. "professional").

[OldFriend]

LOL...I had to look twice. Thought it might be scrappleface!

[PGalt]

Wayne Downing gives greater context by examining the possible motives of those calling for Rumsfeld's head.

Yet, he does not come close to providing the context given by a typical FreeRepublic thread on these contradictory, Monday morning Generalizers.

Thanks for witnessing Main Stream Propaganda's obituary.

[Hot Tabasco]

Where were these guy found? Were they random phone calls made by the MSM and if so, how many other retired generals were solicited but told the MSM to F-off?

Its becoming more clear each and every day that the MSM now has to "Create" news rather than just report....

[AmericaUnite]

Great job bringing us the Today info. Last night I worked and heard many of the patient's TVs on CNN. It was none stop get Rummy analysis. The lies were maddening. But, to most of those who watch, this was the truth. The constant comparisons to McNamara from Johnson's Vietnam is all they heard.

[LZ_Bayonet]

...vast majority on this forum would be applauding the actions of the "brave military men and sailors coming forward with the abuses of the military""

What you are saying may very well have merit, but the thread is basically about a fair interview by a member of the MSM. The distinction being that the MSM claims to be "unbiased", but clearly shows a strong liberal bias. Whereas FR is clearly a conservative site and does not claim otherwise.

[freedom4me]

I just sent Lester an e-mail commending his interview.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Excellent!