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Embarrassment for NBC News after Lester Holt apparently falls for North Korean propaganda
Fox News ^
| 1/24/18
| Brian Flood
Posted on 01/24/2018 5:34:52 PM PST by markomalley
NBC News is reeling after Nightly News anchor Lester Holt appears to have been badly fooled by North Korean propagandists -- giving a cheery report from a ski resort in the Hermit Kingdom that looked to be bustling when it was widely known to actually be a ghost town.
Holt -- who returned early from North Korea after scathing reviews -- reported for Nightly News from the Masikryong ski resort on Monday, a facility that is the brainchild of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and is typically empty. The resort, built to create the appearance of a prosperous nation, was largely deserted during peak 2017 ski season, according to multiple reports.
But for Holts appearance, the North Korean government appears to have brought in skiers wearing identical outfits and staged the scene, something Holt did not appear to realize.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews; korea; lesterdolt; lesterholt; media; msm; nbc
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To: WayneS
A moron? They put him in fake glasses and a vest...he’s got to be smart.
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:54:22 PM PST
by
lacrew
To: markomalley
...the North Korean government appears to have brought in skiers...My money is on Holt hiring them.
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:55:32 PM PST
by
Libloather
(Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
To: Mears; raiderboy
If it takes NUKES SO BE IT!
Are you out of your mind?
I hope the moderators pay attention to his posts. He is relatively recent and posts like this smell of a plant.
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:55:50 PM PST
by
af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: markomalley
On the 5 today, it was mentioned that he kind of, had to, say such things in order to preserve good health to he and his fellow travelers.
To: markomalley
To: markomalley
![p309](http://michellemalkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/baby-milk-plant.png)
He could always work for CNN.
To: tennmountainman
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:59:26 PM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: WayneS
It’s not just Holt, there had to be producers and other advance people.
Marko
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:59:31 PM PST
by
markoman
(Nothing hard liquor and a hammer won't fix)
To: markomalley
He doesn’t get it. Walter Duranty got a prize for this kind of reporting!
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posted on
01/24/2018 5:59:48 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: JBW1949
Did Holt miss the lesson on Potemkin Villages?
He’s a “useful idiot.”
To: Sasparilla
Even more interesting that although there were long lines no skiers could be seen coming down the long twin slopes. I noticed the same thing, and its a dead giveaway. Obviously, very few if any of those stand-ins even know how to ski, so they couldnt be allowed to actually ascend the mountain.
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:00:23 PM PST
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: Sasparilla
Slopes empty because none of the NORK actors can actually ski.
They never have nor will they ever.
To: markomalley
the North Korean government appears to have brought in skiers wearing identical outfits and staged the scene, something Holt did not appear to realize
Yeah. Right.
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:01:22 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: markomalley
To: JBW1949
I often tell people that the memory is the second thing to go, and I forget what goes first. It gets many knowing glances in response.
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:03:03 PM PST
by
Bernard
(The only Fair Tax is the Tax that Taxes You and not Me)
To: markomalley
I don’t think anyone has ever accused Lester of being the brightest kid in the class.
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:04:09 PM PST
by
SharpRightTurn
(Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
To: markomalley
Socialists never believe other socialists would ever deceive them.
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:04:24 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: markomalley
Lester Holt: Wow! A winter wonderland, Wally.
Walter Duranty: Righto! Just like that winter wonderland in the old Ukraine 85 years ago.
Lester:And everyone's so friendly - like they were expecting us or something.
Walter:Funny how these countries with the baddest reputations turn out to be the friendliest.
Lester:I can't wait to write this up for the folks back home: "Potemkin Ski Resort would be the envy of Breckinridge!"
Walter:Good lead in, Les. Back then, mine was: "So much food over here people are eating their heads off!"
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:05:47 PM PST
by
jobim
To: markomalley
If the silly putz and NBC really wanted to legitimize their propaganda, the least they could have done was to make sure there were skiers on the slopes in the background.........LOL!
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:06:19 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
To: Hot Tabasco
As a side note, in the video in the lower left hand corner, a “skier” fell down and couldn’t get up.........LOL!
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posted on
01/24/2018 6:08:06 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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