Embarrassment for NBC News after Lester Holt apparently falls for North Korean propaganda

Fox News ^ | 2018/01/24 | Brian Flood

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Embarrassment for NBC News after Lester Holt apparently falls for North Korean propaganda

By Brian Flood

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 Holt’s 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.

The resort is a “source of immense pride for a country trying to present a new and modern face to the world,” Holt said during his report.

NBC News did not respond to requests for comment as to whether Holt’s unexpectedly early departure from North Korea was related to the embarrassing ski resort snafu. But inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NBC’s more seasoned journalists were cringing.

“Who produced this garbage?” asked an NBC insider. “It is field producing 101 -- don’t do a standup somewhere that’s been staged by a dictatorial regime.”

[reg45]

And the winner of the Walter Duranty Journalism Award for 2018 is: Lester Holt.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Fake Norks faked out Fake News.

[LouieFisk]

The media *wants* to believe the Potemkin Village propaganda.

[existentially_kuffer]

Lester Holt, a news bot.

[Skybird]

Lester Dolt

[McGruff]

Maybe he’s a North Korean agent. We know all the MSM are communists at heart.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Thanks to Trump and internet autists. A few years ago NBC would have defended the story without fear of getting caught.

[lewislynn]

I don’t think Lester Holt was hired for his mental performance level.

Then it must have been for his color.

[Yaelle]

Thank goodness Kimmy didn’t pass away while Holt was there. I couldn’t bear to see Holt sobbing in the street with the rest of them.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Lester is known in the news business as “Holt the Dolt”.

And he has earned it.

[bagster]

He fell for the kimche in the tail pipe trick.

[Irishguy]

lol was just going to post something similar...shows you how little has changed

[thegagline]

Adam
Had ‘em

Holt
Dolt

[I Drive Too Fast]

Which is higher? His IQ or his age?

[husky ed]

I was watching that idiot last night and laughing the whole time. Telling us how great NK was. What a fool. Hopefully he co-anchors with Brian Williams on that other channel soon. Or is fired.

Ed

[Paul R.]

So... I go to YouTube, and sure enough, NBC posted the ski resort report, and the comments are just...

DELICIOUS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSRIGNuGaug

At this rate, the question is who will fall to 15% public credibility 1st, NBC, or the FBI’s top brass the last couple years.

[867V309]

I have known many intellectually challenged people, most of them kind and some wise.

That said, Holt is a retard.

[OttawaFreeper]

[yldstrk]

what a dope

[Pollster1]

Lester Holt was just doing his job. He’s supposed to present far-left propaganda as if it were true.