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In the recently concluded presidential debate, Donald Trump said that Chicago's soaring murder rate could be cut by implementing a stop and frisk policy and that such a policy did wonders to reduce New York City's crime rate. Thereupon, debate moderator and liberal media fact checker Lester Holt interjected and informed the 100 million views watching the debate that stop and frisk is unconstitutional. Sorry, but the Holt was wrong. To begin with, Trump was correct in noting that stop and frisk was effective in reducing crime, particular violent gun related crime in New York City. Looking at the evidence,...

NBC parent company Comcast donated $5.6 million to the Democratic Party during its convention in Philadelphia, and NBC provided Monday night’s presidential debate moderator. The Democratic Party released a comprehensive list of donors right before the momentous debate, according to The Intercept.

Video analysis of Presidential Debate #1 raises uncomfortable questions about the moderator role, much as questions have been raised about Hillary's email server. Hillary might have been using hand signals to indicate debate junctures where Hillary saw chances to use pre-memorized debate zingers. Other signals seem to prompt Holt to abruptly break in and contest certain claims advanced by Trump. The video will put Freepers in a mindset optimized to be on-guard against similar tactics in Debates 2 and 3.

There were concerns that Lester Holt would be this debate's Candy Crowley. He was a good deal worse. Every question was shaped to frame a left-wing agenda. Holt hurled numerous attacks at Trump. He only passingly offered Hillary a chance to address her emails when Trump had already brought it up. The debate was structurally biased and Holt biased it. He repeatedly argued with Trump about the facts. Despite the ban on fact-checking, Holt attempted to debate Trump on the Iraq War and on the birth certificate. It was a disgraceful and a biased performance. It is a reminder that...