NBC's Lester Holt says we don’t need to hear both sides to define truth_ ‘Fairness is overrated’

NBC's Lester Holt says we don’t need to hear both sides to define truth: ‘Fairness is overrated’<br /><br />NBC News anchor Lester Holt received praise from liberal media figures after saying reporters don’t need to hear both sides of a story before determining the "truth."<br /><br /><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/nbcs-lester-holt-says" rel="noopener">https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/nbcs-lester-holt-says</a><br /><br />"I think it’s become clear that fairness is overrated ... the idea that we should always give two sides equal weight and merit does not reflect the world we find ourselves in," Holt said while accepting an award at the 45th Murrow Symposium.<br /><br />"That the sun sets in the west is a fact. Any contrary view does not deserve our time or attention," Holt continued. "Decisions to not give unsupported arguments equal time are not a dereliction of journalistic responsibility or some kind of agenda, in fact, it’s just the opposite."<br /><br /><a href="https://rumble.com/embed/vcpjsn/?pub=5rh65" rel="noopener">https://rumble.com/embed/vcpjsn/?pub=5rh65</a><br /><br />Holt then said "providing an open platform for misinformation, for anyone to come to say whatever they want, especially when issues of public health and safety are at stake, can be quite dangerous," before declaring the duty of reporters is to be "fair to the truth."<br /><br />In other developments:<br />- Average Americans need to 'stop reading and watching corrupt corporate media': Hemingway<br />- Chris Cuomo seems to allude to COVID testing scandal on CNN show<br />- Brit Hume calls out 'dishonest' PolitiFact for grading his description of Biden as 'senile' false<br /><br /><br />#MagaFirstNews a Part of <a href="https://GoRightNews.com" rel="noopener">https://GoRightNews.com</a> <br />with Peter Boykin join him on<br />Telegram <a href="https://t.me/RealPeterBoykin" rel="noopener">https://t.me/RealPeterBoykin</a> <br />GAB <a href="https://gab.com/peterboykin" rel="noopener">https://gab.com/peterboykin</a><br