Accepting Murrow Award, NBC’s Holt Declares ‘Fairness is Overrated’

Kyle Drennen | March 31, 2021
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During a virtual address to Washington State University’s College of Communications while accepting the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award Tuesday night, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt dismissed objective reporting and declared that “fairness is overrated.” The evening news host saw no reason to “always give two sides equal weight and merit,” as long as he deemed one side to have the correct position on an issue.

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