Sunk: NBC Decides Kavanaugh Likely Done, Speculates on Replacement Pick

[See NewsBusters for more.] Halfway through Thursday’s dramatic Supreme Court hearings, NBC seemed to decide that Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination was done, speculating about pulling the pick and even who might be the replacement. After Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony, reporter Hallie Jackson said that White House officials “are not sitting in meetings, huddling about what they should do should Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination ultimately fail. But that calculus should change in a matter of hours.” Today co-host Savannah Guthrie offered a mind reading of senators, speculating about what senators are thinking: “If I vote no against Judge Kavanaugh, then what's the next plan?” She offered more hypotheticals: “We talked about whether it was even feasible to try to get somebody confirmed before the midterms? What about the lame duck session?”