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NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt warned that the news media is providing “an open platform for misinformation,” pushing back against the notion that outlets should always be giving two sides of a story equal weight. Accepting the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from Washington State…

Before President Joe Biden scheduled a primetime speech on the Covid-19 pandemic for Thursday, NBC News was already a Dateline special to mark the anniversary of the start of the lockdowns. Covid One Year Later: Life After Lockdown, airing at 10 PM ET, will feature Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie from the Lincoln…

Lester Holt, along with Savannah Guthrie, will anchor an NBC News special on Thursday, Covid One Year Later: Life After Lockdown, marking the one-year anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 lockdowns and a full crisis that has touched all parts of society. Around this time last March, Holt told Deadline that the coro…

UPDATED, 1:59 PM PT: Hours before he is set to take the stage at an NBC News town hall, Donald Trump again attacked the network, calling it “fake news,” in what was either an effort to work the refs or goose the ratings for the event. “I will be doing a major Fake @NBCNews Town Hall Forum, live tonight from Miami, at…

UPDATE, 2:39 PM: Joe Biden is leading in the polls against Donald Trump and it looks like the former Vice-President has topped the ratings obsessed ex-Celebrity Apprentice host on the small screen too. Live from Miami in front of a masked and social distanced crowd, NBC Nightly News’ Decision 2020 Town Hall with Biden…

Joe Biden said that he was not surprised by the news that President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19, telling NBC News’ Lester Holt that “anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don’t matter, social distancing doesn’t matter, are responsible for what happens to them.” Appearing at NBC News…

Joe Biden will participate in an NBC News town hall on Oct. 5 in Miami, with Lester Holt moderating. The event was announced following this evening’s debate between Biden and President Donald Trump. This will be Biden’s second town hall of the fall campaign. He participated in a CNN event earlier this month in…

NBC News will be taking over the 10 PM Tuesday timeslot to air a series of live primetime specials on the coronavirus crisis. NBC News Special Report: Coronavirus Pandemic will air Tuesdays at 10 PM ET beginning March 31 for three consecutive weeks across NBC, MSNBC and live-streaming outlet NBC News Now. The timeslot…

NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt says that the coronavirus crisis is “potentially the biggest story I’ll ever cover,” a superlative that takes into account a career that saw momentous events including 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. On Thursday at 10 PM ET, Holt will anchor NBC News Special Report: Coronavirus…

The final Nielsen numbers for the just-completed 2018-2019 network news season are in, and ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir again finished first in total viewers and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt beat its rivals in key demographics. But viewership was flat or down across the board, even as the networks…

A half a century ago tomorrow, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with a pledge that they "came in peace for all mankind." As seemingly all of the human race watched, six hours after the Eagle had landed, Neil Armstrong took that remarkable "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" and became the first person to…

Joe Biden wasn't mentioned at all by Elizabeth Warren and the nine Democratic dwarfs Wednesday night at the first debate. But today the former Vice President and clear 2020 front-runner was center stage in Miami and the man to beat. Even with Biden, a breakout by Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Bernie Sanders, the…