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Lester Holt Stepping Down As NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt Stepping Down As NBC Nightly News Anchor
Lester Holt Stepping Down As NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt, the esteemed anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, has just announced he will step down from the long-running broadcast after a 10-year tenure. The 65-year-old Holt said Monday morning, Feb. 24 that he will leave his post at the beginning of the summer and transition to a full-time role at Dateline, where he has served as principal anchor for nearly 15 years. NBC News has not yet name Holt’s successor. Holt’s tenure at Nightly News began in June 2015, following eight years of steering weekend editions and co-anchoring Weekend TODAY for 12 years.  Holt, who join…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
NY Commentator Kicked Off CNN Mid-Show After Suggesting Muslim Journalist Is Terrorist NY Commentator Kicked Off CNN Mid-Show After Suggesting Muslim Journalist Is Terrorist
NY Commentator Kicked Off CNN Mid-Show After Suggesting Muslim Journalist Is Terrorist A political commentator from New York was pulled off a CNN panel mid-show and banned from the network after suggesting that a Muslim journalist was a terrorist. The stunning attack unfolded on the network’s “News Night with Abby Phillip” on Monday night, Oct. 28, during a heated roundtable discussion of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden the day before. Scroll down to watch video of the incident. As the panelists discussed inflammatory and racist remarks that were made by rally speakers, progressive commentator Mehdi Hasan, who is of Indian descent and Muslim, a…

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by Michael Mashburn