Many observers on Twitter urged Mr. Holt to “do your job.”Other pundits who had castigated Mr. Lauer seemed pleased with Mr. Holt’s performance. Early Tuesday, some conservative groups criticized Mr. Holt, suggesting he posed tougher questions to Mr. Trump than Mrs. Clinton. “For five years, you perpetuated a false claim,” Mr. Holt told Mr. Trump bluntly. “Poor Lester Holt,” Leslie Stahl, the veteran CBS News correspondent, said last week on WNET-TV, shaking her head. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, declared that Mr. Holt “is going to hammer me, and I think that’s not the right thing to do.” Mr. Trump also implied that Mr. Holt could face a backlash if the candidate disapproved of his performance.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2016 03:56 UTC