topic Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph! in Community Chat

Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Pearlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:57:07 GMT

I must say I really like Lester Holt - he's a straight shooter news guy and appears not to be the lying, egomanic Brian Williams is. I've been rooting for Holt ever since he (rightly) took over for Williams.

I didn't know he'd been beating David Muir in the ratings (whom, I thought was doing well after taking over for Diane Sawyer) until I read the following in today's NY Post.

Holt has been beating Muir, whom this article says has become "Monster Anchor."

Go, Holt. I'm still rooting for you! You seem to be a class guy, interested in delivering the news, rather than promoting yourself. He seems to have a really nice family too - one of his sond is also a news anchor.

http://pagesix.com/2015/09/09/abcs-david-muir-nicknamed-anchor-monster/?_ga=1.205063635.2109775645.1439655526

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

millieshops — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:09:53 GMT

I also like Lester and am glad he got the anchor job.

As for whether he's as upright as OP thinks he is - he is until proven otherwise. I say that becasuse I always liked Brian Willliams also and until his fall from grace, I did not feel he was at all an egomaniac. Just a straightshooter with a lovely family!

Why is Holt beating Muir? One idea is that the evening news shows play to one of the oldest demographics of any kind of show and Lester is old enough to be Muir's father, I think.

Right now I listen more to Scott Paley, but that's pretty much because I like the CBS local anchors here in the NYC area way, way better than any of the other local channels.

The only place I never go for news is Fox. I don't trust the judgement there and don't feel at all at home there. Their tag line is a joke to me.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

ladyroxanne — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:13:28 GMT

we like lester, too. he comes from the next town over from us and is very well thoght of. nice people!

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

LilacTree — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:16:51 GMT

Kudos to Lester!! I am happy to hear this.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

RedHeadedWench — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:17:30 GMT

I love Lester. It's sort of a crush because hey, hes good lookin....hubba hubba...but mostly because he is a really great and honest journalist IMHO. Always has been in my eyes any way.

I was so glad that they placed him in the anchor chair when all that mush mush with Brian Williams went down, and I was elated when he got the job permanently. I watch almost every evening!

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Pearlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:28:04 GMT

@millieshops wrote:

As for whether he's as upright as OP thinks he is - he is until proven otherwise.

Hence, my use of the words "appears" and "seem" in my first post.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

ladyroxanne — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:25:41 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
@millieshops wrote:

As for whether he's as upright as OP thinks he is - he is until proven otherwise.

Hence, my use of the word "seem" in my first post.

we can all be seen as upright until proven otherwse. he's not alone in that department.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Pearlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:27:43 GMT

@ladyroxanne wrote:
@Pearlee wrote:
@millieshops wrote:

As for whether he's as upright as OP thinks he is - he is until proven otherwise.

Hence, my use of the word "seem" in my first post.
we can all be seen as upright until proven otherwse. he's not alone in that department.

My point in the post you quoted was that I qualified my first post so the remark in the second post was unnecessary IMO.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

151949 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:31:58 GMT

I started watchiong NBC news when CBS did not give Harry Smith the anchor spot he so rightly deserved. He went to NBC and I went there too. I am a fan of Holt as well and I enjoy their news shows. I really do not like listening to Pelly or Muir, so I don't watch the other 2 channels.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

dooBdoo — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:38:26 GMT

I don't know why Page Six felt they needed to use the ratings as an opportunity to write a disparaging unnamed-source article about David Muir. I've been a fan of Lester Holt's for a long, long time, I'm glad he's doing well, and I hope it continues because it seems to me he's deserving of an appreciative viewing audience.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Pearlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:40:48 GMT

@dooBdoo wrote:

I don't know why Page Six felt they needed to use the ratings as an opportunity to write a disparaging unnamed-source article about David Muir.

I have to assume it was because Ratings Monster is a juicier story than Holt Is Doing Well In The Ratings!

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

MyGirlsMom — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:44:22 GMT

Lester Holt's interview yesterday with the two Charleston's shooting survivors was very sand poignant.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

dooBdoo — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:54:50 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
@dooBdoo wrote:

I don't know why Page Six felt they needed to use the ratings as an opportunity to write a disparaging unnamed-source article about David Muir. I've been a fan of Lester Holt's for a long, long time, I'm glad he's doing well, and I hope it continues because it seems to me he's deserving of an appreciative viewing audience.

I have to assume it was because Ratings Monster is a juicier story than Holt Is Doing Well In The Ratings!

Probably so, @Pearlee. I guess those in the public eye have to take the good with the bad, the facts with the gossip, and accept it as part of the package.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:52:16 GMT

I watch a different news channel, but did enjoy Lester Holt when he was a news anchor on the Chicago CBS affiliate years ago.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:56:10 GMT

I was a Diane Sawyer fan, and continue to follow ABC with David Muir. I really like David. (no disparaging remarks about Lester; I just prefer David).

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Pearlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:33:33 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I watch a different news channel, but did enjoy Lester Holt when he was a news anchor on the Chicago CBS affiliate years ago.

@JeanLouiseFinch Is that the same station where Lester's son is an anchor now?

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Pearlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:02:53 GMT

@RedHeadedWench wrote:
I love Lester. It's sort of a crush because hey, hes good lookin....hubba hubba...but mostly because he is a really great and honest journalist IMHO. Always has been in my eyes any way.

I was so glad that they placed him in the anchor chair when all that mush mush with Brian Williams went down, and I was elated when he got the job permanently. I watch almost every evening!

LOL! @RedHeadedWench I think he is too, but not in a pretty boy way like Muir or Williiams nor pretty girl way like Diane Sawyer, nor like everyone hired at Foxnews to anchor. He is handsome in an intellectual kind of way, and defintely easy on the eyes. I also think having a lot of class adds to his attractiveness.

He's from Jamaica I think, or his parents are. I find Jamaican people generally to be very attracive (think Harry Belafonte! Major hubba hubba there!)

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:40:09 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I watch a different news channel, but did enjoy Lester Holt when he was a news anchor on the Chicago CBS affiliate years ago.
@JeanLouiseFinch Is that the same station where Lester's son is an anchor now?

No, it doesn't seem so @Pearlee. I was unaware of this young man so I poked around the internet a little and it looks like he's working for the NBC affiliate.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

occasionalrain — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:42:13 GMT

For goodness sake the news isn't as it was in the past. It's full of misinformation and wrong conclusions. While Brian fudged the facts, it didn't change the world or expose anyone to disaster. I have nothing against Lester but Brian made the news experience much more enjoyable. I miss him.

Re: Lester Holt's Ratings Triumph!

Pearlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:08:16 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
For goodness sake the news isn't as it was in the past. It's full of misinformation and wrong conclusions. While Brian fudged the facts, it didn't change the world or expose anyone to disaster. I have nothing against Lester but Brian made the news experience much more enjoyable. I miss him.

"Fudging the facts" is lying. And he inserted himself into news stories. No, it didn't change the world nor expose anyone -- other than himself -- to disaster, but it made him lose his credibility. Remember Walter Cronkite, the Most Trusted Man In America? How can we believe Williams' delivery of the news? And what kinds of problems does he have that he feels the need to aggrandize himself so much and make himself part of the story? He's either a huge liar or delusional or both, not. a good thing for a news anchor to be.