'Facts matter:' Lester Holt ends 'NBC Nightly News' tenure

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

05/30/25 10:34 PM ET


Lester Holt hosted his last “NBC Nightly News” show on Friday after a 14 year tenure as its anchor. The highly decorated reporter bid viewers a farewell by reminding them of their core values that guide the team’s coverage.

“I’m so grateful for your trust around here,. Facts matter, words matter, journalism matters, and you matter,” Holt said. “Over the last decade, we have shared some dark and harrowing days and nights of our country, the pandemic, mass shootings, natural disasters, each testing our resilience and our compassion. That’s why I often like to leave you with something to smile about, moments that reassure and connect us,” he added.

Holt announced he would step down in February after covering Trump throughout his first administration and earning praise for his ability to fact-check the leader in real time. He moderated the first presidential debate of 2016, covered January 6th riots and traveled to Israel to provide insight on Hamas’ 2023 attack on Israel while anchoring NBC’s “Dateline.”

In 2018, a Hollywood Reporter poll found that Holt was the most trusted television news personality in America.

Read more: https://thehill.com/media/5326856-lester-holt-nbc-nightly-news-final-broadcast/

[twodogsbarking]

1. I will not speak ill of the departed, so.........

[brush]

2. Ho hum. He won't be missed. Those nightly news gigs since maybe Brokaw and his contemporaries...

are a thing of the past.

I still remember the 'gotcha' interview he did to damage then VP Harris' campaign. It was vile.

[tintinvotes]

3. Biden

His interview with Pres Biden was equally as awful. I lost what little respect I had for him and his corrupt colleagues.

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

4. Holt was a giant dick to President Biden. Lester

Holt can go fly a kite.

[brush]

9. Yep, he's such a repblican and doesn't make an atempt to seem non-partisan like Cronkite...

from past days.

[Tarzanrock]

5. I knew Walter Cronkite.

Walter Cronkite was a friend of mine. News Anchor Holt, you're no Walter Cronkite!

[Katinfl]

6. Good riddance.

Could not care less.

[kimbutgar]

7. I lost my respect for him years ago when he sucked up to the orange Hitler every night and attacked

Joe Biden constantly for doing his job and not being a flame thrower of stupid senseless rhetoric.

[FakeNoose]

14. Maybe he's retiring now because he doesn't want to spent the next 3.5 years

... sucking up to Chump. I don't know, even the Repukes seem to be sick and tired of Chump now.
Anyone with any sense is. Lester has enough to retire on without the drama and stupidity.

[generalbetrayus]

8. My girlfriend likes Lester (When he comes on the air, she calls out "Lesssster.), but if she read DU

she would know better. To her credit, she adores Rachel and Nicole on MSNBC.

[EastBayGuy]

10. Meh, especially after seeing him interview two antivax nurses

in Texas during the height of Covid. Seriously, WTF?

[Mawspam2]

11. So, who is taking his spot?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Tom Llamas

Or so I've heard.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Confirmed

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tom-llamas-excited-ready-put-stamp-nightly-news-takes-rcna209935

(ETA - yes I popped out of nowhere to reply as I just spotted the article this morning and remembered your post )

[twodogsbarking]

13. So what Whire House position has he agreed to take? News Lester, News.

[Ilsa]

15. He wont be missed in my household.

I stopped watching him a decade ago.