Howard Kurtz Sets Fire to Trump's Claim Lester Holt 'Fudged' Interview: 'Absolutely Not' Credible

[DonViejo]

Fox’s Howard Kurtz Sets Fire to Trump’s Claim Lester Holt ‘Fudged’ Interview: ‘Absolutely Not’ Credible

by Caleb Howe | Aug 30th, 2018, 1:14 pm

Fox News today casually destroyed President Donald Trump‘s tweeted claim that NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt was caught “fudging” his interview with the president regarding the firing of James Comey.

In the above clip, Fox News media analyst and host of MediaBuzz Howard Kurtz says there is no evidence that any fudging happened, and that Trump’s claim is not credible.

Anchor Jon Scott asked Kurtz point blank about it. “What’s this business about fudging the Russia tape? Is there any evidence that the interview with Lester Holt that the president did was somehow doctored?”

“Absolutely not,” said Kurtz. “You showed part of it earlier with John Roberts. This was an interview last year two days after the president fired Jim Comey at the F.B.I. And he gave an explanation and set off a firestorm saying it was, in his mind, related to the Russia investigation. There is no credible allegation that NBC, or Andy Lack, or Lester Holt edited the interview in a misleading way.”

“And by the way NBC posted the whole thing online, so people can look at it,” said Kurtz. “The president is also referring to rumors, and that’s all they are at this point, that Comcast might decide to drop Andy Lack, just as he’s saying that AT&T should drop Jeff Zucker.” Kurtz referred back to an earlier segment on Fox News with John Roberts. Here is that clip.

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[lagomorph777]

1. Thanks for that. Those with Trumplodyte Fux-watcher friends should share this.

Or go get better friends.

[nmgaucho]

2. Everything that comes out of this orange piece of shits mouth is a lie

[redstatebluegirl]

3. His minions will believe him, no matter what.

[gratuitous]

4. Yep, already part of their liturgy

Fox will point to this one segment with Howard Kurtz calling bullshit to cover themselves against charges of being Trump-sucking lickspittles, and completely slide past the hours of programming on their opinion shows supporting Trump's delusional tweet.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. How does a journalist even "fudge" an interview?