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NBC Announces 5 Moderators for First Debate

Dems' debate will air on NBC stations across the country, 'a rarity'

(Newser) - The first Democratic presidential debate is a little more than two weeks away, and the moderators have been announced: Rachel Maddow, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, and Jose Diaz-Balart of Telemundo. The debate, which will take place in two parts on June 26 and 27 in Miami, will air...

Press Dinner Will Get a Trump Substitute

President says he plans to skip again, with Sarah Huckabee Sanders taking his place

(Newser) - It looks like President Trump will skip the second White House Correspondents Dinner of his presidency, as he did with the first . In a radio interview Friday, Trump said he'd "probably" avoid the April 28 event because the press is "so bad and so fake," per...

Giuliani: If I Were Trump, I'd Blow Off Last 2 Debates

Unless the moderator would promise to moderate and not be 'an ignorant fact check'

(Newser) - Donald Trump thinks that he was the clear winner of Monday's debate and that moderator Lester Holt did a "great job" with "very fair" questions. But if Rudy Giuliani were Trump, he'd take a hard pass on the last two debates, per the Hill . Or at...

Clinton-Trump Debate Moderators Are Chosen

Lester Holt, Martha Raddatz, Anderson Cooper, and Chris Wallace will handle them

(Newser) - The Commission on Presidential Debates is tasked with finding the folks who will moderate the upcoming word wars between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, as well as between their respective VP picks. And the commission has spoken, per ABC News , naming NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt as the first...

Brian Williams Finally Speaks: 'It Has Been Torture'

Ex-'Nightly News' anchor says he's been examining 'black box' of his career

(Newser) - NBC has announced Brian Williams won't be coming back as its Nightly News anchor, and Brian Williams has announced, via an interview on Today , that the months since his suspension in February have "been torture." "Looking back, it has been absolutely necessary," he told Matt...

Campbell Brown Leaves NBC
Campbell Brown Leaves NBC

Campbell Brown Leaves NBC

Veteran correspondent is rumored to be heading to CNN

(Newser) - In an emotional farewell on Sunday's Today show Campbell Brown announced her departure from NBC after 11 years. Brown, who has been talking about her pregnancy on air for some time said, "I'm making some decisions right now that I think make a lot of sense for me and...

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