The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has come and gone. So who won?
That’s a harder question to answer than “who lost?”
The loser in this case was journalistic integrity.
The “performance” by so-called moderator Lester Holt could be likened to that of the interfering third party in a pro wrestling event. Anytime Trump was pounding away on Hillary, Lester Holt was there to jump in the ring and hit Trump over the head with a metaphorical chair or other foreign object. Vince McMahon couldn’t have scripted a better two on one match – especially as this added the plot-twister of the referee being the one who interfered.
