NBC Makes Curious Decision to Let Lester Holt Anchor Nightly News from Trump Tower

Lester Holt interviewed Donald Trump in Trump Tower tonight, which is fine, but it came with the rather curious decision to anchor the entire NBC Nightly News broadcast from Trump Tower.

It’s not clear why this happened, but whatever the case, Trump Tower was visible in the background during Holt’s live reports on the news of the day, as well as the interior of Trump’s office during the interview.

A lot of people noticed and had a problem with this:

WTF is @NBCNews @NBCNightlyNews and @LesterHoltNBC thinking? You can't anchor your broadcast from Trump Tower! Have they no shame? Ethics?

— Armando (@armandodkos) May 4, 2016

@mlcalderone .MTP will be live from Mar a Lago and Joe & Mika wear Trump cheerleader outfits .NBC News just "jumped the shark"

— Bob Kaplan (@Bkaplan125) May 4, 2016

NBC News throwing in the towel, broadcasting the entire evening news from Trump Tower https://t.co/fN6YJE5j7d

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 4, 2016

Lester Holt is anchoring NBC's evening news from the lobby of Trump Tower. And the media isn't a large part of America's Trump problem, eh?

— TC (@tchop__StL) May 4, 2016

But Trump Tower is a very short walk to 30 Rock. Why could Trump just walk over to NBC? https://t.co/Gq8qgTkdgz

— Bobby Rivers (@BobbyRiversTV) May 4, 2016

If you believe TV news bolstered Trump, here's fodder: Lester Holt will anchor NBC Nightly News from Trump Tower shortly.

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) May 4, 2016

Fun experiment: imagine how people would react if, say, a nightly network newscast anchored live from, say, Chappaqua.

You can watch clips from the broadcast above, via NBC.

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