NBC News’ Lester Holt On Reporting On The Coronavirus: “We’ve All Covered The Burning House, But This Time We’re In The House” – Q&A

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By Ted Johnson LESTER HOLT: I think that as a newscast of record, a newscast that for many people is traditional family viewing, I think there is a huge responsibility to tell the good, bad and ugly of a story in a way that is acknowledging it’s difficult.

I said something on the air last night, as I led into our feature at the end, that I know that there’s been a lot of grim stories in this newscast.

But I think it’s important more important than ever to really identify with the audience. As I told my staff here, like a week or two ago, ‘We’ve all covered the burning house, but this time we’re in the house.’ We’re all in the same house.