NBC’s Lester Holt traveled to North Korea in
advance of the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in order to inform the
American public about the situation there. North Korea is possibly one of the most tragic examples of
what 21st century despotism is capable of. The Human Rights Watch World Report 2017 claimed,
‘North Korea remains one of the most repressive states in the world.” Holt’s report can only be described as
despicable. He follows a long line
of Western reporters who have been willing tools of leftist dictators. They were and are accomplices in the
mass murder of millions of people.
Pulitzer Prize winner Walter Duranty is perhaps the best example of this
as he tried to minimize the impact of Stalin’s policies in the Ukraine. These policies led to the death of
millions of people. Holt reported
from a Potemkin ski resort as apparently happy North Koreans were enjoying their
time on the slopes. Holt also
interviewed “people on the street.”
To everyone’s surprise, they all mimicked the party line. Had he interviewed someone with
suicidal tendencies who wanted to tell him the truth, the tape would never have
gotten out of the north. Holt claimed, “it’s impossible to know what people on
the street really think.”
Holt’s report covering the Olympics has the
added benefit of attacking President Trump. It was an opportunity to portray North Korea in a favorable
light while accusing the U.S. president of giving an adolescent response to the
North Korean dictator’s threats.
In response to Kim Jung Un’s threat Trump tweeted,
"North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just
stated that the 'Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times. Will someone from his depleted and food
starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a
much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!" This “mine is bigger than yours”
technique may sound undiplomatic, but it might just be a language Kim Jong Un
understands.
Were previous professional diplomatic efforts
successful? The 2008 Congressional Research Service
Report claimed that the U.S. provided North Korea with over $1 billion in
assistance between 1995 and 2008.
This does not include aid that was provided by the UN and NGOs. Much of that aid originated in the
U.S. In addition to billions in
financial aid, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright gave Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un’s father, a basketball signed by
Michael Jordan. This aid comes
from ordinary American taxpayers.
This money is going to a man whose net worth is
reportedly $5 billiion. The need
for aid was necessitated by a climatic phenomenon that seems to frequently
attack socialist countries. North
Korea claims it has been hit by its worst drought
in a century.
Holt’s mission was important to NBC. They did not want any mistakes. Holt is not the sharpest knife in the
draw. It was important enough to
be supervised by NBC News President Noah
Oppenheim. Oppenheim is
playing the role played by CNN’s former head, Eason Jordan. Jordan wrote an op-ed in the New York
Times entitled “The News We Kept to Ourselves.” In it he explained how CNN intentionally distorts the news. In order to maintain access a reported
must not offend his or her source.
This is understandable.
However, when the source is responsible for mass murder moral
considerations enter the equation.
NBC apparently has decided to take the side of the mass murderers. 
