Reading Between the Lines at the SOTU

Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address last night and looking at the coverage, a few things stood out.

Watching NBC, it really did appear that Lester Holt was playing 2nd fiddle to Savannah Guthrie.

Guthrie opened and closed the show with Holt chiming in at times. It seemed clear that NBC had cast Guthrie as the lead, something you would have never seen them do with Tom Brokaw.

Over at CBS, Nora O’Donnell was paired up with Gayle King.

King seems out of her element in this role and you must wonder if she demanded to be on the SOTU coverage due to the fact Guthrie was doing that duty at NBC?