Lester Who?

The whole Brian Williams fiasco has lead to who might succeed him.  The article below frames the conversation around race.  Lester Holt has been, and currently is, the go to guy when Brian is absent. Most talk of a successor mentions there isn't one, but as quoted from the comments below, "What's a guy have to do?"

The money quote comes from Carole Simpson -

Carole Simpson, the retired African American weekend anchor at NBC and ABC, has a different answer. "Lester Holt has certainly proved himself capable of filling Brian Williams' shoes," Simpson said by email. "He does Weekend Today, Weekend Nightly News, Dateline and is the major substitute anchor for Brian. NBC has had him reporting from virtually all the major news events around the world. What's a guy have to do? Lester is the MAN.

"But, unfortunately, I expect NBC execs will come up with some 40ish, attractive white male to replace Brian (because he must be replaced.) You know — a Willie Geist, Thomas Roberts, Peter Alexander, Steve Kornacki, etc. Lester by every measure should be a shoo-in, but I fear he will be relegated again to 'second banana.' Clearly the network news has become more interested in some 'eye candy' than a Walter Cronkite. And that candy is rarely chocolate."

http://www.theroot.com/blogs/journalisms/2015/02/brian_williams_takes_time_off_as_managing_editor_of_nbc_nightly_news_after.html