Debate moderator Lester Holt came into Monday night as a news anchor with a sterling reputation for being a non-partisan newsman.



He enters Tuesday with at least 40 percent of the country questioning that distinction.



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Holt was largely invisible in Monday's presidential debate betweenand, and that was a good thing. He mostly allowed the exchanges between the two candidates to simply follow their own path. This led to some of the more heated back-and-forths you'll ever witness in such a setting, with Trump and Clinton consistently interjecting during the other's comments, particularly Trump.

But when Holt wasn't being invisible, he was targeting Trump's weaknesses while avoiding Clinton's.

That's not to say the Republican nominee shouldn't have been challenged or fact-checked. But as we've seen throughout this general election campaign, only one candidate is getting fact-checked while the other largely gets a pass.

Opinions are pointless without facts and foundations, so here's two easy examples to absorb as they pertain to Clinton:

Fact check No. 1:

TRUMP: You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said it’s the finest deal you’ve ever seen.

CLINTON: No.



TRUMP: And then you heard what I said about it, and all of a sudden you were against it.



CLINTON: Well, Donald, I know you live in your own reality, but that is not the facts. The facts are — I did say I hoped it would be a good deal, but when it was negotiated.