Report: Lester Holt May Pull a Candy Crowley at First Presidential Debate  —  CNN's Brian Stelter says Lester Holt is signaling to his NBC colleagues that he may enter the fray in Monday night's presidential debate as a participant rather than a moderator — thanks to intense left-wing backlash …

Bloomberg TV to fact check debate on-screen  —  Bloomberg TV will conduct on-screen fact checks of statements made by both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during Monday night's debate, POLITICO has confirmed.  —  The channel's decision to conduct an on-screen fact-check sets Bloomberg apart …

Asymmetry between the major parties fries the circuits of the mainstream press  —  And five other ideas I use to interpret campaign coverage this year.  —  On the eve of the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I thought I would write down some of the precepts and maxims …

Cruz profited off Trump well before endorsing him  —  It took Ted Cruz four months and three weeks of “careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience” to declare publicly that he would vote for Donald Trump.  —  He made the decision to profit by selling his supporter list to Trump far faster than that.

Silver: Trump Would Win If Election Were Held Today  —  Statistics site 538, which is operated by Nate Silver, adjusted its projections ahead of the debate Monday, giving the odds to Republican nominee Donald Trump.  —  If the election were held today, Trump leads with a 54.9 percent chance …

CNN/ORC polls: Trump, Clinton deadlocked in Colorado, Pennsylvania  —  Trump: If Clinton wins Pennsylvania, she cheated  —  (CNN)Just one point separates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in two states that are critical to both candidates' chances of becoming president, according to new CNN/ORC polls in Pennsylvania and Colorado.