Remember Lauer at the debates?

[Kingofalldems]

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[question everything]

1. Oh yes. Thanks for the reminder

He was so biased one had to wonder why he was there. Was not a debate, just questioning each at a time but still.

[FarPoint]

51. Agreed.

I did sense his arrogance then...I feel a little validated now...but then I need to stay focused...

I do not support Trial by Media...

[dalton99a]

2. Lauer played a pivotal role in the narrative

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[Butterflylady]

42. What goes around, comes around.

Matt, yours just came around.

[SusanaMontana41]

47. Couldnt have happened to a better assh*le

except for Trumpf. His time is coming.

[malaise]

3. So do you think NBC had complaints about Lauer's behavior before the debates? n/t

[SusanaMontana41]

49. It went back at least to Sochi

Could be another Weinstein situation.

[JaneQPublic]

4. And to think I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

I assumed his lousy performance in those debates was because he wasn't used to being on air that long without a break for a cooking demonstration.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Good one!

[no_hypocrisy]

5. While Lauer's termination is circumvential karma,

he wasn't fired for the biased treatment of the debate. Wish he were . . .

[KPN]

27. I agree.

Though that would be nice (and comforting to know) if it were so. NBC is mega-MSM. They are not on our side.

[FarPoint]

52. The debate bias....

That was filthy of him essentially. Hyped his questions in tRump style.

[jalan48]

6. NBC is Comcast. My guess would be this mega-billion dollar media company has agendas if its own.

More deregulation, the elimination of net neutrality and lower taxes being at the top of the list. If they thought Trump was a better option in that respect they would skew their coverage accordingly.

[Merlot]

7. Sometimes sexism is an easy target

but I'd say lauers performance at the debates was politically motivated. George Clooney could have been the candidate and lauer still would have gone easy on trumpft.

Sexism, like racism, is a good tool to whip up the masses. But the real issues are political. They want their tax brakes and de-regulation, and democrats aren't going to give it to them.

[dsc]

11. Oh please

sexist after sexist after sexist is discovered having helped shape the narrative of 2016. If this had happened to Obama and we found out that the drivers of the narrative belonged to the Klan we wouldn't be spouting off crap about how racism is just a distraction.

[Merlot]

14. I didn't say sexism didn't happen, only that it's a tool.

[jalan48]

13. Yes, we seem to think that NBC, MSNBC, etc. are individual entities reporting on and

analyzing the news. They are ALL Comcast. It's a type of slight-of-hand being performed by our owners.

[KPN]

25. I don't follow your reasoning. Lauer has been a GOP shill for years in my view, so I

never watch him. Has he come out against the tax bill and net neutrality?

[DesertRat]

9. HRC hasn't forgotten.

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That shitshow got 4 pages in her book.

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[Oppaloopa]

10. Thank you I had forgotten this.

[calimary]

62. Welcome to DU, Oppaloopa!

i remember that. I was pissed off about the open hostility he showed to her, particularly when you compared it to the cozy way he dealt with trump. He seriously disrespected her!

So if this is his karmic comeuppance, then so be it. I'll take what I can get.

[dalton99a]

28. +1

[SusanaMontana41]

50. Great post. Thanks for this!

[ismnotwasm]

12. Oh I do

I remember everything

[Maven]

15. Lauer, Halperin, Rose, Thrush...see a pattern here?

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I'm sure it's just a coincidence that they all seem to have made it their mission to take down our nation's first viable female candidate for president. Is Chuckie Todd next?

[padah513]

22. I was thinking that same thing

When I first heard that Lauer was implicated, I don't why Toad came to mind, but he did.

[Honeycombe8]

30. Of course not. Also, Todd's mission was not to take down HRC.

That's a ridiculous statement. Nor was it Rose's job, or Halperin's.

I have no idea who Thrush is.

[7962]

38. Thrush is a big shot with the NYT accused by several of and behavior. Article here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/media/glenn-thrush-sexual-misconduct.html

[Maven]

41. Todd went after HRC relentlessly on the phony email scandal

After the election he actually lamented that he and others in the media couldn't portray HRC as negatively as they wanted to (!) because they would be painted as misogynists. If the shoe fits, Chuckie.

Halperin's animus toward HRC is well-documented. Google "Mark Halperin Hillary Clinton" for some examples.

Thrush is a (now suspended) NY Times reporter who, along with Maggie Haberman, has been a Hillary-hater extraordinaire. His Twitter account went dormant right before he was suspended from the Times for sexual harrassment claims. That was right after he posted an unhinged tweetstorm in which he claimed HRC deserved all negative coverage she received and the MSM did nothing wrong in 2016.

Maybe before you rudely call someone else's statements ridiculous, inform yourself.

[aggiesal]

16. Im sure being Cheetolinis golf buddy ...

had nothing to do with is line of questions to
each candidate.

[Hekate]

17. Paul Krugman is the best

[IronLionZion]

18. Matt Lauer has also questioned powerful women about neglecting their kids at home

Think of the children

[maddiemom]

21. OK. Let's take Chelsea VS the Trump Bunch.

[PatSeg]

20. Oh, I'd forgotten

how rude he was to Hillary, rushing her when she responded to his questions, claiming they only had so much time. Then he let Trump do whatever he wanted. Lauer disdain and disrespect for Clinton was so in-your-face.

I never understood why this talentless, unappealing buy had such a high paying job on television.

[Brainstormy]

23. I do remember!

He's an asshat.

[Mr. Ected]

24. Liberal media my ass.

So tired of the conservative press catering to the conservatives and the so-called liberal media also catering to the conservatives, while simultaneously allowing the MSM to be denigrated by rwnj as the liberal media. Lose-lose-lose. Sick and fucking tired of it.

[Guilded Lilly]

26. And now, no one will forget. Rat Bastard Arrogant Punk...BYE!

[Alice11111]

29. The first thing I thought of, and I have thought of it everytime

I have seen his hypoctitical mug.

[Cryptoad]

31. always nice to see an AssHole like Matt get his due,,,,,,,,

[chelsea0011]

32. I always thought he was trying to create his own defining moment...

and came off as an ass.

[MojoWrkn]

33. I thought he was VERY sexist during that debate and have always felt his

fawning over trump just helped trump get "elected"! Matt Liar (what I've always called him) deserves this!

[Javaman]

34. lauer is a walking plague of stupidity. Good riddance. nt

[panader0]

35. All I can say is thank goodness it wasn't Al Roker.

Matt Lauer---meh--he's no loss to me.

[benld74]

36. Just about EVERY choice to host these so called debates were dubious at best

[mountain grammy]

37. Damn right we remember..

The misogyny was so thick you could see it.. so long Matt!

[bathroommonkey76]

39. Can Lauer be prosecuted for rape in the US if the incident happened overseas?

[niyad]

40. thanks for the reminder. I loathed the little bastard then, still do

(anybody who is subjected to the rabloids at supermarket checkstands is not in the least shocked by the latest revelations about lauer.)

[Gothmog]

43. I am still pissed at Lauer for this stunt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

44. First thing that popped into my mind. n/t

[Miigwech]

45. All these guys are Replaceable!

Who cares when they get canned? Not a bad thing to remind the power abusing arss holes that they are not as big as they think.

[LisaM]

46. Yes. I detested him before that....

but I think that his treatment of Hillary was completely unconscionable.

[Scurrilous]

48. K&R

[Mike Nelson]

53. I remember...

...he was very unfair. Happy to see him go...

[dbackjon]

54. And yet, there are those that claim misogyny had nothing to do with the Trump win

[yardwork]

55. Kick

[sandensea]

56. And I remember him gaslighting Hillary when she warned in '98 of the 'vast, right-wing conspiracy'

Time, of course, has proven her right.

[BootinUp]

57. Krugman FTW. Nt

[liberalla]

58. I never liked him, and never understood why he was such a big deal???

[lunamagica]

59. I was just remembering that. he he he

He got what he deserved

[kimbutgar]

60. I lost all respect for him after he gave soft ball questions to twitler and attacked Hillary

When I heard it this morning I was happy they kicked his a$$ to the curb.

[Bengus81]

61. Matt didn't want Clinton as Pres--he wanted to PIMP another Republican WAR.........

He knew a psycho like Trump would be the one to do it. Bigger ratings,bigger contract for Lauer.