Roughed up by critics, Matt Lauer jokes with Dana Carvey
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke with ‘Today’ show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York on Wednesday.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, with ‘Today’ show co-anchor Matt Lauer, left, spoke at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, New York on Wednesday.
NEW YORK » After being roughed over by online critics for his performance moderating back-to-back live interviews with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Matt Lauer made a knowing reference during an interview with comic Dana Carvey today.
Carvey, on NBC’s “Today” show, was impersonating Russian leader Vladimir Putin and commending Lauer for his work on the previous evening’s national security forum. “You have a fan,” Carvey, as Putin, said.
“One,” replied Lauer, holding up his index finger.
Lauer received the most criticism for not challenging Trump on the candidate’s claim that he opposed the war in Iraq before it happened, despite a 2002 interview where he said he supported it. Clinton, who was interviewed earlier by Lauer, had referenced that Trump interview with Howard Stern.
“How can someone like (Lauer) not set the record straight on Trump’s bogus claim of being against the war in Iraq?” tweeted Glenn Kessler, fact-checking at The Washington Post.
Some online critics criticized Lauer for appearing to rush Clinton at points during the interviews and seeming to be tougher on the Democrat. The reception illustrated the pressure that will be on moderators for the three face-to-face debates between Clinton and Trump later this fall. Lauer’s NBC colleague, Lester Holt, is scheduled to moderate the first debate on Sept. 26.
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22 responses to “Roughed up by critics, Matt Lauer jokes with Dana Carvey”
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Matt did I credible job. btw..did you see hiLIARy wearing that inductive earbud? NYPD confirmed she was.
You must be a follower of Infowars and Fox news. Sad.
And your spin of choice?
Something intelligent.
waokele..google…you need to expand your info base…MSM is one basket.
Could you elaborate?
hawaiikone – Mr. Johnson didn’t know what or where Aleppo was during an interview today.
You really think he’s qualified to be President? Really?
You admire Clinton. Nuff said…
Of course, NYPD confirmed no such thing. That simply didn’t happen and you made it up.
Another Big Lie.
klastru you stop with your lying.
hey did you respond yet on the failing OBAMACARE story a couple of days ago…you did say that IS O’s SIGNATURE LEGACY…what happened?
You wrote that NYPD confirmed a story about a phantom earpiece, and it was not true. Yet another lie.
You can change the subject if you want. I’m concentrating on your lying.
Matt Lauer is a useless has-been from the wastes of morning entertainment TV. He is not up to being a fair-minded, informed moderator. Hillary answered his question but trump walked over him. Sad as trump is going to destroy the working white men who support him. Trump is a totally dishonest entertainer and egotist. So sad to see so many white men fall for his act.
Matt Lauer, like many of his contemporaries, is a TV personality not a journalist or newsman.
Are there any real journalist now days?
A couple but they’re mostly lost in a sea of talking heads and hair spray.
Matt would not be happy with “hair spray” comment.
Bald is beautiful.
As for rushing the interviews, he was kind of like Steve Uyehara on HNN. Ever watch him “interview” someone? Obviously, there must be a time limit but if so, then don’t ask questions where there will obviously be a deeper answer, then cut off the interviewee (“OK, we only have a couple of seconds here, but….”). He always does this with Bobby Curran. I feel bad for Curran. Either allow more time or ask YES or NO questions.
Lauer didn’t rush Clinton. She simply wouldn’t stop talking spouting her usual lines.
It’s called “answering questions.” It’s what people do when they actually know what they’re talking about.
Fun to read everyone’s comments online. Conservatives have been saying Lauer was too soft on Clinton. Liberals have been saying Lauer was too soft on Trump. I decided to miss the outrage by not watching at all. Very relaxing.
And what’s better than being totally uninformed?