Hopefully other media figures take notes about what not to do when talking to Trump. Of course they wonāt, but one can hope.
The Today Show. Perhaps the most insipid show on television. Selling garbage to the rubes for decades, and Matt is its king.
So many problems with Lauer last night, but spending interminable minutes on the e-mails, then constantly interrupting her because he was running out of time was pathetic.
And what do e-mails have to do with veterans anyway?
You know itās bad when people in your own news division donāt support you.
Lauer failed. The final straw was when he asked at the end āNobody would expect you to know that much about foreign policy, but what are you doing to prepare yourself?ā Uhā¦heās running for President and this is a question.
All the major media fully realize the POTUS election is already decided, which is a direct threat to their revenue stream.
Answer: Gin up fake & disproven controversies about the winner of the election, and ignore the multitude of scandals of the HO loser.
A professional teleprompter reader in way over his head. Iām surprised there were no questions of Clinton regarding whether she can do the job of being Commander in Chief and being a grandmother at the same time.
Maybe Trump should do a presser so he can be asked follow-ups.
Watching MSNBC post-event last night, you could feel the barely suppressed outrage at Lauerās performance. Then Chris Matthews says āā¦he could correct him, but then heād be expressing an opinion.ā
No, you idiot. Heād be stating a fact. And that quote, in a nutshell, is whatās wrong with TV ājournalismā today.
As to WTF is up with the NY Times, who knows. But if I was Alex Burns - one of their best reporters - Iād be pissed as hell that they pulled my story and replaced it with drivel.
Yes, but Trump actually failed in responding even to that question. He Palinly was unable to mention a single thing that he has read and bizarrely emphasized how he is spending a lot of time on other things, like running his business. Iām surprised this answer hasnāt gotten more attention.
The thing that really pissed me off about the NBC farce was that for unfathomable reasons, the Drumpsfter Fire polls well with the military and veterans.
So to keep things on a āfair and balancedā platform, NBC chooses the neutral territory of an aircraft carrier.
I hate to admit it but Lame Stream Media is an apt description.
Also: multiple questions about Hillaryās email but none to Trump about his attack on the Khans? When they are talking to vets??
One condition of ToupeeHO talking to Lauer is that Lauer not use the term ābald-faced lieā.
Given his own shiny pate, Lauer willingly agreed.
(with apologies to my hair impaired friendsā¦)
NBC created and enabled Trump from the get go, so Lauer is just continuing his employerās mandate to keep the attention dependent beast alive. A real journalist would ask questions that they have researched, backed up, and know the answer to. They know the facts on which the question is based. and so can follow up when the subjectās answer does not correspond to reality. OTOH Lauer is an entertainment meat puppet, nothing more. Heās basically as lazy as Trump when it comes to awareness and knowledge. "Honestly, Iām paid to look serious and read this script, period. Hey, itās not easy acting like Iām some kinda intelligent person, OK? Trust me, I work hard enough as it is! "
Approximately one year after Bernie Sanders expressed the sentiments of the nation with the line āIām tired of hearing about your damn emailsā Lauer spent ten minutes with four follow-up questions grilling her about her damn emails and then when Trump said how we should ātake the oilā he just shrugged and moved on.
Edit to add: and then Chuck Todd graded the candidates performanceā¦
I'm not sure either candidate can feel like they made progress tonight. Clinton was on the defensive and Trump lacked a lot of substance
ā Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 8, 2016
How much do you want to bet that Lauer defense on spending all that time on the emails will be because Hillary never does press conferences? Iād place moneyā¦nevermind that sheās spoken to the issue MANY timesā¦and while weāre on itā¦WTF was that retired general who is TOTALLY for Trump doing on Rachel after the forum? He was a moron. Why arenāt we talking about HIM??? Or the aftershow for that matter.
Donāt forget when he asked her serious foreign policy questions he told her to āhurry up!ā
Yes and the follow up should have been if elected POTUS how much time are you planning on running your business from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and how much time playing golf at Camp David?
That was almost shocking to hear.
To prove that the general supporting HO are morons.