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From now on, poor Matt Lauer will be screwing up even when he’s not there.
Last night at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum in New York City, Matt Lauer destroyed any hopes he might have had for being considered a serious journalist. He is now saddled with something you simply don’t want. He’s now part of the lexicon. #LaueringTheBar
From now on, when anyone is out of their depth, unable to be coherent, getting steamrolled or just plain failing, the image of Matt Lauer will be invoked. And for the rest of this presidential campaign, when anyone let’s Donald Trump say things like “I was against the Iraq War” without challenging him with readily available (try Google, Matt) information to the contrary, they will also be #LaueringTheBar.
So, poor Matt Lauer will be screwing up even when he’s not there.
As the New York Times reports:
Mr. Lauer found himself besieged on Wednesday evening by critics of all political stripes, who accused the anchor of unfairness, sloppiness and even sexism in his handling of the event.
Granted 30 minutes with each candidate, who appeared back-to-back at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan, Mr. Lauer devoted about a third of his time with Mrs. Clinton to questions about her use of a private email server, then seemed to rush through subsequent queries about weighty topics like domestic terror attacks.
When an Army veteran in the audience asked Mrs. Clinton to describe her plan to defeat the Islamic State, Mr. Lauer interjected before the candidate could begin her reply.
Don’t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad free“As briefly as you can,” he said, one of several moments where the anchor spoke over Mrs. Clinton to remind her that their time was running short.
Twitter has blown up this morning over the fact that Lauer continually interrupted Clinton while allowing Trump free reign.
Congrats, Matt Lauer. You are now a part of the English lexicon.
Bush, Rice, Powell toss out millions of gov. emails from private servers. *crickets* Hillary turns hers over, gets hit with #LaueringTheBar
— Fight4Hillary (@EndTrumpsHate) September 8, 2016
#LaueringTheBar One of these things is not like the other~~ pic.twitter.com/ZivcH4YXIG
— Martini (@veritas_24) September 8, 2016
To my colleagues in the media: Elections are a serious business. If u are a moderator, prepare. Don’t be another @MLauer and look the fool.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 8, 2016
guys guys guys hold on hold on guys wait a minute just hold on a minute and just just look wait okay:
Lauer Your Expectations
— Josh Millard (@joshmillard) September 8, 2016
Tough questions are fair, but blatant gender imbalance at play. Clinton held to rules, talked over, Trump got to be Trump #LauerTheBar
— Gregory Wieber (@dreamwieber) September 8, 2016
Last nights #CommanderInChiefForum shows how ALL of Corporate Media has been #LauerTheBar ignoring facts perpetuating lies #RatingsOverTruth
— STIR (@Fried_Kimchi) September 8, 2016
#LaueringTheBar has me writing a check. To Hillary. Now. Fuckers.
— Fight4Hillary (@EndTrumpsHate) September 8, 2016
How the media normalizes Trump, and de-normalizes Clinton: https://t.co/85A3JxIfsu
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 8, 2016
Can Gary Johnson moderate the next debate? # Aleppo #LauerTheBar
Don’t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad free— Bchambers (@bchamberlin1) September 8, 2016
@MLauer #LauerTheBar if Hillary’s emails are fair game why didn’t you ask Trump about rape and fraud cases against him?
— kat (@katsworld500) September 8, 2016
Instead of holding Trump’s feet to the fire, Matt Lauer seemed to warm his hands at The Donald’s celebrity glow. A poor showing.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 8, 2016
This is brutal but completely deserved. #laueringthebar https://t.co/ski9e0RdC5 pic.twitter.com/XyIG2bq39g
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) September 8, 2016
When execs figure out celebrity mods are no more the answer than Reality TV presidents, #LaueringTheBar will end & we’ll get @JoyAnnReid.
— Bill Madden (@activist360) September 8, 2016
SEE BELOW: Here’s what I predicted 4 days before the #LaueringTheBar forum. https://t.co/2T5ouPtBpA
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 8, 2016
When the big lies go unchallenged, the little ones don’t even get noticed anymore https://t.co/rcXzotLD7L via @HuffPostPol #LaueringTheBar
Don’t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad free— Richard Hine (@richardhine) September 8, 2016
Gee. I thought the bar was pretty low already. pic.twitter.com/6Abj6aO2nx
— (((CeeLee))) (@CeeLeeMusic) September 8, 2016
11 minutes on emails but no follow up to obvious, oft-repeated lies from Trump about Iraq, Syria? This is for President! #LaueringTheBar
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) September 8, 2016
Matt Lauer Is A Perfect Guide Into Our Hellish Future As An Idiocracy https://t.co/s2N2ktjsqe pic.twitter.com/LqFdSUhBEf
— Jade Helm Commander (@Anomaly100) September 8, 2016
It looks like corporate media are going to hang @MLauer out to dry for their collective yearlong vendetta against #Hillary. #LaueringTheBar
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 8, 2016
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Source: 30dB.com – Matt Lauer
“Twitter was after Matt Lauer’s head after his performance at last night’s forum. At 83% negative in Twitter that puts him well above even Trump’s parade of 4 Pinocchios.” – Howard K. 30dB
Oh, poor little snowflakes, when someone doesn’t act like you want them too they become the devil incarnate for y’all to go after. Typical liberal response which the conservatives have been screaming about for years. But y’all pooh poohed that and called the cons whiny babies. Like journalism today is detached and fairly balanced. What a joke.
Soooo…. You’d simply prefer we didn’t talk about political inconsistencies then?