WATCH: Matt Lauer's rude treatment of Hillary Clinton during debate makes more sense...

[DonViejo]

WATCH: Matt Lauer’s rude treatment of Hillary Clinton during debate makes more sense after his firing

TRAVIS GETTYS
29 NOV 2017 AT 09:36 ET

Matt Lauer’s widely criticized handling of a forum-style debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has gained an ominous layer of context after his firing for an alleged sexual assault of a colleague.

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Lauer was pilloried by professional critics and social media users alike for opening the Sept. 7, 2016, debate — which was hosted by a veterans group and ostensibly focused on national security — by asking Clinton about her emails.

Trump had made Clinton’s use of a private email server a focus of his campaign, and evidence has mounted since his election that Russia helped him promote the issue using hackers and social media “bots.” Lauer seemed to lob softball questions toward Trump — who faced allegations of sexual misconduct throughout his campaign — during his portion of the candidate forum, and repeatedly interrupted Clinton.

The now-disgraced NBC News anchor was also criticized for failing to challenge Trump’s claims about opposition to the Iraq War and other topics, while following up Clinton’s answers with probing questions.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/watch-matt-lauers-rude-treatment-of-hillary-clinton-during-debate-makes-more-sense-after-his-firing/

[Gothmog]

1. I am still pissed at Lauer for this stunt

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. Halperin, Lauer and O'Reilly were referees for the media in 2016

Gee, I wonder why coverage was so anti-Hillary?

[Guilded Lilly]

3. These damned despicable men and the insidious misogyny enabled. Whether we survive this remains to

be seen, there have been millions of us that watched this all go down day in and day out. Furious and helpless and raging. The ugliness is debilitating.

Perhaps in trying to grasp onto something to
keep us from going bat shit insane we can be somewhat glad that this kind of vileness that permeates our society is being recognized, marked and punished.

But at what a price.
What a destructive, devastating, soul crushing price.

[Sancho]

4. Was Lauer compromised?

What did the Russians have on him?



Just asking...