The internet's blowing up over Lauer's treatment of Hillary.

[nolabear]

His admonishments, interruptions, treating her far more abruptly than he did Trump.

I thought he tried to question Trump at least but he did defer to his BS while obstructing Hillary. Apparently a lot of others felt that way too.

[kstewart33]

1. Details please.

Where on the web is it blowing up?

[nolabear]

2. Raw Story posted something. Sorry I'm on mobile so can't link.

[still_one]

6. Here is the link

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/this-forum-is-a-joke-matt-lauer-ripped-online-for-palpable-offensive-treatment-of-clinton/

[nolabear]

8. Thanks.

[MFM008]

3. he didnt interrupt once

and his closing question was how burdensome will your first big decision as POTUS be?

up off those knees Lauer, wipe your mouth you maggot licker.

[TheBlackAdder]

40. Lauer was just sickening. Way to raise those journalistic creds NBC, maintaining a slight FOX edge.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Yup. Didn't want to let her get any traction.

Let Trump gaggle on about nothing and wonder off the reservation.

[exboyfil]

5. Lauer was in a position to end this right now

if he had just held to a journalistic standard. That would be remembered for years to come and establish a gold standard for the future.

Instead he cowered to his corporate overlords.

[Person 2713]

28. True could have been a turning point moment in this election . He couldn't do it =coward

[Fast Walker 52]

36. Surprise! He's a piece of shit... a corporate whore

[riversedge]

7. I thought Matt was hostile towards Hillary at times.

[bullwinkle428]

9. Just listening on XM radio, it was coming across as ridiculously biased.

[brooklynite]

10. I thought Lauer did perfectly well with both of them.

What does "The Internet's Blowing Up" actually mean?

[nolabear]

18. In this case it's Raw Story, Ezra Klein, and a growing Twitter backlash.

So far. My apologies for not being out ahead of a growing trend.

[bettyellen]

54. C'mon now - doesn't your phone "blow up" all the time?

[lunamagica]

55. Perfectly well with both of them? He spent a third of Hillary's time on emails.

He warned her not to attack trump, but to focus on the issues, then, he kept interrupting her.

Then he asks trumo to keep the attacks "to a minimum" (seriously?).trump spends all his time attacking Hillary and Obama, and Lauer lets him go on and on with the attacks. In fact, he didn't interrupt trump ONCE, not even when h lied.

Lauer was terrible.

[Duval]

62. I did, too, brooklynite. eom

[woolldog]

11. Fucking sexist pig.

Inexcusable behavior by Lauer.

[ffr]

12. I didn't think so. The questions were fair

I missed the part at the beginning about E-mail. But she wasn't flustered once. She was masterclass tonight.

Drumpty though, was just flat out not worth watching. He didn't have anything substantive to say. A bad crash and burn.

[PatSeg]

16. When Trump doesn't say

something totally moronic, it is considered a success. The media sets the bar so low for Trump.

[ffr]

26. They do, but it appeared to be overshadowed by Drumpf's

lack of preparedness. He was on his heals on just about every question and had to divert back to his "we're going to make America great again. It's going to be great." Short of a few alt-right supporters jumping for joy and simpleton answers, it was a complete crash and burn.

His numbers will be dropping after this. Rank and file Republicans may get marching orders from Fox or from the RNC to just not vote for him, but all other dipshits with Rs by their names.

[PatSeg]

30. Trump doesn't need to "prepare"

He has great instincts, don't you know. He has to be himself and speak his mind, as small and puny as it is.

I hope his numbers drop. I think a lot may depend on the media's coverage of the forum.

[ffr]

31. He did say repeatedly that he's a great negotiator

So he's got that going for him, which is nice.

[PatSeg]

32. Ha, ha

When Trump says "negotiator", he really means "bullshitter" or "con-artist".

[calimary]

44. He really trashed the generals.

And that was not well-received. Properly so. If Heaven Forbid he fools enough people get elected, he's gonna need the generals to pull both his big mouth, and his ass out of a sling during the multiple times his "shoot from the hip" idiocy and willful ignorance risks sparking an international incident.

[PatSeg]

13. Well then

Lauer's assholery was probably to Hillary's benefit.

The contrast was startling, not at all subtle.

[Adrahil]

14. I thought he tried to corral her...

and failed miserably. She handled him just fine. She didn't get flustered, she stayed focused. She made the infantile Trump look like the chump he is.

[Dracaena]

53. Well, she's had a lot of practice

Can you imagine the sexist BS she has had to put up with behind the scenes for lo' these many years?

[niyad]

57. welcome to du--not only the sexism behind the scenes, but the sexism up front and center.

[lunatica]

63. We don't really have to imagine it since we've seen it for 20 years

[riversedge]

15. Trump's unpresidential trifecta tonight: 1. Attack our generals 2. Praise Putin 3. Blame women in c

Add--Take Iraq OIL


Edgeoforever✨‍ and 6 others Retweeted
Brian Fallon ‏@brianefallon 30m30 minutes ago

Trump's unpresidential trifecta tonight:
1. Attack our generals
2. Praise Putin
3. Blame women in combat for sexual assault
#NBCNewsForum

[nolabear]

20. He was perfect Trump. I hope there are jaws dropping all over.

[riversedge]

23. This says it all............

Elizabeth Plank Verified account ‏@feministabulous 42m42 minutes ago

Glad we spent 10 minutes on emails and 14 seconds on how female members of the military cause their own rape epidemic. #NBCNewsForum

[William769]

17. Good!

Let these assholes know that this will not be tolerated.

[uponit7771]

19. Did he REALLY spend 10 mins on the emails during a VET forum?! tia

[nolabear]

22. Yeah. He did. And it wasn't a question at first. It was him.

Then the first question was the same.

[uponit7771]

24. thx.. Lauer

[riversedge]

38. I missed the opening. Sorry to hear it was Matt who set the hostile tone!!

[SusanCalvin]

47. He sure did. Unbelievable, in a rational world. nt

[KMOD]

21. He was pathetic.

[KingCharlemagne]

25. Misogyny, or at least sexism.- nt

[OldRedneck]

27. Matt Lauer is a goddam ENTERTAINER . . .

He's not a journalist, author, or scholar.

Of course, this is another example of how low "the media" has sunk . . . no substance, just entertainment.

[Pathwalker]

29. THIS is why she doesn't do press conferences!

Hostile, nasty, sexist, condescending!

[sarae]

35. Fucking annoying...

This is why I couldn't watch. I had a feeling this would happen.

[uponit7771]

51. +1

[joshcryer]

52. Indeed.

I never faulted her for this, not once.

[usaf-vet]

56. Which is why we cut the cable...

.... . to national televised news a year ago. We don't miss one lying moment. Oh and we save ~$100 per month. Not paying for BS has it's rewards. Try it you will like it.

[superpatriotman]

34. Hit piece on Hillary

The format was unsuited to complicated policy issues - but Lauer could have been more professional in his role.

[Cryptoad]

37. Matt a GOP shill

This was to be abt CC,,,, his first Q to her was about her Emails......... geeez what an ass

[bucolic_frolic]

39. Lauer supported GWB, didn't he?

He's a partisan hack, hiding in plain sight until he can influence things.

Fire him would be a good idea, IMO.

[Missn-Hitch]

41. The FIRST EVER forum???!!!

Well, isn't that effing special? The 1st Annual Corporate Commander in Chief Forum - wink, the orange fella needs a little practice before the real debates.

I have to believe there is AT LEAST 70% of Americans that realize this thing CAN NOT and MUST NOT become the President. I just have to I tells ya.

[elleng]

42. It was NBC!

[Hekate]

43. Hill handled him very well, all things considered. But Lauer did a lousy job.

Lousy

[Chevy]

45. The NeverTrump Republicans

are losing their minds over the Putin,Generals and Military court answer. One of JBushes advisors said "After 14 months have the media learnt nothing about how to question this guy"

[SusanCalvin]

46. Good. Well deserved. nt

[bigtree]

48. k&r

[LibraLiz1973]

49. My fave headline so far: he was tougher on Lochte

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/08/matt-lauer-was-tougher-on-ryan-lochte-than-on-donald-trump/?tid=sm_tw_pp&wprss=rss_the-fix

[INdemo]

50. I read the NYT article that google search lead me to and

apparently the corporate mafia wants Trump and that seems to be the only logical reason Lauer behaved as he did except of course Matt Lauer over the years has shown us that he is certainly a right wing Republican.

[flying-skeleton]

58. Matt Lauer who was probably interviewing for show on the future Trump TV Network.

Trump made half a dozen statements last night at the Commander-in-Chief Forum, which in all honesty, should have disqualified him from the Presidency. Such as:

# Trump trashed the US military
# Trump made a mockery of our Military Generals
# Trump lied about his position on Iraq ... again
# Trump lied about the CIA briefing
# Trump professed his love for Putin ... again
# Trump blamed military sexual assaults on the victims

These are just a few of Trump's "WACKY" statements from last night in less than 30 minutes while fielding softball questions from Matt Lauer who was probably interviewing for show on the future Trump TV Network.

And today, all CNN is doing is talking about Hillary's statements about the emails and her statement that she will not want to place ground troops in a war against ISIS preferring instead to use other military means to defeat them once and for all.
Shame on CNN.They're trying to emulate Fox News while pretending to be impartial. America is not stupid and can see what is going on. No wonder CNN viewership is on the decline and their hosts are made a mockery on all the comedy channels.

[Thrill]

59. I thought he acted as he had authority over her because she's a woman

But acted like a little wimp with Trump.

Balls when dealing with Hillary. Pussy with Trump

[DFW]

60. I don't get American TV here

So I didn't see this, but I thought I remembered that Lauer was a Republican partisan from many years back. So, as a choice as a moderator, I say picking Lauer was "Lau-si-er" to "Lau-si-est."

If the media is looking for a fair debate, they had better look elsewhere. Fox Noise Lite is still Fox Noise.

[Todays_Illusion]

61. How did that work? I believe that event was a very deliberate to elevate Trump and attack Hillary.

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All it did was inflame the informed and confirm biases for the well duped.

This is really special to the well duped since they think Comcast's NBCs are all quite falsely perceived as liberal when while they all carry the heavy water of corporate global capitalism.

[Mosby]

64. sure seemed that way. nt