#LaueringTheBar: Matt Lauer mauled over his performance at presidential forum
By Dylan Stableford, September 8, 2016
The NBC News Commander-in-Chief Forum with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, moderated by Matt Lauer, was billed as the first joint candidate event of the general election and as a chance for viewers to see both White House hopefuls back-to-back on the same stage in primetime.
And while the reviews of the candidates were mixed, Lauer’s performance was pummeled by critics, who said the “Today” show host spent too much time on Clinton’s emails, cut her responses short, and lobbed Trump softball questions without challenging him on his past statements.
Here’s a sampling of the criticism:
Tommy Vietor @TVietor08
So Matt Lauer see his role as preventing Hillary from going into detail while failing to fact check Trump’s lies?
5:37 PM - 7 Sep 2016
adam nagourney ✔ @adamnagourney
Matt Lauer racing through a list of questions, not much follow-up. Sometimes you have to stop, listen, change direction during interview.
5:38 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Jonathan Chait ✔ @jonathanchait
That pathetic Matt Lauer interview made me think, for the first time, Trump could win http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/lauers-pathetic-interview-made-me-think-trump-can-win.html …
7:41 PM - 7 Sep 2016
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Matt Lauer’s Pathetic Interview Made Me Think Trump Can Actually Win
A frightening case study in journalistic failure.
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Jeff Jarvis ✔ @jeffjarvis
I am ever more disgusted with my profession, journalism, tonight.
5:48 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Bill Press @bpshow
Matt Lauer was terrible last night. He should stick to scrambling eggs on TV and leave the moderating to prepared journalists.
3:21 AM - 8 Sep 2016
Nicholas Kristof ✔ @NickKristof
This #NBCNewsForum feels like an embarrassment to journalism. It's about soundbites, not serious discussion of foreign policy.
5:44 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Jon Favreau ✔ @jonfavs
I don't blame Lauer for asking the email question. But it's ABSURD that he started off with Trump, "Why should you be Commander-in-Chief?"
5:33 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Jon Favreau ✔ @jonfavsOne moment in particular seemed to showcase that Lauer was ill prepared to handle the forum.
"Did anything surprise you in the intelligence briefings?" Seriously??
5:41 PM - 7 Sep 2016
When Trump falsely asserted, “I was totally against the war in Iraq,” Lauer did not challenge the claim despite the fact that Trump told Howard Stern the opposite in 2002.
“You can look at Esquire magazine from 2004,” Trump told Lauer, citing an article in which he said he opposed the war at the time.
The war began in March 2003.
Tommy Vietor @TVietor08
How in the hell does Lauer not factcheck Trump lying about Iraq? This is embarrassingly bad.
5:33 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Glenn Kessler ✔ @GlennKesslerWP
How can someone like @MLauer not set the record straight on Trump's bogus claim of being against the war in Iraq?
5:37 PM - 7 Sep 2016
andrew kaczynski ✔ @BuzzFeedAndrew
"I was totally against the war in Iraq," Trump says, saying something that is not true. Matt Lauer offers no follow up.
5:33 PM - 7 Sep 2016 · Brooklyn, NY, United States
Philip Rucker ✔ @PhilipRucker
So Lauer didn't correct Trump on his record about Iraq?
5:34 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Glenn Kessler ✔ @GlennKesslerWP
@MLauer failed to fact check Trump on his false claim on opposing the Iraq war. So we did -->>> http://wapo.st/2cbEMfx
4:53 AM - 8 Sep 2016
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Fact-checking Clinton and Trump in NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum
Here's our roundup of 18 statements made by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the NBC forum on national security.
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Matthew Yglesias ✔ @mattyglesias
So @MLauer’s plan is just to let Trump lie about his past statements on Iraq?
5:33 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Paul Krugman ✔ @paulkrugman
Seriously -- everyone, and I mean everyone, knew this would happen. And Matt Lauer didn't have a followup planned? https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/773680673529921537 …
5:45 PM - 7 Sep 2016
andrew kaczynski ✔ @BuzzFeedAndrew
Basically universal condemnation from journalists for Lauer letting Trump get away with Iraq War comments:
5:47 PM - 7 Sep 2016 · Brooklyn, NY, United States
Glenn Thrush ✔ @GlennThrush
Something seriously wrong w/ process when network allows presidential candidate to lie in prime time-then fact-check when no one's watching
3:57 AM - 8 Sep 2016 · South Kensington, MD, United States
Michael Calderone ✔ @mlcalderone
Trump got multiple deferments, mocked POW, attacked Gold Star family. Yet Lauer doesn't bring up at veterans event: http://huff.to/2cuJT92
8:49 PM - 7 Sep 2016
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Matt Lauer Failed The Moderator Test
At NBC's "Commander-in-Chief Forum," the host let Donald Trump slide on false Iraq and Libya claims he's made all campaign.
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Judd Legum ✔ @JuddLegum
Lauer says the night was a "success"
Fact check: Pants on fire
5:59 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Neera Tanden @neeratandenThe skewering continued Thursday morning, when the hashtag #LaueringTheBar began trending on Twitter.
I guess the good news is that Matt Lauer isn't moderating an actual debate.
5:42 PM - 7 Sep 2016
Chris Cillizza ✔ @TheFix
Matt Lauer was tougher on Ryan Lochte than on Donald Trump http://wpo.st/Jfyw1
5:56 AM - 8 Sep 2016
Cheryl G @steakhousegirl
What a surprise that the person stumbling thru Olympics coverage cannot fairly host a presidential candidate forum. #LaueringTheBar
5:08 AM - 8 Sep 2016
Jim MacFawn @JimmyFNmac
Dear Press: it is time to stop #LaueringTheBar and ask @realDonaldTrump substantive questions. Hold him accountable for his words/actions.
5:09 AM - 8 Sep 2016 · New York, USA, United States
Jade Helm Commander @Anomaly100
Edward Murrow is spinning in his grave. #LaueringTheBar
5:09 AM - 8 Sep 2016
kaizenLIFE @Scene1891
Somewhere Ann Curry is smiling. #LaueringTheBar
5:22 AM - 8 Sep 2016
Eric Wolfson @EricWolfsonLauer, for his part, seemed to acknowledge the criticism on Thursday morning.
I thought Matt Lauer did great last night in his audition for Fox News.#LaueringTheBar
http://nyti.ms/2cm8OOR
3:32 AM - 8 Sep 2016
Matt Lauer with Hillary Clinton during Wednesday’s forum at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan.
Matt Lauer Fields Storm of Criticism Over Clinton-Trump Forum
Matt Lauer found himself besieged by critics of all political stripes, who accused him of unfairness, sloppiness and even sexism in his handling of the event.
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“It was a nail biter,” he deadpanned at the top of the “Today” show. “But Serena Williams pulled it out.”
Not everyone at NBC is taking it lightly.
One network executive, speaking anonymously, told CNN’s Brian Stelter that it was a “disaster.”
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