Yes, it was a shocking example of the beltway media's ineptitude when covering Donald Trump. At first, the only criticisms you heard about Lauer's performance was that he failed to fact check Trump's lie that he never supported the Iraq war. Yes, we saw Donald Trump in the primaries debate for the first time, but he is a first-time politician. Donald Trump was interviewed again as if he were the co-host or the host of The Apprentice." CNN's media critics: "Critics blast Lauer's 'Commander-in-Chief Forum' performance"Even NBC's executives were horrified by Lauer's performance: "NBC execs concede Matt Lauer forum performance was 'disaster'"Is there a positive to Matt Lauer's horrendous performance last night?

Source: Huffington Post September 08, 2016 19:41 UTC