Of course, I don’t know Matt Lauer … but I don’t not know him either. She says Mr. Lauer is her “dear, dear friend” but that this doesn’t excuse him. I saw plenty of examples right after Mr. Lauer was fired: a letch-y interview with Anne Hathaway; a tasteless 2012 “Today” sketch with Mr. Lauer as a victim of “sexual harassment”; the whole ugly, gender-charged ejection of Ann Curry. There was the atrocious “commander-in-chief forum” in the 2016 campaign, where, as I wrote at the time, Mr. Lauer interrupted Hillary Clinton constantly while pitching softballs to Donald J. Trump. And … I don’t know, maybe hire Ann Curry back?

Source: New York Times November 29, 2017 20:48 UTC