Matt Lauer, is he republican?

[Strathos]

I saw an interview this morning where he was talking to a man about a book he's written about New Orleans and he was bound to get this man to admit race was not that big of an issue during Katrina and the recovery.

I'm thinking about writing a hateful letter to NBC if Matt can't keep his questions a little less biased.

[LSparkle]

1. I'm afraid both he and Katie C. have gone over to the dark side ...

They've gotten the GE memo and know how to behave (at least on-camera). Sickening ...

[never_get_over_it]

9. Katie's sister

Emily was a rising Democratic star in the Virginia Democratic party until she unfortunately passed due to cancer.

[Cha]

2. I don't know about "republican"..but

matt lauer is one of the Biggest Mediawhores the corporate media has going.

he's always pulling shit like that and I wish he would be made to be held accountable!

[goclark]

15. Recall Kitty Kelly interview

His Kitty Kelly mean interview did it for me.

No more Matt the shill and Katy the phoney for me.

[linazelle]

45. I wrote him and NBC a scathing letter about the Kelley interview

I think I wasn't the only one who called him to account for that--and I actually think that they improved in hiding the biases, at least.

[antonialee839]

49. I have it on good authority that Katie is a snobby beotch on wheels

in real life. This comes from a person close to me who caught her act away from the tv.

[goclark]

50. I absolutely believe she is a little witch! nt

[cybildisobedience]

3. He sure acts like one!

I remember how he treated Michael Moore like he was some kind of a criminal for saying negative things about Bush.
There was also a bit of a controversy a while back about Lauer playing golf with the elder Bush -- Lauer responded that it was part of an interview, not just golf, but it was the whole "come up to Kennebunkport" that made people feel he was enamored with the Bush crime family.

[Iris]

7. You mean it's NOT illegal to say bad things about the President?

Well, golly, I'd better get started - I've got some catching up to do!

ha!ha!ha!

[earth mom]

30. Katie was really nasty to Michael Moore after the selection in 04

she and Lauer are sickening examples of how money corrupts. :puke:

[blm]

4. Matt Lauer is good buddies with Rush. Anyone chosen by Jack Welch to

be on the NBC team is chosen for their loyalty to HIS AGENDA.

Jack Welch is a fascist. He always WAS a fascist. And he'll always BE a fascist.

He groomed Russert, Matthews, Lauer, and even Couric to give in to the inevitability of the fascist agenda years ago.

[Loge23]

8. Love the rant on Welsh!

I posted my own rant about Welsh on Workforce.com in a response to Welsh's ranking system.
I got blasted!! Not that I didn't enjoy it, mind you!
I can't stand the guy. He's the embodiment of a followship society.
Some people are so blind - they'll follow these so-called leaders off a cliff.

[Cha]

12. Money is their Fascism God.

Money and Power..hope it's worth it..I have a feeling it's not.

[ronnie624]

25. Don 't forget the millions

that each of those propagandists you listed receive as payment for their loyalty. Lots of money is a great motivator.

[newyawker99]

27. Hi ronnie624!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[ronnie624]

42. Thank you for the greeting.

I've been browsing DU daily for years. It was a godsend.

After witnessing in disgust the "coverage" of the 2000 presidential campaign I bought myself a computer, learned how to use it and promptly found this website.

My thanks to all those here who put so much effort into informing others.

[sasha031]

5. they are all like that Strathos

liberal media is a myth, lauer and the rest are tools for the elite.
welcome to DU :hi:

[MichiganVote]

6. He's a jerk in any party.

[pacalo]

10. It's the entire Today Show that is Republican-friendly.

During the Clinton years the Today Show was relentless in slanting his image & trying to put the Republicans high on the moral pedestal.

I stopped watching long before King Goofus stole the presidency & I despise Katie Couric. Listening to her constant cackling & her nauseating voice is like being subjected to 5-inch fingernails scrape the length of a 20-foot chalkboard.

I suspect those who have any questions in their mind in regard to how both Lauer & Couric stand in the propaganda scheme aren't regular viewers. I had my fill a long time ago.

[WI_DEM]

11. She may end up as anchor of the CBS Evening News

according to media reports, she is in the running.

[pacalo]

19. The BFEE just may arrange that for her.

Although I haven't had the stomach to watch the Today Show since Clinton was in office, I remember back then how the Bushes were guests or featured a number of times & how Katie fawned over them & they fawned over her. I got the impression they were quite chummy.

Interestingly, I read an article recently posted on DU in which Dan Rather was interviewed. In the latter part of the article, the interviewer asked Rather to offer a phrase about a number of personalities. When the interviewer gave the name Katie Couric, Rather's answer was "What a woman." With Rather still employed by CBS, I wonder if he might have an inside track & was kissing up to possibly a sure bet for the anchor position.

[xxqqqzme]

43. I'm with U.

The day Hillary struck back w/ the vast right wing conspiracy was because couric was being particularly nasty during the interview. I remember thinking right B4 Hillary uttered the VRWC remark that couric was talking w/ the First Lady FCS. I don't think I had ever seen anyone so disrespectful of a First Lady, especially after the relentless gushing over St nancy and babs.

[leftchick]

13. I thought it was pretty obvious

and katie too. GE pays them well.

[Jacobin]

14. Lemme put it this way

Rush Limpballs took him golfing in Scotland for a week.

Any more questions?

[SushiFan]

16. I can't stand him OR Katie......

they were so smug and arrogant interviewing Clinton and trashing him the rest of his term.


Yet they take the GOP Talking Points as the word of God and accuse the Democratic illumati of violating the BA agenda when they have such people on the show.


They both are as reich wing as they come. Sorry if anybody here likes these two. I just have no use for fame seekers like Lauer and Couric.

[Cha]

17. I don't think anyone

around here who cares for their country likes them an iota..what's to like?

[AX10]

18. "The Today Show" better known as...

"The Republican Show".

It's been like that for years now.

[no_more_rhyming]

21. So both Matt and Katie are GOP?

[Strathos]

20. As far as Katie goes, I've seen her attack mAnn Coulter

And you don't see too many people do that. mAnn Coulter was furious and you could tell Katie could probably whip her ass, and I guess from that I figured Katie was democrat. I guess you never know huh?

I'm writing them a letter. It'll take a while to compose it, but I'm writing it and it won't be nice.

Thanks all for all the information.

[Virginian]

34. I think Katie is a Dem who goes overboard to appear impartial.

I think she wants to look neutral so much that she actually aids the GOP.

I saw the interview with Coulter. Coulter was accusing Couric of slanting the news towards Dems. They even played an old clip about Reagan. Later Limbaugh was applauding how Coulter wiped the floor with Katie. (I didn't see it that way, I thought Katie held her own.)

That didn't sound like the GOP embraces Katie.

[wisteria]

22. I consider the whole morning program to be hostile to Dem's.

Lauer is definitely pro-Bush. It shows up in all of his interviews, from the questions to the treatment he gives Republicans as apposed to Democrats. Lauer interviewed Senator Kerry as he was rude and extremely interruptive. Kerry held his own, but Lauer tried real hard to muddle Kerry's talking points.

[SunDrop23]

23. Matt is in need of a caning.

[bo44]

24. He is a bootlicking dog.

He was hired to move product. The talking points and messages of the greedy old pricks that set out his bowl.

[Supersedeas]

46. the PoS category where Tweety is listed

[Chiyo-chichi]

26. They piss me off to no end.

Much of their presidential campaign coverage should have been paid for by Bush-Cheney. They once inserted footage of 9/11 & people fleeing the WTC collapse into a piece on Bush (weeks before the election.) There was NO justified reference to 9-11 in the piece and NO reason to insert the footage, other than to reinforce *'s constant evoking of 9-11.

More recently, Couric about had a fit when she tried to get Jim Cramer to say that Bush's poll numbers would rise due to "good" economic news & he wouldn't go along with her.

[ComerPerro]

28. Race wasn't the motiivating factor in N.O. It was class, $$$$$$$$$$

The people mostly affected were poor. That's why Bush didn't give a shit.

Of course, it helps that they were poor and black. Even more reason for Bush and the GOP not to really care at all.

[Freddie Stubbs]

29. I disagree

It wasn't race. It wasn't class. It was simple incompetence.

[earth mom]

32. Gotta disagree with ya there. It was deliberate.

DELIBERATE! :grr:

[ComerPerro]

39. Well, that, of course. Good, old-fashioned laziness and incompetence

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. Yes and good friends with Rush, Oxycontin, Limpballs.

They go on golfing trips together. He's a rat bastard.:grr:

33. those bobble heads don't know squat n/t

[stanwyck]

35. I quit watching. And I still miss

Bryant Gumball. He had an edge which I found refreshing. They're all so bland and happy talk now that it's pointless. You might as well watch Barney.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

36. He is a rep for his boss GE, a part of the military industrial complex.

Matt and Katie are exceptionally biased and often go for the jugular of anyone who critiques the administration. Meanwhile they will with delight and excellent manners interview the likes of Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly.....

Today on Today was a horrid footer for a newsbit on Alito... The Right Stuff....

[Odin2005]

37. They're probably liberals but...

they are forced to pull the GE agenda by thier masters.

[flyarm]

38. he is a * ass wipe...operation mockingbird comes to mind! ..n/t

[mtnsnake]

40. He & Katie are rich. Probably they worry more about their taxes going up

than they do about corruption.

[dogday]

41. Anyone remeber Matt interviewing Kerry before the election?

he was tough on him, extra tough.. I got so mad watching him...

[Ksec]

44. My guess is he drank the water of Faux

Hes trying to appeal to the Faux crowd, bullied into submission by the thousands of hate mails he has no doubt recieved from the primate crowd.

[cyberpj]

47. Is The Pope Catholic? nt

[graywarrior]

48. They are owned by republican interests. They only care about

their paychecks.

[Glimmer of Hope]

51. The whole show is an embarrassment.

They repeatedly have right wing nuts on the show without an opposing view. And then they have segments such as "What Are Girl-on-Girl Crushes? - We Explain All!" or "Do Women Really Prefer Cuddling to Sex? -We Find Out the Real Truth!" I watch the show just to ridicule them just like I do ass-clown.