There would be 78 "special reports" per day on MSNBC. Rachael Maddow would have on guest after guest to gloat about it.
Matt Lauer can get away with anything, and the MSM will cover for him - - because he is a liberal.
Matt has zero job growth. No one is going to offer a contract like Katie Courics because she was a total failure, and they don’t see Matt having that much more talent than her. Other shows? Even Sixty Minutes has zero interest. So he’s locked in and really needs to avoid any issues or he loses out on future pay raises with the Today Show.
I agree...he’s about as dim as a guy can get and hasn’t shown any journalistic behavior in a decade.
He should have taken “The Price is Right!” when he had the chance.
Who is Matt Lauer? I haven’t watched MSM for over 20 years. He look like a flake
There would be 78 "special reports" per day on MSNBC. Rachael Maddow would have on guest after guest to gloat about it.
Matt Lauer can get away with anything, and the MSM will cover for him - - because he is a liberal.
You hit the nail on the head...actually, Mr. Lauer and NBC form a mutual protection association. The network believe its needs Lauer because “Today” is the most popular show in its line-up, including prime time. And, with ABC running a distant second and CBS a non-factor, it’s no wonder that Today has finished first in the ratings for more than a decade. NBC attributes a portion of that success to Lauer’s presence in the anchor chair, but the network also owes a debt to ABC for thinking George S. will bring in viewers and to CBS for sticking with Harry Smith, who has been failing in that timeslot for decades.
On the other hand, Lauer needs NBC and that big paycheck. Brian Williams is a bit younger than Matt and he has the big job sewn up for the next 20 years, if he wants it. Besides, NBC does not view him as evening anchor material—if they did, he would be filling in for Williams instead of Ann Curry.
Put another way, Lauer’s hit his glass ceiling at NBC and he’s got a choice: stick with a proven winner (Today), or strike out doing something else, realizing there aren’t a lot of gigs for washed-up anchors (hellooo Dan Rather and Bryant Gumbel).
Lauer also needs NBC to run interference for him when his messy private life becomes public. As long as he’s #1, the network will defend its star, doing whatever’s necessary to protect that cash-cow program. But if the ratings start to slip, Lauer will be gone in a flash.
Incidentally, I worked in the salt mines of broadcast news until I had the good sense to join the military and have a real career. I still know a few behind-the-camera folks at the nets; Lauer’s philandering is the stuff of legend; he was a notorious skirt-chaser as a local host, and it continued during his first NY stint (at WWOR-TV), and later at WNBC. Lauer destroyed his first marriage through serial cheating and seems hell-bent on doing the same thing again.
Also, some FReepers may remember Lauer’s involvement in a sex scandal about 10 years ago. He was engaged, but flew to Florida every weekend, ostensibly to care for his aging parents. In reality, he was hooking up with a married woman. If I recall correctly Lauer was named in the divorce proceedings and the former husband blamed the NBC host for the break-up of his marriage.
I’m guessing the current Mrs. Lauer will decamp to her native Holland in the near future, taking their three kids (and a good chunk of Matt’s $7 million annual paycheck with her. You go girl.