You may changed the channel too soon. Chris Matthews started to talk about the elegance with which Reagan graced the Oval Office, than preceeded to rip Clinton for his cavalier attitude toward the Presidency than turned that into a rip of Bush. To which Georgie Ann kept agreeing with him and than piped in about the radical extremism of the Bush Presidency. This banter continued on without pause until Lester Holt, who you could hear some disgust in voice, said "Let me tell you about what we are seeing now", in an attempt to change the subject as Reagan's body was loaded in SAM 28000.
Lester exerted some control over the situation and you could tell he thought their rant was inappropriate without him having to say anything. I have no clue what his politics are and I guess that's the point. Lester Holt covers the news not spins it for us.