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Matt Lauer criticized over performance Clinton-Trump Forum
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You expect Chris Wallace to give a damn about exposing the team he plays ball for?
Maybe Lauer didn't know that Trump was originally against the war. I find it hard to believe that he wouldn't rebuff a claim that he knew was false. But it is his job to know that beforehand.
On the other things, I do think he was a bit tougher on Hillary in certain respects. He definitely could have asked Trump for more details on the things he asked (and could have especially made him explain how capturing oil from the Middle East would prevent another ISIS). I don't think it was a disaster, but I do thing there were glaring issues.
But let's not pretend that the debate won't feature identical issues.
On the other things, I do think he was a bit tougher on Hillary in certain respects. He definitely could have asked Trump for more details on the things he asked (and could have especially made him explain how capturing oil from the Middle East would prevent another ISIS). I don't think it was a disaster, but I do thing there were glaring issues.
But let's not pretend that the debate won't feature identical issues.
I haven't had a chance to watch this... but my understanding is that Hillary went first and actually pointed out that Trump's claim of opposing the war was false.
No matter what, there's no excuse for someone to be in this position of interviewing/moderating Trump and being unaware of how there's explicit recordings of him saying the exact opposite of what he keeps claiming.
excelsiorlef
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God whoever convinced Cruise to shut up again and just make fun movies, I hope they got a raise because holy shit did I forget how crazy early 2000s Tom Cruise sounded.
I'm rewatching parts of the forum, and one thing I noticed (unrelated to the questioning) was that she stood during the questioning, suggesting a deeper engagement with the questioner. Trump just lazily sat there. Now whether that we planned or not, it caught my attention as very respectful.
As for the emails, it's always going to be an issue, whether people are sick of hearing about it or not. Most people view it as a judgment issue, and it's important that any issues people have regarding the judgment qualities of the candidates are always raised. Having said that, there definitely wasn't an equal amount of time devoted to issues that question Trump's judgment. I think one question that could have been hammered is Trump's claim about knowing more about ISIS than the generals. He clearly doesn't, and Lauer only asked him twice. And twice, Trump evaded the topic. But Lauer interrupted Trump with another a point that was a little different. I was expecting him to follow-up with "how could you, as having served zero days in the government, possibly know more about ISIS?" But he didn't.
He also talked about Trump being so cozy with Putin. But Trump spent a lot of time going back and forth so....there's that.
By my count, there was approximately 2 1/2 minutes discussing Trump's judgment (generals and Russia) and 6 minutes talking about Hillary's judgment (emails). Maybe there is more on Trump, but those are the topics that stuck out to me as the biggest and most noteworthy critiques of their judgment.
(I didn't meticulously analyze each question...just quickly went through what I remembered and tried to find things I may have forgotten)
So on that front, it was definitely an imbalanced interview (then again, more people are said to trust Trump over Hillary, so there's that, lol)
As for the emails, it's always going to be an issue, whether people are sick of hearing about it or not. Most people view it as a judgment issue, and it's important that any issues people have regarding the judgment qualities of the candidates are always raised. Having said that, there definitely wasn't an equal amount of time devoted to issues that question Trump's judgment. I think one question that could have been hammered is Trump's claim about knowing more about ISIS than the generals. He clearly doesn't, and Lauer only asked him twice. And twice, Trump evaded the topic. But Lauer interrupted Trump with another a point that was a little different. I was expecting him to follow-up with "how could you, as having served zero days in the government, possibly know more about ISIS?" But he didn't.
He also talked about Trump being so cozy with Putin. But Trump spent a lot of time going back and forth so....there's that.
By my count, there was approximately 2 1/2 minutes discussing Trump's judgment (generals and Russia) and 6 minutes talking about Hillary's judgment (emails). Maybe there is more on Trump, but those are the topics that stuck out to me as the biggest and most noteworthy critiques of their judgment.
(I didn't meticulously analyze each question...just quickly went through what I remembered and tried to find things I may have forgotten)
So on that front, it was definitely an imbalanced interview (then again, more people are said to trust Trump over Hillary, so there's that, lol)
BlastProcessing
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I was planned in the sense that it is what is customary. In a town hall like this, you are always supposed to stand when you take a question. It's another incredibly low bar that Trump completely missed.
There are so many little rituals of American political theatre that Trump ignores.
Claude Augario
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A couple of months ago before the Republican primary the Today show used to religiously dedicate 15 minutes to Trump by having him call in and letting him run wild almost every day.
Not really surprised by the results here.
Not really surprised by the results here.
Are you thinking of Fox & Friends?
No, he's thinking of Morning Joe on MSNBC.
andthebeatgoeson
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Yes, it is
DragonSworne
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I remember reading some kind of article about them being "expertly chosen" so that was encouraging, but if this guy was a part of that, then wow.
Hopefully this wakes up these moderators to avoid the same situation.
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Who even knows. I feel like everyone forgets how to be a journalist when it comes to Trump.
br0ken_shad0w
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I still have a good feeling with the debates. Trump being treated with kid gloves still gave us pro-Putin, generals are garbage, and the sexual assault tweet.
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