Subject: Re: Brian Williams dissed Mark Halperin’s Trump coverage. Big league. - The Washington Post
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See even a blip blip like Brian Williams can sometimes get it right 

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Subject: Brian Williams dissed Mark Halperin’s Trump coverage. Big league. - The Washington Post 

Brian Williams dissed Mark Halperin’s Trump coverage. Big league. - The Washington Post 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/04/brian-williams-dissed-mark-halperins-trump-coverage-big-league/?wprss=rss_the-fix&tid=sm_tw_pp 

Brian Williams dissed Mark Halperin’s Trump coverage. Big league. 

Brian Williams might have learned his lesson from last year's suspension , but he sure didn't learn subtlety. The MSNBC anchor delivered the thinnest of thinly-veiled insults to colleague Mark Halperin Thursday night on "11th Hour,” the show Williams debuted in September. 

“When Donald Trump complains that he is not getting favorable coverage in the MSM,” Williams said to Halperin, referring to the mainstream media, “he has not been listening to you this cycle. I think you've gone out of your way to find the path, argue for the path, forge the path for him in an argumentative way.” 

If that was supposed to sound like a compliment, it sure didn't fool Halperin, who was visibly offended. 

Williams added that he thought Halperin had been “interestingly optimistic” about Trump's chances to win the election on Thursday's episode of “With All Due Respect,” the program Halperin hosts with John Heilemann. 

Throughout the campaign, Halperin has been the subject of some teasing by fellow journalists who think he is soft on Trump, especially in interviews. 

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Halperin's interview with Trump last week was described in some quarters as “sycophantic” ( Mediaite ), “embarrassing” ( Daily Beast ), “truly pathetic” ( Wonkette ) and “some of his fluffiest bull---- yet” ( Salon ). 

The Hill's Joe Concha defended Halperin, writing that he “doesn't deserve being 'Lauer'd.' " 
<blockquote>

It's all the rage in media today ... 

Conduct an interview with Donald Trump and do anything short of throwing a pie in the candidate's face before a swift verbal kneecapping, and you'll be “Lauer'd” by your own brethren. 

When we say “Lauer'd,” of course, we're talking Matt Lauer, who media members thought was a bit too easy on Trump by asking him twice as many questions than Hillary Clinton during a September town hall event. 
</blockquote>

Make no mistake: Halperin got “Lauer'd” by Williams on Thursday. He's used to it from others, but the look on his face suggested that he didn't expect it from a fellow host at NBC. 

Eric D. Schwerin 
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