Commander-in-Chief Forum: Matt Lauer criticized on Twitter for moderating

TheTodayshow hosts performance was roundly criticized online.

So Lauers plan is just to let Trump lie about his past statements on Iraq?

Seriously everyone, and I mean everyone, knew this would happen.

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And Matt Lauer didnt have a followup planned?New York Timespolitical columnist Paul Krugman replied to Yglesias.

Multiple questions about email, Trump lies blatantly not for the first time about Iraq, no followup.

Twitter slammed Lauer for discrepancies in his manner of questioning Clinton versus the way he approached Trump.

NBC News did not immediately respond to EWs request for comment.

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