Talk:Matt Lauer
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--- Maybe a stupid question: why is Matt called Scott in the first line of the main text? ---
Matt has a vlog coming out on November 7th. He filmed some of my video blog for me. I just posted it yesterday (10/28/05). As far as I know this will be the first footage put up in video blog format for Matt. Check it out: http://soloride.blogspot.com/2005/10/where-is-matt-lauer-he-is-on-my-vlog.html
To see Matt's Vlog go here: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3041544/
I have a bet to settle - I believe that Matt Lauer was an MTV news reporter and I think his bio is covering up his MTV news career because of his 'credibility'. HE TOTALLY WAS ON MTV NEWS!!!
Matt was never on MTV News he did however anchor a Entertainment Report on HBO or Showtime of a while.
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[edit] Glib Matt
Tom Cruise says Matt is glib: "You're glib, Matt", June 25, 2005, MSNBC
[edit] Was Matt Lauer ever an MTV News Reporter / Anchor?
Seem to remember Matt doing a number of MTV news broadcasts in the early days. If memory serves, he was standing in for Kurt Loder. Just wondering if I have the wrong person in mind or if Matt's biography could use some more information.
- He's sure brainless enough for it. Man, what an idiot. This guy can suck the intelligence out of any story. -Anderson Cooper
[edit] Removal of speculation about future Today Show host
Per Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, I have removed the following:
- [[Lester Holt]] or [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]] will likely replace Lauer as ''Today'' show co-host when Lauer leaves.
--rogerd 20:25, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Further, its not even likely he will leave when his contract expires. He is more likely to seek a larger contract since NBC will be desperate to prevent their two popular hosts from leaving within such a short time of each other. Rangeley 20:35, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Once again, speculation has come back in. Per Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and a lack of sources, I have removed the following: "Lauer will most likely step down as co-host of Today at the end of 2007 when his contract with NBC News expires and also when he turns 50. Lauer said that instead of seeking an evening news position he plans on working part-time once he leaves the Today show." DiegoTehMexican 16:00, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
That two-row, three-colum box at the end of this page is very confusing and needs to be simplified.
[edit] Criticisms?
I know a lot of people who are either annoyed by or just plain dislike Matt Lauer, however, I couldn't figure out why. It could be just his personality or how he acts, but I think there was a reason why they disliked him. What are the criticisms of Matt Lauer? I'm sure he has some. There's a reason some people dislike the guy; I'd like to know why.
-- He seems to me as more of an entertainment reporter than a serious newsjournalist.
- Agreed. He also makes issues of the most minor, minor things; he shows left-wing bias; and to top it all off, he's a boring feminist, like everyone on TV today. He'd be better as an actor, I say. He'd be listened to and respected by your average Joe just as much (*laugh*), but Entertainment Tonight would fall so far in love with him and his liberalism that every time he drives down the road he'd be interviewed. The Person Who Is Strange 21:33, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Global Warming
Matt seems to be one of the most vocal of the news anchors regarding global warming. Regardless of where we all come down on the issue, it seems, as much as Matt advocates for real responsibility, his carbon footprint is probably one hundred times that of an average, SUV-driving middle-class commuter who owns a 2500 square foot house in the suburbs.
It would be interesting to hear him justify his use of private planes and five-mile-per-gallon limmos in the context of the global warming debate.
While describing how he pulls off his "Where in the World is Matt Lauer" exploit Matt says: "Do you have any idea how hard it is to make this trip? Here's one travel tip I'll share free of charge: private plane."
Hypocrisy? You decide. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.222.33.146 (talk) 21:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Category "American Jews"?
What is the rationale for the inclusion of this category? See WP:BLP#Categories and WP:BLP#Well known public figures. I don't see how the source cited indicates that Matt Lauer has identified himself publicly with the "belief" of Judaism and that it is "relevant" to his "notable activities or public life, according to reliable published sources"; perhaps it is, but the source cited in the notes (I added the quotation) does not appear to be a basis for the inclusion of the category. Others may want to re-consider it. See American Jews for more information. The use of such categories is sometimes controversial in editing articles in Wikipedia. (See, e.g., Talk:Lewis Libby#American Jew? for links to the related arbitration case pertaining to that article which lasted a few months.) --NYScholar 04:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Clearly does not self-identify. I removed the category based on the source, and adjusted the statement in the article to say that his father is Jewish. I have serious doubts that his father's religion has any relevance to this article, and that should probably be removed as well, but I'm leaving it for more consensus to develop. - Crockspot 04:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- We were editing at the same time, and I ran into an "editing conflict"; I added the quotations pertaining to relevance (in Lauer's own words) to his ideas about "spirituality" etc.; note the q. in which he points out that he was married the second time in a church by a minister. I think that it is proper to remove the category in this article, as already done (see above). It does not appear that Lauer identifies himself publicly with the "belief" of Judaism; it is not clear what, if any, religious "belief" he may identify himself publicly with; it is not clear (as of the comments in 2000) that he himself knows. That may have changed in the past 7 years. --NYScholar 05:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Your revision of the content looks good. - Crockspot 12:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- We were editing at the same time, and I ran into an "editing conflict"; I added the quotations pertaining to relevance (in Lauer's own words) to his ideas about "spirituality" etc.; note the q. in which he points out that he was married the second time in a church by a minister. I think that it is proper to remove the category in this article, as already done (see above). It does not appear that Lauer identifies himself publicly with the "belief" of Judaism; it is not clear what, if any, religious "belief" he may identify himself publicly with; it is not clear (as of the comments in 2000) that he himself knows. That may have changed in the past 7 years. --NYScholar 05:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cat
"In 1985 Matt was arrested for raping a cat." This needs to be verified...
