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Media ‘sacrificed’ Matt Lauer to get to Trump

Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer NBC via AP

So now Matt Lauer has been sacrificed by the liberal media on the altar of sexual misconduct and political correctness.

I would like to point out one small factor: Sexual misconduct is a two-edged sword. For every woman “harassed” by John Conyers, Charlie Rose, Al Franken and our ex-hapless boy President Bill Clinton, how many women threw themselves at these men to get ahead?

I would venture to guess dozens, or even hundreds. Sexual misconduct has been used by women to manipulate men in power from time immemorial.

But I see a darker motive in this liberal blood fest that’s destroying the careers of so many liberal “offenders.” They are trying to set a precedent of sexual misconduct to have any politician or celebrity ever accused of sexual misconduct removed from office, including the president. I’m sure they have a list a mile long of women who will claim Trump abused them. They won’t have proof, but since when has the liberal media needed “facts” when a political agenda is involved?

I can hear it now: “They fired Matt Lauer, why not Trump?”

If this is the goal of globalist-owned media, they had better hurry. This line of deception is getting old. The public has already started to turn off to its obvious slander.

Michael A. Pacer, Paso Robles

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This story was originally published December 2, 2017 at 2:24 PM with the headline "Media ‘sacrificed’ Matt Lauer to get to Trump."

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