More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Thursday, NBC’s Today blasted Ted Cruz in the most hyperbolic terms over the Texas Senator’s unwillingness to endorse Donald Trump during a Wednesday night speech at the Republican National Convention. Co-host Savannah Guthrie went biblical on the conservative lawmaker: “Peter King said it was a disgrace, that he's a liar. Chris Christie said it was an awful and selfish speech. I was walking out last night, I overheard a delegate say, ‘Let's call him Judas Cruz.’”
Turning to Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, Guthrie asked: “Do you agree with all of the above?...Do you think Cruz betrayed you? Betrayed that good will you just talked about?”