More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Ahead of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, NBC’s Today spent the morning putting all the pressure on Indiana Governor Mike Pence to “clean up” after Donald Trump and predicted that the Republican running mate would be stuck on “defense” all evening.
Correspondent Hallie Jackson led off the morning show’s political coverage by proclaiming: “Tonight it’ll be Mike pence playing clean-up on the many controversies Donald Trump's trying to shake.” After listing several of those controversies, she concluded: “But after one of Trump's worst weeks yet, it’s Pence who will again be forced to defend the top of his ticket...”