More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer introduced a report on the “major battle” brewing over President Trump’s budget proposal by proclaiming: “The blueprint just out this morning already facing some criticism. So what's in it and which popular programs could see their funding slashed?”
Correspondent Peter Alexander warned that the plan “could include some of the biggest cutbacks to federal programs in decades.” The headline on screen blared: “Trump Budget Plan Slashes Federal Government; Military Grows Amid Major State Dept. & EPA Cuts.”