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After refusing to report on New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan condemning the “offensive” and “patronizing” anti-Catholic rhetoric revealed in leaked e-mails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta, on Friday, the hosts of NBC’s Today committed journalistic malpractice by continuing to ignore the controversy during an interview with the Church leader.
Co-host Savannah Guthrie and NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt – filling in for absent co-host Matt Lauer – invited Dolan on the morning show to discuss Thursday night’s Al Smith Catholic charity dinner, at which both Clinton and Donald Trump spoke. Ironically, the anchors spent the entire segment fretting over the lack of civility at the traditionally light-hearted event: