More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer sarcastically dismissed the political impact of the FBI reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal as nothing more than a partisan issue: “I’m going to go way, way out on a limb here. I’m going to suggest that perhaps whether people see the [FBI director James] Comey letter as a distraction or significant might fall along party lines.”
That comment teed up MSNBC host Steve Kornacki to tout the network’s latest poll, which actually asked voters if the controversy was “important” or just a “distraction.” Kornacki proclaimed: “You see a slight majority saying important. Yeah, look at that, if you're a Democrat, 83% say it's just a distraction, it’s not important. If you're a Republican, complete opposite.”