Too bad they don’t let Lauer go with his journalistic gut. The journalism world needs more Lauers, and fewer Kardashian-inspired pieces.

thetopofthemorning:

An “as-told-to” feature in New York magazine. An excerpt:

“Matt has, sort of, I don’t want to describe it as highbrow, but sensitivity about his journalistic credentials. He only wants to go after what he perceives as really important stories. Did he want to do Kim Kardashian filing for divorce? Absolutely not. He hates the seedy, gossipy stuff—but he has to do it.”