Today’s Lauer says liberals don’t vaccinate either, slaps ‘liberal’ NYT criticism of GOP

Today show co-host Matt Lauer Tuesday revealed the Left’s secret over the measles vaccine controversy that many in the media are using to portray conservatives as backwards: Many liberals don’t vaccinate either.

In a story pitting Republicans like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul against Hillary Rodham Clinton and even the New York Times, Lauer jumped in to note that the issue does not break down along political lines.

He started with a punch at the New York Times.

“It becomes a hot potato. The New York Times, the liberal New York Times, puts it this way in an article this morning. ‘The vaccination controversy is a twist on an old problem for the Republican Party: To approach matters that have largely been settled among scientists but are not widely accepted by conservatives,’ ” he said to Meet the Press host Chuck Todd.

NBC’s Lauer concluded: “Even as I read that, Chuck, let’s make it clear that this does not break down neatly between the Right and the Left. There are pockets of liberal, affluent America where parents don’t want their kids vaccinated.”

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].

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