http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/2218/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbc-brings-hurricane-hypers-deny-hyping-irene <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-08-29-NBC-TDAY-LauerRoker.jpg" border="0" width="244" height="163" /></div> <p>On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer introduced a panel discussion on whether media coverage of Hurricane Irene was overdone by proclaiming: "Was this storm over-hyped? In some ways, it's a one-sentence argument, this storm killed more than 20 people and 4 million people are without power, and clearly there's misery and destruction. How could it have been over-hyped?"<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbc-brings-hurricane-hypers-deny-hyping-irene" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division AlRoker BiasAlert BryanNorcross HurricaneIrene hype JimCantore liberalmediabias MattLauer NBC Today WeatherChannel Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:23:00 +0000 38093 at http://archive2.mrc.org