Lauer's employer, NBC, is or tries to be profitable. Lauer and other NBC Skews people don't parrot every D & Prog propaganda narrative verbatim. Therefore DU-folk condemn NBC and Lauer as "Right-Wing", paid by Trump, fellating Trump, etc..
Enjoy DU-folks' manufactured outrage and the possibility of MSM operatives privately wondering at Ds' & Progs' ingratitude - "What do I have to do?!".