Huffington Magazine Issue 66 | Page 9

Enter 5 POINTERS ‘DISAPPOINTING LEARNING EXPERIENCE’ In the latest issue of Esquire magazine, Today host Matt Lauer lashed out at the media over the way he was covered when Ann Curry was ousted from the show. “The way the media treated what happened with Ann Curry was a disappointing learning experience,” he told the magazine. “I was disappointed by the laziness of the media, the willingness to read a rumor, repeat that rumor, and treat it as a fact. And yet, what were my options?” Lauer’s reputation took a severe hit after Curry’s firing. NADAL AND WILLIAMS FOR THE WIN 6 FROM TOP: PETER KRAMER/NBC/NBC NEWSWIRE; AP PHOTO/DARRON CUMMINGS HUFFINGTON 09.15.13 Rafael Nadal made quite the comeback from his knee injury and a less-thanstellar performance at Wimbledon, beating Novak Djokovic in four sets Monday night at the U.S. Open. “Very, very emotional, no?” Nadal said. “Probably only my team knows how much (this) means for me.” In the women’s finals Sunday night, Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka in three sets for her 17th Grand Slam championship. THAT’S VIRAL EVERYONE WHO’S DIED FROM A MARIJUANA OVERDOSE, EVER A selection of the week’s most talked-about stories. HEADLINES TO VIEW FULL STORIES THE WORLD’S LARGEST CAVE IS OPENING FOR TOURS THE BEST OBITUARY YOU’LL EVER READ THE VIDEO THAT FOOLED THE ENTIRE INTERNET THIS IS LOVE