The Today Show had a brief shining moment of real news and real interviewing this morning. Tom Brokaw stepped in to interview George Tenet about his new book and the accusations therein.
Matt was somewhere else in the world, and I suppose neither Meredith nor Ann nor Al could be trusted to give Tenet an interview [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on April 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If I see another segment on the Today Show about moms — today was “Alpha Moms” — I’m going in to get my tubes tied. (I guess I’d better schedule that for Monday, because Today runs a segment every single day without fail.) This woman actually talked about the synergy of Alpha and Mom.
That’s it. [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on April 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
“Is the Today Show just an extension of American Idol?” Jeremy just asked me.
Well, that seems to be the case. They run a segment on the reality show every day. It gets more time than the war, the partial-birth abortion ban, Gonzalez gate, the Wolfowitz controversy — I could go on for a long time [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on April 25th, 2007 | No Comments »
My friend at Egads! and I decided to write blogs with the same title tonight and see what happens. This could be an exercise in synonyms for “splat.” Here’s mine:
My college boyfriend lived on the seventh and top floor of our dorm, at the very end of the hall. The window at the end of [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on April 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“Is it harder to be a mom today than it was 20 years ago?”
Today Show, you asked the same question just a few weeks ago after a study came out about how much time moms spend with their children nowadays.
I won’t be watching that segment. But I might have watched the one on affordable Europe [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on April 24th, 2007 | No Comments »
For those of you — you know who you are — who are tired of White House spin, here’s the Chinese version. Do you ever wonder how many people are fooled by spin? Or who falls for it, in our country or others?
(Right now, I’m also wondering if by linking to a story about Tibet [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on April 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
If you read my last post, you know I was on a mission to do nothing last week and just stare at a twig.
Instead of staring at twigs all weekend, I ran over them. Quickly.
Until Sunday, when I arrived first at the coffee shop in Lyons Jeremy and I had agreed to meet at mid-ride. [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on April 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m doing nothing for a while.
Okay, so I’m sitting here writing, so that’s something. But that big to-do list in my head? It’s staying there, un-acted upon for the rest of the week.
That’s right, nothing. My deaconess pal called me tonight, and when I told her I’m doing nothing this week, she said:
“I envy your [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on April 11th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s a good thing we get a newspaper in the morning (two, actually) and read the news online (more RSS feeds than I can count), because if I had to rely on the Today Show for my morning news, this is what I would think is going on in the world:
J-Lo is coaching the final [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on April 11th, 2007 | No Comments »
After a hiatus for completing my MA, the Today Show Outrage is back.
Today loves reality television, and Monday’s show was a love fest. First, Ann interviewed the stars of “Little People, Big World.” Next was a family who was on “Honey, We’re Killing the Kids.” It’s not even 8:30, so there could be more [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on April 9th, 2007 | No Comments »