In the Today Show’s intro today, Ann and Matt discussed al Qaeda’s resurgence and Miss New Jersey’s revelation of her (attempted) bribery pictures in the same breath.
Are you kidding me?
Now I’m watching Miss NJ hold back tears and show her stupid photos, and I must repeat:
Are you kidding me?
For once, I’m left speechless.
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on July 12th, 2007 | No Comments »
If I wanted to, I could write about what the Today Show has stolen from the NY Times every day. I just have better things to do with my a.m. time, like finding that perfect mix of soy milk in my morning coffee, or actually reading the NY Times.
But Today’s bit on the Fugees, a [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on June 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
I thought it was finally safe to turn on the Today Show and not see American Idol updates played like real news.
But today on Today, they’re having an Idol blowout, complete with concerts by this year’s winner and runner up.
Next Today Show Outrage: Post-Timesism. I’m betting that tomorrow, Today will do at least one story [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on May 31st, 2007 | No Comments »
This isn’t the first time I’ve complained that the Today Show is an advertising front for American Idol. But today American Idol was in their speedy little 7 a.m. this-is-what-you-really-need-to-know introduction. We’d literally been watching Today for seconds when American Idol came across the screen.
Is there really nothing else of importance to stick in that [...]
Filed under: Today Show Outrage on May 10th, 2007 | No Comments »
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 »
“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 »
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 »