Let me throw this out--don't you think that the righteous indignation over what NBC did was enflamed by the fact that it was Savannah Guthrie interviewing a Kardashian? If "Today" had been doing a sober examination of Romey and Obama's stands on the economy or a takeout on the Chicago teacher's strike, would there have been such a big hubbub? Of course, I realize that the morning shows (with the possible exception of "CBS This Morning," since they claim that they're doing real news now) *don't* do those kind of pieces at all after 8:00 and that the last time "Today" did serious pieces after 8 outside of breaking news was before "GMA" was kicking its ass the first time (and when the hours aired out of order in the Central time zone), but isn't the fact that it was a Kardashian while the ceremony was happening exacerbate it?
While I'm at it, I wonder if PBS has ever considered seriously going into the morning TV battle, or are they just content to take the pledge money from the kids shows and let NPR be the serious broadcast journalism in the mornings? On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]>wrote: > It's easier to let it go when there aren't people still dying as a > result of the events of that day. > > On 9/12/12, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not only do I completely support NBC's decision to not take the ceremony > > live (while noting that WNBC took their own coverage that included the > > moment of silence), I think the massive overreaction to this choice is a > > sign of how much this country (with the enabling effects of the federal > > government and media with the journalistic integrity of soaked kelp) has > > decided to wallow in those events like a dependent child. > > > > I understand the traumatic events of that day affected everyone in > different > > ways and different levels. But there comes a point when you have to ask > > yourself when grieving becomes something more unhealthy, both personally > and > > as a society as a whole. > > > > April 19 shifted to being a local remembrance within a few years. It's > been > > 11 years. It's time to do the same to September 11. > > > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:21 PM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Why show the commemoration of the first tower being hit when you can > >> talk to Kris Jenner? > >> > >> http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nbcs-today-skips-911-moment-kardashian > >> > >> -- > >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > > > -- > +++++++++++++++ > Joe Coughlin > http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
