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.
I get your underlying point, but the fact is that (and this is *not* a slur or slam) most of these people live in the tri-state area. Again: I completely agree with all the locals dumping the national show and taking local coverage. But from a national perspective, I fear we've crossed the line between grieving and wallowing. It deserves mentioning, but I don't see the national morning shows heading to OKC on April 19. If PGage is around, I'd be intrigued by his thoughts on this. On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? I think whatever they'd have been airing would've sent people into vapors. The fact it was a Kardashian just happened to be the cherry on top. I know NBC said they provided coverage of the anniversary throughout the morning. I did not watch any of 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? My wild, out-of-left-field guess: the start-up costs to be able to do two hours of solid news would be a very high barrier. -- 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
