Did I miss something, or is the Today Show so far ignoring the Katrina

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

video?

[rodeodance]

1. Guess they did the 6 month thing--so now they are done?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. Yeah, that must be it.... At least it's being covered on CBS and ABC.

[RockaFowler]

2. GMA has a long segment on it

I am quite surprised. Why isn't Today covering it??

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. I have ABC on. Today is a strong part of the Corporate GE Fascist Empire.

[cali]

4. Not that I'm a Today Show Fan

but you posted this at 7 past. Give them a few more minutes.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. They covered the surviving coal miner. Now the housing market.

The Katrina video is a Huge story and they are so far ignoring it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. "What makes a happy marriage"...

[theHandpuppet]

14. For someone with no vested interest in the Today Show

You never miss an opportunity to immediately jump in to a thread to defend their presentation of "news" (or in this case, the lack thereof).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=498239

[theHandpuppet]

15. Well?

Any comment now? It's now 9 a.m.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

19. At 9:21AM not one word. If this isn't conspiratal, I don't know what is.

[theHandpuppet]

22. I suspect some folks think we're not paying attention

What do you think? ;-)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

24. True, but the bottom line is that they don't give a crap about of Us,

the informed. Their job is to keep the uninformed in the dark as long as they can. We are talking about the number one rated morning show here.

[cali]

25. Oooh, you caught me.

I actually get paid to defend the Today Show on DU. Hysterical, Mr. or Ms. Handpuppet. I don't give a shit what these TV shows say or don't say. I consider them irrelevant. I also am greatly amused by the evil MSM meme on both the left and right sides of the fence. What about corporate, money making concern don't you guys understand.

I actually do defend certain MSM journalists from the "they're all evil right wing sycophants" line, on a fairly regular basis, but that doesn't include mindless TV shows. I point out that there are lots of good journalists out there in the print world.

[theHandpuppet]

26. So if the Today Show is just another "mindless TV show"...

... then you won't mind if we DO point out that the biased pablum they present has no resemblence to actual journalism and you won't be so compelled to defend their irrelevance when they are criticized.

Certainly there are a number of good journalists out there in the print world -- I read a number of them every day, but that's not what we're talking about here, is it.

[cali]

27. Not at all. I completely agree

that it's pablum. Awful stuff. Scarcely worth all the time you pour into it. And the only two remarks I've ever made on DU about it, are hardly what I'd call a defense of the program. I simply think that folks like you overreact to irrelevant programming. Of course, I think a lot of folks on DU overreact to just about everything. You don't like my take? Tough.

[theHandpuppet]

28. Don't like DU? Tough.

As far as I know no one here needs your permission to determine what topics may or may not be relevant for discussion. So with or without your permission, we'll carry on the conversation.

[derby378]

8. But Katie's such a bouncy personality who inspires joy-joy feelings

Why do you hate her for her freedom? :evilgrin::

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. Yes! You figured it out! I hate her freedom! I hate her freedom because

of her lies of omission to the literally of millions of people who turn on Today with perfect trust........

[Cobalt Violet]

10. They're still figuring out how to blame Democrats.

Only if they can do that will they show anything about it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. Or maybe they haven't found someone to defend it and telling why

* did a service to the country by ignoring the warnings?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. "Who killed this honor student" ...sad story of criminal justice grad

student horribly murdered in NYC, and she isn't even blonde.

[RandiFan1290]

13. They have to time it just right.

They will wait until most people have already left for their jobs.


"If it didn't happen on the tee-vee, it didn't happen"

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. They haven't even done that. It's shameless. eom

[RandiFan1290]

21. I stand corrected

Not surprising at all. I guess GE has business down there (up there for me) that they don't want disturbed.

I hope Media Matters will cover this.

[linazelle]

16. Not ignoring it, there's just another missing white woman

and that's way more important than the thousands who perished during Katrina. :eyes:

[Richard Steele]

17. We call it "The Toady Show" for a reason, you know.

[npincus]

18. You are Correct-

after NBC Bush-apologist's produced a transcript on last nite's news (Campbell Brown subbing for Brian Williams)of a conversation the day after (televideo conference) of Michael Brown saying "Bush was involved and hands-on" or some shit like that... to neutralize the impact of watching B*sh do his dee-in-the-headlights conference call. NBC proclaimed it showed that Bush WAS hands-on, etc.

Our media SUCKS... I hope when Dems get back in power, they bitch-slap the corporations who are pimping for the Chimp now.

[mattclearing]

23. Welcome to the Today Show.

They are bought and paid for.