kafka
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Post by kafka on Apr 5, 2006 21:45:25 GMT -4
She irritates me to no end and has no credibility as a serious "journalist". She's perfect for covering dog shows but should leave world events to the experts. Yo, woman, bite your tongue! Those of us who follow dog shows would rather chew broken glass than have to see that fake B****. And the thought of her trying to explain Schutzhund makes me want to shoot myself. Does one get banned for smacking a Mod for a heinous suggestion? ;D |
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Post by Oxynia on Apr 5, 2006 21:49:45 GMT -4
No, it's not a banning offense....I pretty much smacked myself after I posted that. I should have said something like "kidnergarten winter pageant" or somesuch, not a dog show, which requires intelligence beyond anything that girl is capable of. I stand duly chastised...  |
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Post by kafka on Apr 5, 2006 22:16:39 GMT -4
No, it's not a banning offense....I pretty much smacked myself after I posted that. I should have said something like "kidnergarten winter pageant" or somesuch, not a dog show, which requires intelligence beyond anything that girl is capable of. I stand duly chastised... 1 point for the dog obsession. ;D But really, could you bear to hear that voice describing why Hugo is absolutely perfect, all the while flipping her hair, crossing her legs and being glibly perky? I certainly couldn't. |
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Post by Hamatron on Apr 5, 2006 22:55:06 GMT -4
I hope they don't let her wear mascara at her new gig. That shit seriously squicks me out. And the frosted lipgloss. You know when you find some gross old makeup from the 80s in a bathroom drawer when cleaning? She's like that, personified. The only reason I can think she voluntarily does her makeup like that is that that was how she wore her makeup when she was dating before her marriage....
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Post by margojata on Apr 5, 2006 23:06:53 GMT -4
I don't think it's a big deal either. Who waits for the evening news with cable and the internet? I absolutely adored Peter Jennings, and even I didn't watch him anymore the last few years because it was all old news by the time the show came on.
They're making way too much of it. The days of waiting for Walter Cronkite to tell you what happened in the world are long gone.
Oh, and her scratchy voice so grates now - who can stand to hear her for a half hour straight?
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Post by jennipoo on Apr 6, 2006 11:13:33 GMT -4
Actually, my fiance loves the evening news. Of course, I feel that we're taking unintentional steps towards living in the 50's, but hey - I have found that watching the evening news is kind of like a "capper" on your day. I rather like it in a retro sort of way.
*Day before yesterday, we were getting ready for work and the Today show came on. We didn't bat an eye when they announced "Bryant Gumbel, Katherine Couric, etc". No, they had to get all the way to the shot of the old set before we noticed something was amiss. I think we are in some kind of time travel machine.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2006 12:16:33 GMT -4
My grandparents watch the evening news religiously.
I don't really like Katie, but Today will feel really weird without her.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2006 12:21:51 GMT -4
I guess I'm old but the Today show has felt weird to me since Jane Pauley left.
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Post by FotoStoreSheila on Apr 6, 2006 14:53:45 GMT -4
I guess I'm old too, cause I agree. Do you remember feeling all of that righteous indignation when Deborah Norville showed up? I felt so smug and self-satisfied when she left, as if I personally had something to do with her departure. In the beginning I felt Katie was too perky and I felt sorry for Bryant. Then in the late 90s she became self-involved and bitchy. I felt sorry for everyone at NBC. Having said all that, I agree with mizj. The Today will feel weird without her over-tanned, muscular legs and spider lashes.
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Post by divasahm on Apr 6, 2006 16:42:46 GMT -4
Here's a link to today's NYT article about Katie's Big Move. I especially like the part about how alarmed she had become over the frothier content of the Today show over the years. She certainly did a good job of hiding her dismay. It looked to me like she took that fluff and ran with it, with age-inappropriate wardrobe disasters and bare legs and fake tans and spider lashes and flirtatious behavior with handsome male movie stars and campy cameo appearances in sophomoric (but funny) comedies and snarky, "see how with-it and hip I am" comments to her colleagues on camera to spare. I'm not a fan--can you tell? |
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