Forums

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You know that's an asinine response, TM. First off, Matt doesn't ask tough questions, he backs off of them. Even more so with Katie. But even if they do, when does the weatherman ask tough questions? They don't ask questions at all--they give a 15 second summary of the national weather.

So, what you must be talking about are the fluff pieces he does later in the show. Well, those are fluff pieces, and he does as much with them as katie, matt, meredith, anne, or any of others do, which is fawn over stars, let the info-people tell you about the newest thing in health care/travel/cars/etc., and smile when they eat the food.

You know, unless you're being obtuse, that Steven Smith or "uppity" black men have nothing to do with anything we're talking about. You want a weatherman who does something more than being a weatherman, but that's not the role, whether it's Al, Willard, or the goofy guy from the local NBC affiliate who fills in occasionally.

Al did interview Star Jones after her plastic surgery debacle and The View firing. I think it was because none of the other employees of Today wanted to talk to her. Because she is black.*




*Actually what I heard was that she is friends with Al and his wife and she would only agree to do an interview with anyone (and for some reason all the morning shows wanted her) if she was assured that the interviewer would only be nice to her. Al was very nice to her. He didn't even tell her that [whatever her gay husband's name is] will probably never get another word in.