Tuesday, October 16, 2007
MAYBE I'M JUST COLD
Hi everybody, I’m Gerry Brooks.Our top story at 6: I…I can’t. I just can’t. I had a reallllly bad day, and I just can’t sit here and feign interest and tell YOU what went on. I have issues, OK? I just…can’t…(sob)…deal with the news (tears) right now.
Imagine.
Look, over the course of the past 33 years, I’ve WANTED to begin the rare newscast that way. We all have bad days, and we all have the occasional horrendous day. But like you, we do what we have to do, because nobody cares about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.
So it attracted a great deal of attention Tuesday when Ellen DeGeneres shared her labor pains with her audience. A sad story about a dog. And it IS sad. But she aired a personal problem when she should have been entertaining America.
I LIKE Ellen DeGeneres, and from what I’ve seen of it, I like her show. It’s a fun throwback to the days of Mike and Merv (if the names don’t ring a bell, don’t ask), and the woman is loaded with talent.
But even though it’s HER show…even though her audience probably adores her…I don’t think a national television program should be commandeered…even by the host…to air a personal problem. It’s SUCK IT UP time!
But that’s not all. NBC Nightly News did a story on it! I’m not talking about “Access Hollywood” or “Extra”, but the newly-minted winner of the Edward R. Murrow award for best newscast.I tried to “read” Brian Williams’ face after the story. Hmmm…
Then I went to his blog, The Daily Nightly, where he spills his guts about lots of good stuff, including what’s coming up on his broadcast.
He didn’t mention the Ellen story.
I would like to think that by remaining silent, our friend Brian was speaking volumes.
Posted at 10:16 PM by Gerry
2 Comments:
Amen. At least we have something that seriously deserves to be cried over, like last night's game!
Maybe if they lose game 5, I'll begin the 11pm news in tears.
Yeah, right.
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