Where I think Today is falling down on the job

I'm getting so annoyed at the Today show.


First, I think they should quit letting Ann Curry do interviews. I like her reading the news. She sucks at interviewing. Even "Best Week Ever" covered her outrageous interview w/ Bindy Erwin. And when she interviewed The Hoff on his promotional tour of "America's Got Talent" she wouldn't even let him talk about the show. She would only ask him questions about his personal life. He kept answering the questions b/c I think he thought, eventually, the interview would turn toward his shameless plug. But it didn't! She talked about his drinking and his divorce and then said, "OK Thanks! Bye now!" and he was all, "Yeah, we were supposed to talk about THE SHOW..."


I've evaluated the situation and I've determined that the problem is that she monopolizes the interviews. She talks more than the person being interviewed! I mean, the whole purpose of a journalistic interview is that you ask questions in order to evoke responses that provide some sort of information. She keeps talking over her interviewee and I hate to tell you this, Ann, but people are not tuning in to hear what YOU have to say. Quit trying to do the talking for them and for god's sake, quit trying to put names on their feelings. Keep it up, and we won't even NEED the interviewee to show up.


Second, what was up with Meredith's interview with Jessie Davis's dad this morning? They found the body - that is news. The missing mom and the unborn child are both dead - I need to know that. But god forbid a tragedy should happen that Today doesn't cash in on!


They gave this father an inordinate amount of time to talk about what a swell daughter she was and how many people came out to search for her. Now look, I'm not saying she wasn't a great person, but when is the last time someone was killed and people went on national TV to say, "Yeah, she was kind of a bitch really. I never liked that girl." Right? I mean, what does the dad have that will add to the story at this point?


At the risk of sounding like I'm blaming the victim (I'm not), the girl had a long-standing affair with a married man that ultimately cost her her life. She made bad choices. It's tragic, yes, but why are we spending so much air time allowing a loved on to put her up on a pedestal? I'll tell you why: RATINGS. A father's grief is not NEWS. It makes me sick, really.