Posted on 10/14/2005 4:50:52 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
October 14, 2005 - 07:10.
In a deliciously ironic twist of fate, shortly before airing a segment aimed at embarrassing the Bush administration by suggesting that it had staged a video conversation between the president and soldiers in Iraq, the Today show was caught in staging . . . a video stunt.
In the Bush/Iraq segment, Today screened footage indicating that prior to engaging in a video conversation with President Bush, soldiers on the ground in Iraq were given tips by a Department of Defense official.
But the only advice that the official was shown as giving was a suggestion to one solider to "take a little breath" before speaking to the president so he would actually be speaking to him. It was also stated that some of the soldiers practiced their comments so as to appear as articulate as possible. But there was no indication, or even allegation, that the soldiers were coached as to the substance of their comments or in any way instructed what to say.
Today's timing couldn't have been worse. A preceding segment focused on the incessant rains and ensuing flooding in the northeast. For days now, beautiful, blonde - and one senses highly ambitious - young reporter Michelle Kosinski has been on the scene for Today in New Jersey, working the story. In an apparent effort to draw attention to herself, in yesterday's segment she turned up in hip waders, standing thigh-deep in the flood waters.
Taking her act one step further, this morning she appeared on a suburban street . . . paddling a canoe. There was one small problem. Just as the segment came on the air, two men waded in front of Kosinki . . . and the water barely covered their shoe tops! That's right, Kosinski's canoe was in no more than 4-6 inches of water!
An embarrassed Kosinski claimed the water was deeper down the street but that her producers didn't want to let her go there for fear she'd drift away. But Katie and Matt, perhaps peeved by her attempted scene-stealing, couldn't resist ribbing her.
Matt: "Are these holy men, perhaps walking on top of the water?"
"Gee, is your oar hitting ground, Michelle?" inquired Katie, as she and Matt dissolved into laughter.
Moral of the story: people in canoes in four inches of water shouldn't throw video-stunt stones.
Finkelstein has degrees from Cornell University and Harvard Law School.He lives in Ithaca, NY where he hosts "Right Angle," a local political talk show. Finkelstein specializes in exposing liberal bias at NBC's Today Show.
that is too funny
thanks! just logged on, but heard Rush's rant today - it was PRICELESS. He managed to get the whole ALGore story in, too.
The man is a genius.
Finkelstein specializes in exposing liberal bias at NBC's Today Show
One of the Top Ten Signs you need a girlfriend.
You're welcome and thanks!
One of the Top Ten Signs you need a girlfriend.
As you might know, Finkelstein = governsleastgovernsbest = me. I had to chuckle at your Top Ten, even if it did cut a little close to home!
I was just joshing, though you might want to re-phrase to "Finkelstein specializes in exposing liberal bias in broadcast media."
No offense taken - I really did think it was funny.
As to my rather "job description", since all of NewsBusters is devoted to exposing liberal bias in the media, I thought it was useful to define my niche, which is, overwhelmingly, to write about the Today show.
okey-dokey.
Lunatic Libs in politics and Lunatic Libs in the MSM have no problem of lying to their voters and audiences to push their agendas. That is costing them voters and audiences everyday.
Didn't Jesus say something like, "Why be concerned about the speck in your brother's eye, when you have a log in your own."
Thanks for the video capture. The video stuntress even got ridiculed by Matt and the Perky One. Most excellent.
LOL. It's a target-rich environment, no doubt. But I like to think I do it with a certain panache ;-)
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