Well, you pick the month and this bunch is liable to wind up as a worthy candidate to be my very special Moron. After all, they now epitomize everything that is wrong with broadcast journalism in 2012. But, this September, even they outdid themselves.
Except for perhaps December 7, 1941, there is no more somber date for historical reflection than September 11. We still have the memorial service at the WTC site. Cable networks devote some time every year for retrospectives. And, particularly if you live in or around New York, you pay a little bit of special attention to any ceremonies.
Well, everybody does except for NBC News.
While all major networks were covering live the reading of the names and the special bell tolling at the World Trade Center site, NBC chose not to disrupt the very special journalism they offer every morning on "The Today Show." They instead gave us somebody named Kardashian talking about breast implants. Big news indeed. But, then again, with Today host Matt Lauer officially the dumbest person working in any medium, should anybody be surprised??
I myself saw that NBC News' psycho ward, MSLOL, was doing their own 9/11 remembrance the Sunday before. They were rerunning their continuous news coverage as it was happening on that fateful day. Having lived through that morning, I was intrigued enough to plug this into my DVR for recording.
Imagine my disdain when I watched it. And had to spend every five minutes zapping through commercials for a variety of direct response shit. Frankly, I should have surprised that this cable network of horrors has any paying advertisers at all. But, to include them in what was supposed to be a 9/11 historical record was disgraceful.
But, again, who should be shocked at any of this? NBC News died as a journalistic organization years ago. A complete embarrassment that probably has Chet Huntley chain smoking all over again.
Let's see. Just in the last year, they have been caught misrepresenting one news item after another. Editing tapes to give distorted views of events. Essentially telling lies and pretending that it's all news. Meanwhile, the organization has become such a shill for the White House that I'm convinced President Obama has revealing photos of NBC's Brian Williams do unmentionable things to former WH correspondent Helen Thomas. How else do you explain such blatant grandstanding? All the while telling us that they are...gasp...journalists.
Hardly.
Look at them. A virtual conga line of idiots that haven't asked a hard reporting question since Bill Clinton was screwing interns in the Oval Office. Their nightly anchor, Brian Williams, is simply waiting for Lorne Michaels to call about his next appearance on Saturday Night Live. The Today Show? Forget about them. Matt Lauer hasn't touched a real news story in years and actually believes he has. Meanwhile, they pass off Al Roker as a journalist and he is really nothing more than the chocolate Easter Bunny your kid forgot about until August.
You want more? I got more. Remember when you waited to hear what Andrea Mitchell had to report about anything? Days long gone. This fraud is now nothing more than the head cheerleader for Obama High. The only thing missing is a couple of pom poms and a sweater with a big "O" on the front. If only I could be a fly on the wall of David Brinkley's coffin. Oh, and don't wait for any words of wisdom from veteran Tom Brokaw. He's dealing with some imaginary WWII shrapnel in his head. Or perhaps he simply mis-timed his Ambien pills again.
As bad as it is at NBC News, no one with a soupcon of intelligence wants to anywhere near its sister network MSLSD. Infested with a bunch of glorified talk radio personalities who are in complete denial of what they are do, MSDNC serves as nothing more than high school morning announcement over the White House public address system. And they act as if they are providing a dignified and unbiased view of the world. If you are actually tuning into folks like Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, and Lawrence O'Donnell, your sanity is now being questioned as well. And Rachel Madcow? She's simply one whistle short of being a girl's school gym teacher and you really don't want your daughter to be anywhere within towel snapping range of Rachel. If those slimebag savages over in Egypt are looking to firebomb something else, please e-mail them with the studio address of MSOMG.
Okay, you might be saying. Len, aren't you stooping to the same nasty and vile commentary that these same hosts are using on this network? Perhaps. But, look at my profile. Glance at the masthead of this blog. Do you see the word "news" anywhere? I thought not. I certainly defend the rights of all these yokels to voice their opinions in whatever form they'd like. Not an issue. But, don't hide behind the NBC News banner and call it unbiased reporting. It truly is not.
Yep, NBC News died a long time ago. A once proud Peacock now with its feathers plucked.
Dinner last night: German salami on pretzel bread.
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