On Today Show, Matt Lauer Asks Trump Whether GOP Debate Will Be ‘All About Donald Trump’
Monday morning, Today host Matt Lauer sat down with Donald Trump to discuss his upcoming gig moderating a GOP debate on December 27th.
David Gregory Apologizes For ‘Grand Wizard’ Comment About GOP Leadership
NBC's David Gregory backtracked on his comments about "grand wizards" in the Republican Party this morning. Earlier on The Today Show, Gregory had responded to a question from Ann Curry who referring to Herman Cain's sexual harassment scandal, asked "does the party just wish he would go away?" "Well, there is no grand...
Michael Moore: A ‘Certain News Channel’ Encouraged People To Commit Acts Of Violence Against Me
On the Today show to discuss his new memoir, Here Comes Trouble, Michael Moore maintained that he would not take back his contraversial 2003 Oscar speech, but holds certain regrets for the toll it has on him and his family.Moore left jaws dropped in the days immediately following America's entry into Iraq when he used...
Today Asks: ‘Was Hurricane Irene Overhyped?’
Now that news outlets are, for the most part, done with reported on Hurricane Irene itself, they have now taken to covering whether the coverage of the storm was "overhyped." As The Today Show sees it, that all depends on where you happened to be during the hurricane, and the degree to which you believe...
Christine O’Donnell: I Walked Out On Piers Morgan To End ‘Borderline Sexual Harassment’
Judge solely by the amount of attention she has received this week, it's fair to say that Tea Party darling and aspiring media figure Christine O'Donnell has been successful at promoting her new book Troublemaker. But if you draw a distinction between the quantity and quality of media attention, well then perhaps its a different...
McLuhan meets YouTube: From “Annie Hall” to “The Today Show”
As our informal McLuhan Week gives way to weekend, we thought we'd curate some prime examples not just of McLuhan-on-media...but of McLuhan-as-media. And via the service that he predicted so uncannily half a century ago: YouTube. Here's a selection of some of our favorite clips — favorite because they're illuminating, or because they're delightfully absurd,...
Laura Ingraham Enters Into Twitter Battle With Chris Brown, 50 Cent, And Their Fans
Last week, Laura Ingraham appeared on The Today Show to promote her new book, Of Thee I Zing, which deals in part on the destruction of our culture (a topic that's been good for books for as long as there's been culture...and books). While there, she gave a couple of examples she'd seen...
Today Care: Octomom And Her Eight Toddlers Wreak Havoc On Set Of The Today Show
How can one person raise 14 children? That was the question Ann Curry sought to answer this morning on the Today Show as Nadya Suleman and nine of her many children gave their first live television appearance. We got a taste of the logistical nightmare that having this many children is as the interview...
NBC’s Wayback Machine is Broken
It was one of those moments that made you smile.Last week, a piece of footage arrived on the net. It could only be described as nostalgic. It was an episode of the Today Show from 1994 - with hosts Bryant Gumble and Katie Couric puzzeling over this thing called - 'internet'.It...
