Ann Curry messed up when she gave a commencement speech at Wheaton recently.
I didn’t know who she was but the article makes it clear she’s a respected journalist by any standard:
In her role as the co-host of “The Today Show” on NBC, Ann Curry is renowned for her grace and gravitas, reporting stoically on all sorts of calamities from far-flung places like the Congo, Iraq, and Darfur — in between the lighthearted palling around she often does on set with Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira and Al Roker.
Curry, in short, is a respected television journalist by just about any standard
I didn’t know being stoic at the right time, and carefree at another was all it took to be a respected journalist. How exactly are you supposed to behave when reading a teleprompter about nasty shit that’s going down somewhere? With a smile . . . wait that’s CNN.
Damn, I didn’t go into the right field.
What I find amusing is what the school did to prevent “misinformation”:
You won’t find video or a transcript of Curry’s commencement gaffe anywhere on the Web at this point, because the school has graciously scrubbed all traces of it from the official video and transcript posted on its website.
I am waiting for that to be done with all of Obama’s speeches pretty soon.
