Ann Curry Was Bad At Her Job So She Got Fired

I highly recommend reading this long New York Magazine article about The Today Show.

I don't care about The Today Show, I don't watch any of those morning talk shows - there are reruns of 90210 at the same time and I have my priorities. Yet, it's still a great read. I guess morning talk shows are like late night talk shows - more fun to read and talk about than to actually watch.

But I do know two people who do watch. Who are experts on the Today Show. They are my mom and my dad. And long before Ann Curry was forced out of the show, they would go on at length about how awful she was. They are die hard Today Show fans, and they said Ann Curry sucked.

And in every piece I've read on the situation, including the one linked above, that seems to be the acknowledged truth. She struggled in the job and ratings declined. So why then, do I also keep hearing and reading stuff like this:

“I think it’s unfair to blame Ann for any of the problems that she had,” says Nicholas Kristof, the Times columnist and a close friend of Curry’s. “They were incredibly lucky to have stabbed in the back somebody who wasn’t in the least vindictive and had the interest of the Today show at heart even after they treated her so wretchedly.”

Stabbed in the back? First of all, she got $12 million dollars and a production deal. Let me repeat that, she got $12 million dollars and a production deal! We should all be stabbed in the back with that kind of cash.

Second of all, she wasn't performing at her job. What were they supposed to do? I could write a list of at least a hundred NFL players who were cut by their teams this off season. They had contracts, but they weren't worth the amount they were getting paid. Is America crying for them?

So after 20 years, Matt Lauer is suddenly an asshole. He's been fine with Katie Couric, and Meredith Viera, and now this chick can't carry her own weight and he's the dick? I don't get it. People don't appreciate goodness. Those people were good at what they did, but no, let's rally behind the girl who stinks!

And I just watched Ann Curry's final goodbye for the first time. Holy hell.



Yeah, she's just doing this gig for us. That's why she's doing it. It's us. That's why she accepted the $12 million, for us!

Shut up. You weren't good enough, and you got fired. It happens. You weren't owed that job. I'm sure NBC handled it poorly, because NBC handles everything poorly. But if you want to feel sorry for someone, feel sorry for Jay Leno. Cause he's actually good at his job and is getting fucked.

Read the article. It's interesting.

Pneumonia free!