Ann Curry's departure from Today just the latest in a series of problems for NBC

I have finally gotten around to posting something again. Today I want to talk about Ann Curry's very sudden departure from the Today show.

Was Ann Curry forced out at the Today show?

The answer to that is yes.

Did NBC do the right thing by letting her go so abruptly?

Yes, and here is why:

She is the most expendable Today show personality at the moment since they need Matt Lauer to do his "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" segments. They need Al Roker since his big mugshot covers the side of the Today show trucks during their annual charity drives. Natalie Morales is needed more than Ann too because of her exposure on other shows like the Marriage Ref. So Ann had to go because she is a news reporter on a show that focuses more on entertainment than actual news stories nowadays.

The only thing that NBC News is guilty of here is handling a departure of one of their own in a very lousy way. Like someone pointed out in online comments that I have read, Meredith Viera got 2 hours for people to say goodbye to her on her last day, and Ann Curry got one lousy segment at the end of the 8AM hour just because they wanted Curry gone before the outdoor concert series with Maroon 5 performing the following day, and NBC definitely wanted Curry gone before the start of the Olympics because by the end of the Olympics, most will have likely forgotten this lousy transition.

I think I said enough about the Curry situation. I will probably address NBC's many other problems soon.

Why are beverages the current news topics in WA State and NYC?

I am back because I feel like things are starting to feel a little more back to normal in my life after a lot of major changes. But the real reason I wanted to post something today is because of 2 beverage related stories in the news right now. One is about NYC's mayor Michael Bloomberg putting a limit on the size of soda pop. The other is the sale of hard liquor at regular Washington State retailers.

Here is how Mayor Michael Bloomberg SHOULD HAVE handled the soda issue:

Instead of limiting the size of a drink, the right thing to do is to allow the consumer to choose which drink size they want by making it mandatory for places to offer smaller size drinks if only large sizes exist. This is not a moderation issue but an issue of consumer choice which is a big difference. The only thing Mayor Bloomberg has done here is likely unite Pepsi and Coke drinkers behind an issue which is unheard of these days!

Meanwhile, Washington State has its own beverage issues today:

Let us hope that kids are not using today's newspapers here in Washington State as an educational resource. That is because nearly half of the front section of today's newspaper is ads for hard liquor. With beverage names like "Skinny Girl", these could appeal to young kids. It is kind of sad when even the newspaper is not a very family friendly way of getting news.

Conclusion:

With all of the bad things going on in this country today from Washington State to NYC such as high unemployment and rising fuel costs, can we please just skip the discussion on whether or not people should be able to drink soda and can we please cut back the "Black Friday" type ads to announce the start of hard liquor sales here in Washington? I know that is too much to ask, but at least I tried!