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.