And now, the news.

[kellinator]

Waking up in time to watch bits and pieces of the Today show certainly makes life more interesting. And that one with Paula Zahn on CNN, that has the cranky old guy who I love because he doesn't pretend to be happy to be out of bed so damn early. What's his name?

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Katie Couric interviewed the couple in Utah whose daughter was kidnapped. I felt so terrible for them. They looked horrible; the mother could barely even speak. Why does shit like this happen?

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(remarks on Israeli/Palestinian situation censored by order of the Homeland Security Office)

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What confuses me is how they didn't realize R. Kelly was a sexual predator. Shouldn't it have set off some red flags when he married Aaliyah when she was, like, fifteen? And he's settled out of court how many times?

I was too young to understand the Rob Lowe scandal, but can someone tell me how it was different from this (or not)? My impression is he was much closer in age to the girl in that case, but I want clarification.

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Is it in Tom Brokaw's contract that NBC must refer to "the Greatest Generation" every five minutes?

Whatever. I love him anyway. I grew up with him. I totally understood what my mom meant when she said recently, "On September 11 I knew I'd feel like it was going to be okay if I could just see Tom Brokaw."

Comments

[jennay138.livejournal.com]

peter jennings is my main squeeze:)

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

ooooh, I heard something about R. Kelly on the radio this morning, but they didn't say what it was about. I was curious, and now I know, thanks to you...
:-)

[thorax86.livejournal.com]

Rob Lowe was 24 and the women were 18 and 16. If it would have been "normal" sex and not filmed, he would not have been breaking any laws...

He blew it at the Democratic convention in Atlanta where, while campaigning on behalf of Michael Dukakis, he picked up two women in a nightclub, took them to his hotel and filmed them in what was subsequently described as a 'lesbian clinch'. The women stole the tape and, a year later, the mother of the younger girl filed for personal injury. The girl was 16 and underage by the law of Georgia, where you must be 18 before you indulge in any lesbian activity. The case was settled out of court. Lowe did community service.