Today, for example, Natalie Morales did a piece on the death of John Hughes...which she followed up by asking the regular hosts what their favorite Howard Hughes movie was. No, seriously.
Later, in a piece that was ostensibly about the horriffic crash that happened when the woman drove the wrong-way down the expressway in NY , Meredith Viera talked to an addiction expert about all the fact that the woman's family didn't know that she was a drinker or a stoner (as toxicology reports have apparently shown she was, at least last Sunday).
First off, there was never any question that maybe the family, grieving as they obviously are, might, in fact, be lying. Not to put too fine a point on it, but if I caused a horrific accident that killed me and seven other people, I fully expect my friends and family to come out saying that I never drank or did drugs, when my friends and family know that is not the case. It's not pretty but it's human nature. Of course, this was not mentioned.
Further, the so-called addiction expert talked all about how vodka is the alcohol of choice of drinkers who don't want others to know they've been drinking, as if this was some sort of revelation. I learned this lesson from Sue Ellen Ewing (my lifetime's original desperate housewife) when I was seven years old, and you're suddenly acting like your the drunky's Dr. Phil for having this great insight.
So call me at 9:00 when Kathie Lee and Hoda come out. At least they admit to being wrong. And stupid. And crazy. And drunk.
