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'Today' Reporter Paddles in Shallow Water (Stunt on Today Show)
Associated Press ^
| October 14, 2005
Posted on 10/14/2005 2:41:11 PM PDT by RWR8189
If Michelle Kosinski's canoe had sprung a leak on NBC's "Today" show Friday, she didn't have much to worry about.
In one of television's inadvertently funny moments, the NBC News correspondent was paddling in a canoe during a live report about flooding in Wayne, N.J. While she talked, two men walked between her and the camera _ making it apparent that the water where she was floating was barely ankle-deep.
Matt Lauer struggled to keep a straight face, joking about the "holy men" who were walking on water.
"Have you run aground yet?" Katie Couric asked.
"Why walk when you can ride?" Kosinski replied.
Later, an NBC News spokeswoman explained that Kosinski had been riding in deeper water near an overflowing river down the street, but there were concerns that the current was too strong for her.
"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bullzogby; couric; illprovidetheflood; lauer; leftistbias; leftistlies; lyingliars; makingitup; mediabias; mediadistortion; medialiars; medialies; nbc; today; waronerror; yellowjournalism; youprovidethepics; zogbyism
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:41:14 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
To: RWR8189
There is a thread about this episode....I see Drudge picked it up...
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:42:56 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: RWR8189
... Kosinski had been riding in deeper water near an overflowing river down the street, but there were concerns that the current was too strong for her.
Looks like Michelle and NBC were in over their heads, in other words. ;-)
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:42:58 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: RWR8189
"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said. No, of course not. Everyone knows the media never exaggerates or misleads people.
To: RWR8189
"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said.
Yeah, right.. that'd be a first for NBC..
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:43:27 PM PDT
by
tje
To: RWR8189
"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said. Riiight...
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:43:40 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Flower Mound, TX)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:43:42 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: RWR8189
"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said. Uhhh, yes, you were. Just apologize and get on with it.
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:43:42 PM PDT
by
TChris
("The central issue is America's credibility and will to prevail" - Goh Chok Tong)
To: RWR8189
Since I never watch Perky I missed this but I've seen enough other ridiculous stunts such as Dan Blather standing out in the 'Hurricane' without more than 10mph winds to LMAO at these clowns.
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:44:05 PM PDT
by
drt1
To: RWR8189
"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said. Then get her out of the boat!
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:45:47 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: RWR8189
LOLOL........imagine that. AP saw fit to report this lunacy from the MSM
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:45:52 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(One Man With Courage Makes a Majority ~ Andrew Jackson)
To: RWR8189
""It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said."Yeah, right, a-haaaaaaa
I'm sure they would have mentioned how deep the water was if those two guys didn't walk in front of the camera. And they had fits accusing Bush "staged" his chat with the troops yesterday.
Busted!!
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:47:39 PM PDT
by
arbee4bush
(Our Airman Daughter KB4W--Hero, Patriot and the Love of her mom & dads life!)
To: Dog
Here's a link to my original thread this morning explaining in full what went down. The thread links to the story I wrote at NewsBusters, where a video link to the hilarious episode is also available.
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:49:07 PM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(check out my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
To: Dog; All
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:49:49 PM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(check out my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
To: RWR8189
"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said.Sure. You've never been caught doing that before.
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:50:21 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: RWR8189
"Today Show" busted 'staging' news...
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:51:46 PM PDT
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
To: Dog
"News" to the MSM is anything that pumps up ratings.
It is nothing more than entertainment for the gullible who actually believe what they are seeing is spontaneous, or have the stomach to watch it portrayed as anything else.
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:52:00 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: RWR8189
I don't know who these two guys were, but, MYGAWD, they're heroes! NBC: Hoisted by their own petard. Again!
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To: All
lol
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posted on
10/14/2005 2:59:04 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
(George Allen 2008)
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