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Hoda Kota named to replace Matt Laura. (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 OP
I can embrace this :) Guilded Lilly Jan 2018 #1
I like her! whathehell Jan 2018 #2
Hoda Kotb and Matt Lauer CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #3
Familiar Orrex Jan 2018 #4
Hodus Kotus Mattus Laurus MineralMan Jan 2018 #5
Hoda and Savannah? D_Master81 Jan 2018 #6
Gravitas? Matt Lauer? Surely, you jest. Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #13
Savannah Guthrie has actually developed a bit of gravitas. GoCubsGo Jan 2018 #14
Gravitas? cwydro Jan 2018 #15
No thank you left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #7
What? cwydro Jan 2018 #8
Is *that* what you think having two women cohosts must mean to men? Igel Jan 2018 #10
Hence, all the objective evidence and data supplied to support the premise...? LanternWaste Jan 2018 #18
I'm talking personalities left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #11
at least no more serious clips like this Phentex Jan 2018 #9
Lol. cwydro Jan 2018 #12
mansplain your sexism please. TeamPooka Jan 2018 #17
So women can't read "real news", just like women can't be POTUS Blue_true Jan 2018 #19
Seems so, doesnt it? cwydro Jan 2018 #21
Gotta sell my wine futures now.... TeamPooka Jan 2018 #16
A female corporate variety show host will make all the difference for sure. jalan48 Jan 2018 #20

Orrex

(63,215 posts)
4. Familiar
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 11:00 AM
Jan 2018

Out in Paris, Hoda Kota, she's a perk in a pedora,
She a futz in a fedora, How are things in Glocamora?
What a cat! (What a cat!)
In a hat! (In a hat!)

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
6. Hoda and Savannah?
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 11:28 AM
Jan 2018

Seems fine for the human interest and post 7:30 stuff but if serious news breaks during the newscast I dont see them bringing the "gravitas" to the table needed. Maybe it will grow on me. But i still see Hoda as being the one with Kathy Lee drinking wine while reading the news and Savannah as the 1 Matt Lauer got in there cause he couldnt handle sharing the "serious" stuff with Ann Curry.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
13. Gravitas? Matt Lauer? Surely, you jest.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 02:44 PM
Jan 2018

He was just as ridiculous as any other current morning show host, if not more.

The days of Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, and Frank Blair are looooong gone.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
14. Savannah Guthrie has actually developed a bit of gravitas.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 02:55 PM
Jan 2018

I have seen her go after people associated with Trump from time to time, maybe not as much as we all would like, but a hell of a lot more than that sexual harasser she used to work next to. I have seen joint interviews, and she was the one who went after them, while Lauer threw softballs. Who knows? Maybe without him around, she'll develop even more of a spine.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
7. No thank you
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 11:39 AM
Jan 2018

It'll mean more fuzzy wuzzy cutie stories instead of real news.

"This has to be the most popular decision NBC News has ever made,"
Guthrie said while celebrating the news on Tuesday's "Today."

Igel

(35,320 posts)
10. Is *that* what you think having two women cohosts must mean to men?
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 12:23 PM
Jan 2018

That seems awfully stereotyping.

Or perhaps the poster is looking at the women for their individual traits.

Having watched neither, I can't opine.

But the gushy start bodes not so great. And "popular", given what that word usually means, counts as the second. Now we just have to wait and see if the motion passes. Not that I'd notice.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
18. Hence, all the objective evidence and data supplied to support the premise...?
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 03:16 PM
Jan 2018

"perhaps the poster is looking at the women for their individual traits..."

Hence, all the objective evidence and data supplied to support the premise rather than simply stating an allegation lacking any corroboration or indication at all...?




As you so accurately summed up, "Not that you'd notice..."

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
19. So women can't read "real news", just like women can't be POTUS
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 03:21 PM
Jan 2018

or lead major companies, family or otherwise. I am being sarcastic, but you need to explain.

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