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TV Networks Rig Reunions for Quake Survivors -- and Ratings?
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsWith the scale of Japan's quake and tsunami devastation so large, U.S. television networks are struggling to boil the story down into human terms. TV networks have staged reunions between missing relatives in Japan, providing a rare glimpse of good news amid all the reports of towns destroyed, radiation looming and 10,000 dead. But as is the case whenever reporters become the news story themselves, there's been a backlash. Some viewers are criticizing TV networks for orchestrating reunions, perhaps to boost TV ratings rather than to simply do a good deed. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo says it ...
Ann Curry Helps American in Japan Reunite With Family [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsAn American woman out of communication with her sister in Japan was able to locate her with the help of NBC's Ann Curry. Curry was in the Japanese town of Minamisanriku, which was devastated by last week's tsunami, when she received a tweet Sunday from Megan Walsh back in San Francisco. Walsh had been asking journalists on Twitter for help in finding her sister, Canon Purdy, an English teacher who had just arrived in Minamisanriku on Friday, the day the earthquake and tsunami struck, to attend the graduation of her former students. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and ...
99-Year-Old Recalls Risking Life for Holocaust Survivors [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsThe "Today" show has previewed a documentary about a remarkable woman who told the world the harrowing story of a group of Holocaust survivors fleeing Europe. Jewish-American photojournalist Ruth Gruber was 36 and working for the New York Herald Tribune in 1947 when she was sent to document the plight of 4,500 refugees aboard the Exodus, which was bombed by British ships enforcing a blockade. The Jewish passengers on the Exodus -- all of whom had escaped death camps -- would have been sent back to Germany if not for Gruber's photos, which spread around the world. Visit msnbc.com for ...
Sarah Palin Ronald Reagan Gaffe at California State University
By David Knowles - AOL NewsEureka! Sarah Palin doesn't have it. Delivering a speech about Ronald Reagan to an audience at California State University, Stanislaus, over the weekend, the former Alaska governor made an unfortunate gaffe about where her political hero attended college. "This is Reagan country," Palin told the crowd, "and perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California's Eureka College would become so woven within and interlinked to the Golden State." Apparently Palin didn't seem to realize that Reagan attended Eureka College in Eureka, Ill. Palin's flub is reminiscent of the one made by ...
Ann Curry, Columbia Student Own Up to Graduation Gaffes
By Michelle Ruiz - Politics DailyIt's pomp and circumstance season, with celebrities, politicians and even the president flocking to colleges and universities across the country to give sage commencement speeches -- but not always with success. This morning, "Today" show anchor Ann Curry took to Twitter to own up to for "her embarrassing blunder" at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where she named distinguished alumni like horror director Wes Craven and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who turned out to be graduates of an Illinois college also called Wheaton. .bbpBox14762244096 ...
Ann Curry Cites Wrong School's Alumni in Speech
By Amy Ayres - AOL News(May 25) -- Talk about most embarrassing moments. In a commencement speech to graduates at Wheaton College in Massachusetts on Saturday, the "Today" show's Ann Curry named some of the famous alumni they were joining. Unfortunately, the graduates she named, including the Rev. Billy Graham, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and horror movie director Wes Craven, went to a different Wheaton College -- a Christian school in Illinois with the same name. The news anchor later apologized in an open letter posted on Wheaton's website. Wheaton College 175th Commencement from Lisa Nelson on ...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Torture Not My Department
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAhead of his appearance at the U.N. General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sat down with MSNBC's Ann Curry, who asked him about allegations that prisoners -- both men and women -- had been tortured and raped. He was expected to issue a standard denial. Instead, there was this bizarre exchange:Ahmadinejad: I'm not in a position to answer or to judge whatever you are claiming. But are you – does your heart really and sincerely go out to the people? Are you really – is that really the truth? Curry: I know people, Mr. President Ahmadinejad: I don't believe that.Curry: ...
NBC's Ann Curry to Ahmadinejad: 'Did You Steal This Election?'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyNBC News reporter and "Today" anchor Ann Curry sat down with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday for the controversial leader's first interview since post-election discontent roiled his country this summer. Curry pressed Ahmadinejad on several contentious issues, from his alleged theft of the election to his country's production of nuclear weapons. Her firm questions produced a lot of awkward semantic gymnastics, but few satisfactory answers. ...
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