Too Much Information: Vieira Informs World Guest Had Hot Flash [Video]

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Rather than the "liberal bias" rubric, file this one under "coarsening of the culture." We had a dubious first this morning: a network news host informing the world that one of her guests had just experienced a hot flash.

Dr. Nancy Snyderman was Meredith Vieira's guest for purposes of discussing the good news that scientists have discovered a way to extract stem cells from amniotic fluid and placentas, a breakthrough that could render moot the embryonic stem cell controversy.

But at the end of the interview, in promoting an upcoming segment devoted to menopause, Vieira "outed" Snyderman in these terms:

"You'll be back for our menopause series. And Nancy was actually fanning herself earlier. She had a hot flash. She knows what she's talking about."

Snyderman took it in good-natured stride, acknowledging with a chuckle "it's true, it's true."

Perhaps realizing she had gone too far, Meredith threw it back to Matt Lauer with a nervous laugh.

View video here.

If might have been understandable, perhaps even praiseworthy, had Snyderman in the course of the menopause segment decided to mention this herself. But was it really Vieira's role to "out" her guest in this way, or was this, to use the current phrase, too much information?

Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net


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Vieira

Vieira--how classy! More indication of how far down modern liberal philosophy has dragged us all. Talk about lipstick on an ignorant pig. 

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

"What's a hot flash, M

"What's a hot flash, Mommy?" asked 5 year old Susie. Susie's mother had the TV tuned to the Today Show as Susie was getting ready for kindergarten. "Looks like fun. Can I have one?"

Not sure there's anything w

Not sure there's anything wrong with giving a cursory explanation to your 5-year-old. "It's something older people get from time to time." It's not something to be embarrassed when talking about, is it?

Alright wiseguy, YOU explai

Alright wiseguy, YOU explain it to us 5 year olds!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Maybe they should announce wh

Maybe they should announce when they belch or fart then?  Why can't they keep it to themselves, for crying out loud!!!!

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere"          -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph

me too

I, experience them myself after  yelling and throwing something at the tellie.

Imagine that..Viera who....

Well I'll be, I just can't imagine Vieira who came over from The View Klux Klan brining social coarseness to The Today Show....what a tasteless, tactless and thoughtless comment but then maybe she is tired of feigning dignity.

If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.

She thinks she is still on Th

She thinks she is still on The View where those women were allowed to say anything they wanted to.  It is now NBC's responsibility to pull her aside and say "What a stupid thing to say."  Will they?  Of course not.

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I sincerely think you're on

I sincerely think you're on to something there. Meredith is bringing her View instincts to Today.

Mark,That is what I think as

Mark,

That is what I think as well. I have to confess that I did watch the View when it first aired several years. At that time nothing was sacred as far as Meredith was concerned. She talked about her sex life a lot, she did not hold anything back. She made Barbara uncomfortable on more than one occasion.

At least when I watch shows

At least when I watch shows like the View or Today I can use the handy excuse that I'm doing it for professional reasons ;-)

Meredith must have had some pretty ripe things to say if it was enough to embarrass Walters, given the way Barbara claims to think that Rosie is just great!

Mark,I know, I am bad...I was

Mark,

I know, I am bad...I was home with two babies. TV kept me company in those early years. LOL.