I think the most interesting excerpt from today’s must-read Jacques Steinberg profile of ‘Today’ EP Jim Bell has nothing to do with Bell at all: It’s about Tom Touchet. Here it is:
| Indeed, Mr. Lauer made a point of saying he had no quarrel with Mr. Touchet, who joined “Today” in November 2002. “He was caught in an unfortunate cycle of circumstances,” Mr. Lauer said. “That’s the business.” In a separate interview, Ms. Couric was more critical of the program’s approach during the period it was overseen by Mr. Touchet. “The show has gotten a little newsier now, a little harder, a little less tabloidy,” she said. “A lot of the shows we were doing, I wasn’t thrilled about.” |
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