NBC Is Amazed That Steve Friedman “Is Even Considered A Player In The Morning News Arena”

> Update: 1:11pm: “Steve Friedman created the modern Today show. He produced it twice. He made the plans for the outdoor studio in Rockefeller Plaza,” an e-mailer responds…

Today in Page Six, NBC spokeswoman Lauren Kapp responds to Steve Friedman‘s quotes from yesterday:

“What’s amazing is that this third-rate producer not only continues to have employment in this industry, but is even considered a player in the morning news arena. Steve Friedman’s resume is made up of pink slips and failed shows… Today continues to attract more than double the viewers CBS piddles in daily, and I can’t imagine why CBS execs would try to save a sinking ship with the captain of the Titanic.”