worth noting the today show has always come in number one at least for the last 16 years. 850 weeks. the feud between the two women began when sarah palin was running for vice president. katie couric asked palin what palin has called a gotcha question. what newspapers do you read? sarah palin didn t name any. ryan seacrest is also headed to nbc. he stopped by the today show this morning to clear the air about a rumor that he is he taking matt lauer s job. what kind of conversations have you had with nbc about joining the today show ? oh, they didn t tell you? [ laughter ] that s why you are here. yeah. the plan is for me to join the nbc family and continue to have a role at the enetwork. shepard: ryan seacrest says he is joining the prime time team for the summer olympics. he calls it the first of a lot of fun things that he will do at nbc. we re a step closer to becoming cyber org is.
that s sarah palin s take on her first faceoff with katie couric since the emphasis interview some analysts say tanked her campaign. the former v.p. candidate and alaska governor guest hosted nbc today show. sarah palin is a fox news contributor and fox executives are said to have signed off on the plan. at the same time katie couric is guest hosting abc good morning america. that s her former archrival. the stunt aims to topple towed s top spot in the rankings which it has held every week since 19956789 that s 800 weeks at number one. but this is a much mover than a ratings rivalry. this time it is personal. you will remember the last time couric and palin crossed paths, katie couric asked governor palin what she called a gotcha question. what newspapers does sarah palin read? she didn t name any. today sarah palin addressed it right out of the gate. here, watch. she is, oh, man.
beating quickly right now. it s been some time. six years. six years since you have set a aan alarm clock. i first woke 1:15 this morning i m ready to go. wait a second i don t have to get up this early. shepard: network booked fox news contributor sarah palin to host the today show tuesday. this morning she called in and said she is getting ready. how nervous should you all be, perhaps? [ laughter ] what are you doing to prepare? are you reading some newspapers? [ laughter ] whoa. and it begins. shepard: of course, katie couric and sarah palin made headlines for that cbs news interview in 2008 when katie couric asked the former alaska governor the gotcha question of what newspaper she read. some folks call atlantic city the real gem fallen on hard times actually been on hard times for a along time. now the board walk is trying to bounce back with a tirch different kind of casino.
it s want surprising to me that he went to the talking points for the dnc on mitt romney. clearly the obama campaign is worried about him most. listen, these candidates need to be better about this. in this day and age where there are gotcha moments and every word and every sentence are going to be dissected by the media, they ve just got to be better about it. i can tell you as former campaign staff, it drives campaign staff crazy when some of these candidates talk too much or get off message. rick santorum doesn t have a speechwriter. he prides himself on that. this is the problem you run into when you are not being well advised or not listening to the people around you that know what know campaigns and know about staying on message. isn t it a bad narrative, though, to have all this gotcha stuff. here s the thing. people come into interviews. i don t give you the questions. any question i ask you, you can say, oh, that s a gotcha question because you re not prepped for that, a
these victories mr. romney like so many public figures faced up to a challenge. how to respond to the repugnant and demeaning remarks from the republican party s loudest spokesman mr. rush limbaugh. romney was not subjected to a difficult interview nor a gotcha question but he did take no less than two opportunities to make his position abundantly clear. i ll just say this which is it s not the language i would have used. i m focusing on the issues thai think are significant in the country today. this moment, quite apart from his general awkwardness in public and his complete failure to connect with anyone other than his wealthy backers, this moment is a defining moment for mitt romney. because this was mitt romney s moment of challenge and controversy. he could so easily have offered a simple but comprehensive condemnation of mr. limbaugh. he could have offered his hand of support to a defenseless college student who was only trying to defend her friend.