Sunday, September 6, 2009

Chris Harrison, Madison Michelle... a word...

Your jobs aren't demanding. Hell, you work for Hollywood 411 - hardly a beacon for first-rate entertainment journalism. Very little is expected from the both of you, therefore I shouldn't be annoyed by the obnoxiousness of your punditry during the Michael Jackson funeral.

I freely admit that I was annoyed by the hour and a half delay in starting, but that was due to the mourners having to wait in hot weather near the raging wildfires. Your annoyance didn't stem from anything. You were not fans; you were not mourners; you were not sat waiting near wildfires. You were in an air-conditioned studio, talking to your usual nattering, incompetent set of tabloid pundits like bug-eyed Ryan Smith, Nod Di Da Di aka Kim Serafin, and assorted others.

For reasons unbeknown to me, you two were hired by Hollywood 411, therefore you were called upon to do a job; unfortunately, you continue to do it poorly. Your incessant whining about the funeral delay seemed unprofessional, especially given that you two would've been paid regardless.

This is part and parcel why television journalism is going down the tubes. Supposedly impartial journalistic professionals confuse themselves with reality stars and think that every thought that travels through their brains needs to be voiced. They really don't, especially by a pair of TV hosts who continue to invite the likes of Kim Serafin and Ryan Smith, who haven't promoted a single story from their respective publications, that ever turned out to be true.

And what the fcuk is the deal with pandering to Ryan Smith? That fcuker was once known as 'an editor for OK! Magazine' - now, he's an 'celebrity journalist'? Seems to me that title change came immediately after OK! used MJ's death pic for their cover. Months before, Ryan didn't have a problem representing inaccurate OK!, but he can't take representing tacky and tasteless OK!?

Enough with the pretense, people! Time is money, but in your cases, you're a dime a dozen and wouldn't be missed if TV Guide Network decided to give you the gate like they did with TV Watercooler.

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