Ann Curry Still Doesn’t Know...

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I guess being described as “more of a hard-news reporter than a TV personality“ by Elle magazine is just about right for Curry. Even before we knew about Lauer, we knew he was a jerk, and Curry at her worst was just bland or unctuous, not assholic or creepy. So I get why 8 years later she is still asking “why did they fire me?”, and answering “I don’t know.” But still, at some level the Q and the A are disingenuous; either it’s obvious now she was fired because she pointed the finger at Lauer’s sexual misconduct, or because she did not have the star power to anchor the network’s biggest profit center (probably both). 

I do wonder, why publish this article now? Both, why now, 8 years after the event, and some years after Lauer was outed, and why now, apparently 7 months after the interview it is based on, and 6 months after the author called her to get some pandemic perspective on their talk? Is Curry about to announce she has signed on with a major news outlet? Or is this trolling supposed interest in the story being rekindled by Emmy nominations for The Morning Show?

https://www.elle.com/culture/a33955657/ann-curry-interview-today/

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[Tom Wolper]

I read the article and I would say the reason they did this interview after eight years is because Curry wasn't willing to talk about The Today Show until now or magazine editors didn't see an interview like this as newsworthy. If Curry sees herself as an old style hard news journalist she would see the goings on at The Today Show as gossip and nothing to go public with. She reported what had been told to her about Lauer to NBC News at the time and that was her obligation.

SHe is hurt that the executives at NBC News never told her why she was being fired from The Today Show. Considering she had financial security, she knew that the top brass at NBC News were covering up for Lauer, and she wasn't being judged on her credibility or credentials as a journalist but as a ratings magnet, and maybe it was easier to quietly walk away.