Okay, I have been working on a scientific study. It started during the election. I'm not trying to bring up politics because we know who our President-Elect is and I support our President. However, when I was watching the Today Show for the last couple of months during the election, I noticed a complete biased when reporting on the two candidates. It was pretty obvious. Then Al, Ann, Matt and Merideth, WHATEVER! They try to make you feel like an outsider in their high school clique. With their inside jokes, slapping and childish flirtation, they act like a bunch of frat boys. Then the stories, it's either the disappearance of Caylee or the Cyber Bully Mom or the recession, or the bad housing market, or the unemployment rate or gas prices and then they throw in a concert to balance out the negativity. I mean I know there is death out there and a recession, but you don't have to remind me every morning about how the world sucks as I'm trying to raise a little human.
I couldn't take them, especially after I saw Matt Lauer in Sara Palin's kitchen. He had done nothing but rip on her, her family, and show Tina Fey's impersonation every five seconds. What, does he feel guilty or do they need her to keep their ratings going? Hello, SNL! Your over.
So one day, I switched the channel. It was scary. I was disrupting my morning routine that I have had for as long as I have been getting up in the morning. I turned to ABC and found Good Morning America. I walked into a new morning world of positivity and happiness. It was a breath of fresh air. Almost every story had a positive spin to it. No Caylee, no cyber bullies, no murders, no drama, just heartfelt stories.
The week I started watching, each reporter was in "The Hot Seat". You learned about their lives, background. It was nice to get to know who was reporting the news. Instead of them reporting from a remote location like, "Where in the World is Matt and who really gives a crap?" They also started a World Wide job fair and are actually making a difference helping people get jobs instead of reporting on how there are NO jobs. "Matt, what are you really doing to make a difference in this world? Calling for hair and make-up."
So my experiment was, one day I tried GMA and the next I tried Today. After GMA, I found my morning to be more positive and productive. After Today, I was sad and annoyed and if you make it to Hoda and Kathy, your morning will suck even more.
So try it. Take a chance. Through these tough times, it's nice to see there is still some goodness out there.
