Longing for a Good 'Old Fashioned' Scandal

Just back from Vegas and the National Association of Broadcasters convention - always a fun affair with 100,000+ people. Rick Dees was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame (what took so long?!?!). He's always a class act - was very gracious to receive this honor.

What a career he's had - from comedy songs to successful radio host - love the fact that, back in the '70s while Rick was a DJ in TN (Memphis?) his song, "Disco Duck" was a hit everywhere in the country - except for Memphis - where he was on the air. Rick mentions the song on his morning show and GETS FIRED - only to be picked up by the station across town. Don't you love it when someone gets FIRED only to go on to superstardom?!?!? (you know, they say in radio you're no one until you've been fired at least three times!). You go, Rick!

Anyway - I've had 'two seconds of fame' - filling in as a traffic reporter for two days on Rick's morning show at KIIS FM - and, Rick was very fun - even tried to make me a better traffic reporter - well, maybe not BETTER - but, he didn't seem to dig that my traffic reports sounded like KFI traffic reports.... take a listen.

Now - onto this Katie Couric thingie..... where her "Katie Couric's Notebook" vlog (video log) on the CBS News website sounded an awful lot like (mmmkay - was in some parts word for word) a story in the Wall Street Journal. It was about libraries - and whether or not they are still useful. Katie even recalled the thrill of receiving her very first library card. The CBS News producer who wrote the vlog (what, now there are ghostwriters for blogs/vlogs?) was fired. Some are calling it PLAGIARISM. Come on - doesn't this deserve more press?!?!?

Don't you think it's a shame that what could be such a delicious tidbit is being, for the most part, overlooked in the wake of the Don Imus firing (I guess Katie can thank Imus for that) and the devastating news of the Virginia Tech massacre?

Sometimes I long for the days of MonicaGate - something to dish that doesn't involve blood, guts & tragedy.