This morning, I watched a particularly moronic report on CNN’s “American Morning” offering ill-informed analysis of the Sopranos “Made in America” finale. Much of it focused on viewer reaction to the episode, which was anedotally hostile toward the abrupt ending, and Kiran Chetry’s superficial comments about the supposedly shocking discussion of President Bush’s Iraq policy and gas-hungry SUVs.
As a rule, I stay out of discussions involving the cost and availability of Starbucks Coffee in Kuala Lumpur, sports medicine and trigonometry because I know absolutely nothing about these subjects. It’s a good policy, Kiran. A great one, in fact.
All CNN had to do was get this guy into the studio — he was 30 minutes away in Newark, and could have offered superior insight into what was ultimately a fitting and superior sendoff to the fairweather viewers’ desire for a “Say hello to my little friend!” cataclysm.
And you can hear our podcast response to the final episode here.