By Bruce Ackerman
Posted on June 19, 2006, Printed on February 13, 2012
http://www.alternet.org/story/37775/connie_chung_is%2C_just..._oh_my_g-d_%28video%29
When a person is able to make a complete ass of themselves I can't help but have a little respect.
If you want to skip my commentary, by the way, and just click on the train-wreck of a video below, please do so. A source, very close to AlterNet commented: "If Imelda Marcos had had a daughter, her name would have been Connie Chung."
Gawker writes: "Everytime Connie Chung Says Goodbye We Die A Little, Especially This Time."
As someone who grew up in the NYC area with Connie Chung as a one of the premier newscasters, this performance is especially perplexing. Imagine what an Asian-American woman had to go through to become a TV anchor in the nation's largest market.
Now, imagine said anchor becoming the epitome of the buffoonish nature of the contemporary newsroom. Or don't bother -- just watch the clip below:
