Reporters a Little Too Starved for Attention

The Bush administration has lately been all too easy to peg as corrupt and bumbling white males of privilege, and so journalists have happily enjoyed their recent turn as muckracking purveyors of righteousness. It's starting to seem like a few have a bit TOO much of a flair for the dramatic, however.

The most obvious case in point is Michelle Kosinski, who in recent weeks made Rolling Stone's annual "hot list" and then a colossal fool of herself.

Kosinski, ever the brave field reporter, was providing a live dispatch on flooding in New Jersey as she paddled a canoe. Her Today show report quickly switched gears from informative to ridiculous, however, when two relief workers walked right in front of her canoe--in ankle deep water!
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It suddenly became clear that Kosinski was paddling her way through about 6 inches, and the Today show hosts quickly tried to save the situation by mocking the hottie field reporter.

Matt Lauer: "Are these holy men, perhaps walking on top of the water?"
Katie Couric: "Have you run aground yet?"

Kosinski and NBC later claimed she'd "been riding in deeper water near an overflowing river down the street, but there were concerns that the current was too strong for her. "

Good good. Safety first.