As many of you may know, I was at intern at NBC News over this past summer, and got to spend some time at the TODAY show. I'm also a regular viewer of all NBC programs.
A clip from a TODAY show episode in 1994 has resurfaced this past week and is getting some attention. Basically, the anchors ask viewers to send an email to NBC with their opinions about a story they were doing.
Anchor Bryant Gumbel started the conversation by asking what the "@" symbol meant. They weren't really sure. Then in led to the conversation expanding to Katie Couric and Elizabeth Vargas all trying to explain what the Internet is.
I should point out that Katie Couric, now the anchor of the CBS Evening News, is one of premier journalists on Twitter.
Such good stuff; I also like that the @ is just an a with a circle around it. This is like the internet as a series of tubes quote from former Senator Ted Stevens.
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