Thirty-five thousand people voted in the contest about as many, we think, as voted in the Democratic Mayoral primary on Sept. 25. Online spokeswoman Remi Sklar. That s what people want. And I guess they still want it. The whole thing sounded slightly puffy, tin-eared and presumptuous, with somber musical tributes and Walter Cronkite speaking and all that.
Awards shows have a hard enough time just being mildly amusing.
The nominees weren t very gung-ho about going to the rejiggered show, either. Almost the entire staff of The Daily Show Comedy Central s ha-ha news hour hosted by critics darling Jon Stewart had collectively decided not to go as a crew, even though the Emmy people erected a satellite set in New York. Mr. Rocca went to a friend s wedding that Sunday instead. By now, it s clear that news organizations had pretty solid inside info that something was going to go down in Afghanistan over the weekend of Oct. 6. Just prior to the weekend, members of news organizations were shuttled to U.S. aircraft carriers and instructed to be vewy, vewy quiet about preparations for a strike and they kept it under their caps.