Why does it matter who hosts “The Tonight Show”?
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It's Conan O'Brien's last day as host of "The Tonight Show." In a week of serious news out of Washington and Haiti, the late night TV wars have attracted what even he says is disproportionate attention. Today's Question: Why does it matter who hosts "The Tonight Show"?
Comments texted to MPR:
I am not sure why all the attention is being paid to the late night TV wars. I guess that it is news but on a scale with all the other things that are happening in the world, it really doesn't garner that amount or magnitude of attention that it has been receiving. -Richard, St. Paul, MN
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Issues of fairness and justice need to apply even in late night world. NBC is another corporation acting without integrity and calling it 'just business'. -Helen, Minneapolis, MN
I love late night humor at bedtime so its a daily ritual and therefore important to people. At 38 years old, only Conan is funny. -Cory, Minneapolis, MN
It doesn't matter who hosts the Tonight Show. Celebrities and entertainment are mere tools used by the capitalist system to distract people from what matters... -anonymous
It matters because U.S. Audiences don't know the difference between news and entertainment. -Paul
Because people will always cling to entertainment regardless of, or in response to, current events. -anonymous
Because some hosts are funny and some are not. -anonymous