In the 7 a.m. et hour of Tuesday's NBC Today, news anchor Natalie
Morales fawned over Michelle Obama's appearance on The Late Show With
David Letterman: "She...talked about her late-night chats with the
President, and joked that he's always upbeat, especially about the
notoriously deadlocked Congress. I guess you got to keep your sense of
humor about you."
Later, in the 8 a.m. et hour, Morales was equally thrilled by a YouTube
video mocking Republican front-runner Mitt Romney: "And will the real
Mitt Romney please stand up? This video parody of Eminem's famous rap
hit is going viral and being shared across Facebook."
A sound bite of the highly edited video had Romney saying: "Ya'll act
like you haven't seen a Mormon before George down on the floor. I'm not
concerned about the very poor. You've got it wrong, sorry, that's not
what I meant. I want every American to be at the top 1%." Morales
remarked: "If only political ads could be that entertaining."
Following the clip of the First Lady on Letterman, co-host Ann Curry
gushed: "I was grooving on her dress. That was a pretty dress."
Here is a transcript of the Michelle Obama news brief:
7:15AM ET
NATALIE MORALES: First Lady Michelle Obama sat down with David
Letterman last night to share some laughs and she talked about one of
her undercover shopping trips to Target. Take a listen.
MICHELLE OBAMA: No one knew that was me, because a woman actually
walked up to me, right? I was in the detergent aisle, and she said – I
kid you not – she said, "Excuse me, I just have to ask you something,"
and I thought oh, cover is blown, she said, "Can you reach on that shelf
and hand me the detergent?" I kid you not. And the only thing she said,
I reached up, because she was short. And I reached up, pulled it down,
she said, "Well you didn't have to make it look so easy."
MORALES [LAUGHS]: She also talked about her late-night chats with the
President, and joked that he's always upbeat, especially about the
notoriously deadlocked Congress. I guess you got to keep your sense of
humor about you. 7:15 right now. You're up to date. Let's turn it back
over to Matt, Ann and Al.
ANN CURRY: Alright, thanks. I was grooving on her dress. That was a pretty dress.
MATT LAUER: You always look at the fashion.
CURRY: I know, I know.
LAUER: That's good.
Here is a transcript of the Romney news brief:
8:04AM ET
NATALIE MORALES: And will the real Mitt Romney please stand up? This
video parody of Eminem's famous rap hit is going viral and being shared
across Facebook.
BARACK OBAMA [EDITED]: Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up? We're going to have a problem here.
MITT ROMNEY [EDITED]: Ya'll act like you haven't seen a Mormon before
George down on the floor. I'm not concerned about the very poor. You've
got it wrong, sorry, that's not what I meant. I want every American to
be at the top 1%.
MORALES: If only political ads could be that entertaining. It is now
8:04 right now. Let's go back outside to Matt and Ann. You've got to
watch everything you say, because they dice it up.
MATT LAUER: What you can do with a home computer and a little video.
MORALES: Right.
LAUER: No question.
-- Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center. Click here [1] to follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.