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Laura Ingraham TV Outtakes

Let's see...

She's about to go live on national televison and she would like to be reasonably prepared. She has multiple people talking to her on an IFB as well as on-set. That might lead to grumpiness or tension.

She is not cursing, throwing or otherwise behaving like a diva.

I've worked in TV, and this is pretty standard activity for a talent. Beleive me, I've seen people GO OFF on the rest of the staff.

This is harmless piffle.
 
Oh, I believe you. The news article that pointed me to it made it sound particularly bad, but it was just entertaining. To her credit, she didn't totally lose it. I understand TV is more stressful than flipping on a few mics.
 
although her demands seem justified, I hear she is no fun to work with. She has turned over producing staffs NUMEROUS Times and I hear TRN is constantly looking for a new EP to work with her. Some talent are so insecure that they just cant have a lasting working or personal relationship with anyone.

Since surving Breast Cancer, Laura really should chill out a bit and try to enjoy life.
 
To tell you the truth, I cannot stand it when tech people or casual observers refer to a host as being a prima donna or *difficult* when they get upset/angry when things aren't done correctly.

Fact is, ANYONE whose rear-end is on the line in a live TV/radio show, is going to be on-edge and yes, kinda short with those who don't have as much at stake and don't demonstrate the same sense of urgency in getting a problem solved.

When things go wrong on a show, it can be humiliating and it is the host who looks stupid or has to clean up the mess and hold everything together. It's not as easy as it may look. It can be highly stressful.

ANYONE put in this same situation would likely react the same way, unless you don't give a rat's rear about how the show comes off.
 
noted, but having worked with (not on a tech side either) some of the biggest names in radio and cable news TV, I can tell you from experience that for the most part, the bigger the star, the nicer the person. Great talent know how to "lead" a team. I'm not sure Laura has ever learned that based on the high turnover rate of producers on her show (althought I'm not sure how much of that has to do with who TRN is identifying as potential staff candidates for her show....side note, it is widely accepted that TRN Programming OPs managers are very green..mostly former board ops and phone screeners from what I hear).

You don't have to "like" the person you are working with in order to have a productive relationship, but when the producer(s) and talent don't see eye to eye, then the shows are going to suffer. I imagine Laura's Fox News Team was put together very quickly and chances are she didn't get the quality of staff that O'Reilly has behind him.

In that situation, the burden falls back on the talent to EP their own show. I'm sure Fox share a portion of the blame, but for the most part, their programming is very well produced. If Laura wanted that show to work, she needed to get her hands dirty well before hitting the air.
 
Well, let's see now: not particularly talented, a total pain in the hoo-hah to work with, ridiculously high-maintenance, and yet guys like Mark Masters are falling all over themselves to accomodate her, while far more talented personalities linger among the unemployed.

How do I get a gig like that...

(On second thought, don't answer...) ;D
 
Slant said:
In that situation, the burden falls back on the talent to EP their own show. I'm sure Fox share a portion of the blame, but for the most part, their programming is very well produced. If Laura wanted that show to work, she needed to get her hands dirty well before hitting the air.
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Out of that whole clip, that's the impression I got. She didn't know the background on the material and was waiting for the talking points rather and doing some of the research. Like she walked in and sat down and expected her show to be spoon fed to her.

The folks around her seemed like they had inoculated themselves of her. They showed no emotion. They showed no fear. They showed no response to her discussion and points about what she saw as problems.
 
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