American Morning guest co-host Alino Cho, resident fashionista (according to AM co-host Kiran Chetry),* seemed fascinated with self-professed redneck Levi Johnston. Decrying his fifteen minutes of fame, she discussed him each and every hour of the show this morning. According to my calculations she gave him an extra six minutes.
In the first hour of AM, as “Independent Nation” author John Avalon concluded his “Wingnut of the Week” segment, she asked, “What is a wingnut segment without Levi Johnston? He is…shirtless in GQ…poses with his baby, gives an interview. When is enough enough?” When Avalon indicated that Levi’s fifteen minutes were up and that he should move on, Alina replied, “I gotta agree with you on that.”
In the second hour, Alina promo’d and introduced a sympathetic “Pretty Damn Uncomfortable” Levi Johnston piece with GQ shirtless pics of him with his baby and a shot of the camouflage-clad, gun-slinging Alaskan rebel. After the report, Alina acerbically commented, “The writer [of the GQ article] believes that Levi is hoping to turn his story into a book or TV deal. That would be if anybody really cares about that story.” Guest co-anchor Rob Marciano wryly replied, “Well, you know, we seem to care.”
In the final hour, Alina did it again. When she presided over the “Political Drama” debate with lib Hilary Rosen, HuffPo editor-at-large, and conservative Leslie Sanchez, Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute co-chair, she covered two issues. I.e., the profound matter of the nomination of the first Hispanic female, Judge Sonia Stomayor, to the highest court of the land and the shallow issue of “Levi Johnston shirtless in the July issue of GQ magazine speaking out.” A peculiar juxtaposition indeed.
Good girl Alina: bad boy Levi.
*https://jakeho.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/am-alina-maxim/
Tags: Alina Cho, American Morning, CNN, GQ, Hilary Rosen, Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute, Huffington Post, Independent Nation, John Avlon, Kiran Chetry, Leslie Sanchez, Levi Johnston, Rob Marciano, Sonia Stomayor, Wingnut of the Week
Carpe Diem 
May 30, 2009 at 2:24 am
Doesn’t surprise me at all. Remember during the election when Alina was the Senior SNL correspondent in charge of covering all the Tina Fey rips on Palin? I lost count. That too got a bit old. But I gotta say, I agree with her here. She may just want to be a bit more objective, kind of like a real reporter. Yes, the kid’s grabbing his 15 minutes, the viewer can see that without her half-assed commentary.