John: “Beats me. I don’t know. Wow!” Were American Morning co-hosts Kiran Chetry and John Roberts flying their true colors only one week away from the mid-term elections? In a “Morning Talkers: Red or blue brands?” segment, Kiran and John reported on a recent survey that indicated that “Google is the favorite brand of Democrats…while Fox News topped the brand list of Republicans.” Not surprisingly, John took the opportunity to whack rival Fox News but, interestingly, Kiran seemed to possibly snipe at her Republican fans instead.
Introducing the story, Kiran stated, “How you vote could decide which brands you choose as well. A new survey looks at how your political party affects brand loyalty. They found that Google was the top blue brand.” Strangely, veering off-script (since the survey merely mentioned brand loyalty in general rather than within particular categories), Kiran commented, “This was weird, though. Everybody uses Google.” When she got back on message, stating, “Fox News, the top red brand,” John derisively declared, “Wow! Surprise there.”
After Kiran listed a few more brands, she ad libbed, “But Google being a blue thing? That’s–everybody uses Google.” With eyebrows furrowed, John queried, “That’s kind of interesting. Well, if you’re a Republican, what search engine do you use?” Shaking her head, Kiran replied, “I don’t know.” Perhaps, using a double entendre, she laughed, “Yahoo?” Shrugging his shoulders, John responded, “Beats me. I don’t know. Wow!”
Another CNN “we Democrats” moment?
American Morning – 10/26/10 (@7:25 a.m. ET)
Tags: American Morning, Brandchannel.com, CNN, Fox News, Google, John Roberts, Kiran Chetry, Morning Talkers, Yahoo
Carpe Diem 
October 26, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Jake, I doubt Kiran has any Republican fans! I’m thinking more along the line of George Soros! Let the libbies have their fun. They don’t have much to look forward to these days.
October 27, 2010 at 4:22 am
Au contraire, Kep. Kiran has her conservative fans (including former F&F ones), too, and, rightly so. Even though she may be at a more liberal AM, hopefully, she will continue to be mindful of them.
October 27, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Jake, Since when have liberals ever been mindful of conservatives? They ridicule everything we believe in. According to them, conservatives are mean old bigots and homophobes who want to starve kids and the elderly. These lefties like Kiran and John Roberts know nothing of mainstream Americans who love God, family and country. It’s just something for them to snicker about at their intellectually superior cocktail parties. Chetry may have some dedicated Fox News holdovers that just want to look at her legs and tight skirts, but for the most part, Gretchen Carlson’s smarts are much more important than Kiran’s eye candy appeal.
October 28, 2010 at 8:29 pm
In the words of the Yahoo commercial of some years back:
“Madam, do you……er…ah….you know…..er….ahem…..eh…..ahhh…..er….ahem…..YAHOO?”
SLAP!
Well, does anybody really YAHOO anymore?