Betty White Dead? 'Today' Makes Grave Mistake

61. I remember seeing another blunder that this same guy made last week by saying something about Michael Jackson's death was only going to happen one time. Something stupid that got air time on a blunder show. Maybe this guy should have a desk job instead.

Posted at 8:39PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Jenn

62. Okwu-- idiot - learn how to read your notes!! will you ? . your blunder proves my long standing point..

Posted at 8:54PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Peter

63. I'm not surprised - Al Roker probably furnished the information - ever since he made his racist speach against IMUS, I haven't watched the Today Show. I'm not a hugh fan of IMUS but I don't think someone in his position should use the TODAY show as his soap box either. I am not a hugh fan of GMA. But ...we all make mistakes!

Posted at 8:53PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Dislike AlRoker

64. I stopped watching NBC news, as well as MSNBC, or, MSLSD, as Hannity calls it sometimes, during the primaries last year when Hillary was being slammad every night, and Barack Obama had the red carpet laid out for him. I switched to Fox, something I thought I'd never do, and couldn't be happier, I wish I had switched years earlier. Like college almost, informative, makes you think, and is unbiased. If you like 100% Obama, all the time, 24/7, then Fox isn't for you. And I wish all these other channels would stop trying to re-create the civil rights movement. It reminds me of the first stimulus package, it failed, so let's have a do-over. If, after forty years, you still have to check off a box and threaten people with lawsuits to get what you want, i.e. the firefighters in CT, then it failed.

Posted at 9:06PM on Jul 8th 2009 by JD

65. JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE QUALITY OF THE MEDIS TODAY

Posted at 9:16PM on Jul 8th 2009 by FRANK

66. Go figure. The Today Show obviously does not verify its newsworthy items. Makes me wonder what else they have made a mistake on. Major loss of confidence in the Today Show.

Posted at 9:12PM on Jul 8th 2009 by kat call

67. I stopped watching NBC news as well as MSNBC, or MSLSD, as Hannity calls it sometimes, during the primaries last year when Hillary was being slammed every night, and Barack Obama had the red arpet laid out for him. I swtiched to Fox, something I thought I'd never do, and couldn't be happier. It reminds me of ollege a bit, informative, I'm always learning something new, interesting, and it's unbiased. If you like 100% Obama, all the time, 24/7, then Fox isn't for you. And I wish these other channels would stop trying to re-create the civil rights movement, it's almost like a do-over, like the first stimulus package. If, after forty years, you still have to check off a box and threaten people with lawsuits to get what you want, i.e. the firefighters in CT, then it failed.

Posted at 9:15PM on Jul 8th 2009 by JD

68. Typos on my comment: arpet/carpet, ollege/college. Bad c on keyboard.

Posted at 9:18PM on Jul 8th 2009 by JD

69. Michael Okwu attended the Phillips Exeter Academy and received his Bachelor's degree in government from Harvard University, so I assure you he is not stupid. Because he made a mistake on live tv proves nothing. He might unfamiliar with white culture from a different era. I'm sure Albert Einstein wouldn't have known whether Betty White was dead or not either. Ronald Reagan didn't even know who his only black cabinet member was. He thought he was the mayor of D.C.
During MJ's memorial I heard Charles Gibson and other white anchors comment in a way that made me know they knew little about the Jacksons or other performers at the memorial.

In regards to the statement that Browns have surpassed Black. That is a misnomer. Hispanic is not a race. It is an ethnic group. You can be black and Hispanic. Also Hispanics weren't here in great numbers during Jim Crow and were not slaves. They also chose to come here.

Posted at 9:26PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Obama's Neighbor

70. People get a life. I do not think any one of you can say you have ever made a mistake. Meredith corrected immediately. Ms. White is probably not offended and maybe got a laugh!

Posted at 9:23PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Susan

71. They probably meant Bea Arthur from the Golden Girls.

Posted at 9:30PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Fran

72. It is so creepy. It is a mistake! It must be another Betty. Not Betty White.

Posted at 9:14AM on Jul 9th 2009 by anonymous

73. BETTY WHITE DEAD? JUST ASK BOB BARKER, LOL.

Posted at 9:32PM on Jul 8th 2009 by JOE

74. Jamie Foxx is ill you sound like a stupid white trash biotch. Black is beautiful trash and you hate it because you are ugly. You are just upset because your poor white trash ass will always be a nobody. If white was all that blacks and browns and yellows and even green men could never have taken over. You are the one that needs to go to school. Quit making babies with your sister and your mama and get your ass a job. You and your kind are the reason California is broke as hell now. Welfare trash bum!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:35PM on Jul 8th 2009 by White Jealousy

75. I stopped watching the Today show and all of NBC a long time ago for this very reason. This guy is an idiot!! They made fun of him on The Soup last week!! Ann Curry is just as bad...and Willard Scott need to retire!!!
NBC SUX!!

Posted at 9:46PM on Jul 8th 2009 by NBCsux