Talk:Soledad O'Brien

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[edit] Stephen Colbert

  • Why is there any entire section pertaining to references to Soledad O'Brien on the Colbert Report? The existance of that entire heading implies that the Colbert Report is more important that it really is. I guess some of the editors of this article really value the Colbert Report. Sounds pretty slanted to me. Bulljive 07 November, 2006
  • Not sure if this used to be an entire section, but even now as a sentence at the end of the article it seemed very out of place. Doesn't seem to be encylopedic content. croll 11:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I went ahead and removed it. Definitely out of place and unencyclopedic. Poor sourcing too, so there's no sign that it's in any way notable. - Maximusveritas (talk) 23:31, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Is anyone going to mention Stephen Colbert's obsession with her? —This unsigned comment was added by 200.88.134.145 (talk)

[edit] Sensationalism

  • Is there a way to talk about, to identify her, or her employer CNN's, current bent on reporting towards sensationalism? Here she challenges a pacifist parent whose son was beheaded by Al Quaeda to feel happy about an Al Quaeda being killed: [1] "MICHAEL BERG: Well, my reaction is I'm sorry whenever any human being dies. Zarqawi is a human being. He has a family who are reacting just as my family reacted when Nick was killed, and I feel bad for that. (Watch Berg compare Zarqawi to President Bush -- 1:44) (PP) I feel doubly bad, though, because Zarqawi is also a political figure, and his death will re-ignite yet another wave of revenge, and revenge is something that I do not follow, that I do want ask for, that I do not wish for against anybody. And it can't end the cycle. As long as people use violence to combat violence, we will always have violence. O'BRIEN: I have to say, sir, I'm surprised. I know how devastated you and your family were, frankly, when Nick was killed in such a horrible, and brutal and public way. BERG: Well, you shouldn't be surprised, because I have never indicated anything but forgiveness and peace in any interview on the air. O'BRIEN: No, no. And we have spoken before, and I'm well aware of that. But at some point, one would think, is there a moment when you say, 'I'm glad he's dead, the man who killed my son'? BERG: No. How can a human being be glad that another human being is dead?"

[edit] Structure of Article

  • Does this article seem backwards or is it just me? --Fluppy 11:42, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Yeah it seems backwards. Kind of annoying actually. Her reporting background should be chronological and not jump all over the place.
  • In accord with WP:Bold, I took a stab at redrafting this in chronological order. As I did so, it looks like there are some inconsistencies in the timeline. It's also a bit ugly, but one step closer to being cleaned up. Also, she has since been transferred (or removed) from the anchor's chair and is now a special correspondence of some sort. Article on this appeared in yesterday's Washington Post. croll 15:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Broadcasting Career

  • I'm almost positive that Soledad O'Brien was a cohost on Beyond 2000 (science and tech show), however I couldn't find a definite answer in my research. User:199.77.144.99
  • I can confirm that she was on the Discovery Channel TV show Beyond 2000 as a CO-Host back in the mid 90s (circa 1994-1995) with Henry Tennanbaum. At that Time the Discovery Channel was airing two different future technology shows, one was beyond 2000 and I cannot remember the name of the other one, but I remember what the host looked like of it (middle aged, light colored hair). --70.126.236.103 12:47, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
She was the "Sun Microsystems Infogal" on the show "Next Step." I added this fact to the article. --Howdybob 07:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

--70.126.236.103 12:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

  • If I remember correctly, Soledad was an 'anchor' on "Channel One", a news program that was shown in my high school (Ben Lomond, Ogden, UT) in 1989 or 1990 or so. It was strange and new, because Channel One paid for TVs to be installed in our classrooms. For five or ten minutes, they would broadcast some news and ads. The TVs were paid for by Channel One's advertizers such as Mountain Dew soda pop, and Gillete Sensor razors. At the time, it sparked debate about whether or not it was OK to let advertizers have this kind of access to our public schools, regardless of any educational side effect. More than anything else, whenever I see Soledad give a news report, I think of this controversy and have a hard time listening to whatever else she is reporting on right now. But I can't confirm the channel one thing. This is so important to the history of Soledad, we must add it, but I don't have date details or better facts, just my memory. I have no idea if channel one still exists, or if it went under. Auja 06:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC) acefrahm.com
  • There was also "Beyond Tomorrow," which was essentially the same thing as "Beyond 2000". However, I guess I could be getting confused with the "Know Zone."
  • Am I mistaken in remembering Soledad as an anchor on a CNET news show sometime in the mid 90s? Am I mixing that up with another tech show?
  • Sorry -- not sure if this will properly identify me, or if I am adding a comment incorrectly. Soledad was also on CNET TV o USA Network when it first launched (c. 1990-1992?) before the website, wasn't she? 67.170.107.99 14:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I took out a duplicative reference to the "Know Zone" and updated to reflect the news reports that she has lost her current slot to Kiran Chetry (with a cite).KD Tries Again 19:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)KD

[edit] Dead link notation

Is there a more skilled Wikipedian who can verify the dead link notation, and reference to that page in web archive? Thank you. AndersW (talk) 05:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Education

It would be nice to have completion dates, & cet, for education, eg,

  • graduated from Smithtown High School East 1984?
  • entered Radcliffe College 1984, class of 1988?
  • AB Harvard College 2000?

Thank you. AndersW (talk) 05:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Husband's name

Is Mr Raymond Bradford or Bradley? AndersW (talk) 05:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)