My day in the media swarm
Steve Safran February 1st, 2007
I feel like an author on a book tour. GMA this morning. MSNBC at lunch. Local ABC affil this afternoon. NBC Nightly tonight. A surprise - and lots of fun. Just finished with Alison Stewart and “The Most,” and it was cool. The TV segment was pretty standard - but in the break we continued the discussion online, and that was truly fun. Yeah, she misprounounced my last name, but I get that all the time. (It’s SAF-rin, not SAFE-ran.) Alison even apologized in the webcast. UPDATE: Must have passed the audition - NBC asked me to return to the studio for an interview for tonight’s “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.” So, I’m guessing, a soundbite in a report on the story. This is the weirdest story with which I have ever been involved. 3:30 pm “Nightly” went well, so it’s on to St. Louis! Invited to talk on the Paul Harris show at 4:45 ET on KMOX. Audio now archived. 4:53 pm: KMOX interview was terrific. Paul and his team have a terrific sense of humor. Best question? How come you knew what this was before the police did? Indeed. 6:40 pm: I didn’t make the cut for the NBC Nightly News piece. Lisa Daniels did a good job wrapping up the story. She didn’t use me. I consider this an excellent editorial decision.
9 Comments Add your own
1. invitedmedia | February 1st, 2007 at 10:25 am
cool. please post a comment on how that longtime anchor of the “local abc affil” is doing in his new full time gig online.
forgot the gent’s name though.
thanks
2. Max | February 1st, 2007 at 11:19 am
My DVR is set for 11:30 GMT here in London for the live telecast on CNBC Europe. Any chance you could give a Carol Burnett-style tug of the ear or something?
3. hotchicknj | February 1st, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Wow — you look great! Meow!
4. Tim | February 1st, 2007 at 12:26 pm
“(SAF-rin, not SAFE-ran.)” - hate to be a nitpicker, but this statement did _not_ indicate, even in context, which one is correct.
5. Tim | February 1st, 2007 at 12:28 pm
I meant to add:
You could read it two ways
1. The name is SAF-rin, not SAFE-ran (SAF-rin is correct)
2. I get that all the time, SAF-rin , not SAFE-ran (in other words, you get SAF-rin allt he time instead of SAFE-ran which in this interpretation would be correct)
6. baker | February 1st, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Tim’s right - it’s like I don’t even know Steve anymore.
7. My Name | February 1st, 2007 at 1:07 pm
How is the media so inept about this? The mayor says it’s a heinous act, so we say so too? Even when everybody else thinks the mayor’s a moron? Click my name to see a hilariously thorough smackdown.
8. saundra | February 1st, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Steve,
You may have been left on the cutting room floor of NBC Nightly, but you were the star of the ABC World News kicker. Nice job…
9. Steve Safran | February 1st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I TOTALLY MISSED THAT! All my life, I’ve wanted to be a kicker.
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