The ratings for NBC’s Today show dropped.  Persistent rumors surfaced a week ago that Ann Curry would be removed from the show.  Ann handled herself in a very professional way throughout  the week, then in the last 5 minutes of the 8:00 hour on Thursday, June 28, 2012, coming out of a break, we got this:

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Ann Curry has been a favorite of  ours for a long time, and she deserved a better send off than that.  A  uniquely talented journalist whose heart is in every story, Ann was never cut out to be a talking head on the couch.  She’s much better than that.  Good luck to Ann Curry in her future endeavors.