Scott Brown’s Daughter Joins CBS
April 12, 2010 at 8:41 AM Leave a comment
Ayla Brown, a daughter of Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R), has joined the “CBS Early Show” as a “special contributor.” Per TVNewser, Brown is a former “American Idol” contestant and she “performed” on the broadcast earlier this year.
The obvious comes to mind: (1) would she have been hired if her father wasn’t who he was, and (2) will her relationship to her father give CBS access to people it might not otherwise have had? But what struck me most about this report was TVNewser’s use of the word “performed.” Brown “performed” on the broadcast earlier this year. Sad but true. So much of what we see on quasi-news shows like the “Early Show,” is a performance.
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