By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would be the most loved liberal candidate for White House. That's according to three mainstream media hosts, who tried to make sense of poll numbers that showed three-of-four respondents thought the nation was better off in the 1980s than now.
NBC will hold a benefit concert Friday for victims of Hurricane Sandy featuring some artists native to the areas hardest hit.

Willie Geist will no longer have to be at work way too early.
Willie Geist will no longer have to be at work way too early.

Feisty former vice president Dan Quayle is cheerfully engaged in the presidential election, but is not without a cautionary tale.

A quip by Al Roker may have hit too close to home for NBC's "Today" show team.
The "Today" show says Al Roker and Matt Lauer have jokingly bantered about throwing someone "under the bus" at least 27 times over the past two years.
A quip by Al Roker may have hit too close to home for NBC's "Today" show team.

Viewers who fantasized about potshots being volleyed between Sarah Palin and Katie Couric were disappointed Tuesday morning. Both women did their own thing in their respective morning-show guest spots.
Viewers who fantasized about potshots being volleyed between Sarah Palin and Katie Couric were disappointed Tuesday morning. Both women did their own thing in their respective morning-show guest spots.
Viewers who fantasized about potshots being volleyed between Sarah Palin and Katie Couric were disappointed Tuesday morning. Both women did their own thing in their respective morning-show guest spots.

The Weather Channel is in the midst of a transformation, one that can be traced in part to an idle afternoon Al Roker spent surfing the Web a couple of years ago.
Aretha Franklin says Cissy Houston raised her daughter Whitney Houston well _ and that an interview where Franklin said parents need to make sure children "leave home prepared" was taken out of context.
Aretha Franklin says Cissy Houston raised her daughter Whitney Houston well _ and that an interview where Franklin said parents need to make sure children "leave home prepared" was taken out of context.

Asked by TV personality Al Roker whether a Danish-style fat tax would be good for the United States, Michelle Obama sensibly replied that Americans don't need government telling them what to eat, they just need better information about nutrition. Unfortunately, the Danes instead have channeled New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who told the United Nations that state control of our diets is "ultimately the government's highest duty."
Weatherman Al Roker responded, the Washington Examiner reported: "But the interesting thing is a lot of people probably — I mean, Ronald Reagan probably would be seen almost liberally today as opposed to being conservative."
Puzzled ‘Today Show’ hosts on Reagan’s popularity: He must be a liberal →