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New page: right '''Meridith Louise Vieira''' (born December 30, 1953) is a co-anchor of the "Today" Show on NBC as well as hosting the game show, ''Who Wants to...
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'''Meridith Louise Vieira''' (born December 30, 1953) is a co-anchor of the [["Today" Show]] on [[NBC]] as well as hosting the game show, ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire''. Vieira previously co-hosted "The View" on [[ABC]]. Vieira also won five [[Emmy]] awards while working at [[CBS]] News. <ref> [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14469139/ Meredith Vieira - Today: It's a New Day Today] MSNBC.com</ref>
==Personal Life==
Vieira fondly recalled growing up with a feminist mother who disliked the "male-dominated hierarchy" of the Catholic church and how Meridith now has a "spirituality, not a religion." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2007/10/29/couric-meredith-vieira-recalls-growing-feminist-mom Like Couric, Meredith Vieira Recalls Growing Up With Feminist Mom] Tim Graham, [[NewsBusters]], October 29, 2007</ref>
Vieira and her husband and their three children live in [[New York]]. <ref> [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14469139/ Meredith Vieira - Today: It's a New Day Today] MSNBC.com</ref>
==Criticism==
Some media newsroom insiders have questioned Meredith Vieira's objectivity, claiming that some of her past reporting includes a [[liberal]] slant. <ref>[http://www.mediaresearch.org/Profiles/vieira/welcome.asp Meredith Vieira: NBC Replaces Couric with Another Liberal] Media Research Center</ref> <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/4821 Meredith Vieira: Liberal on Sex Ed, Roe v. Wade, The Clintons] Tim Graham, [[NewsBusters]], April 8, 2006</ref>
===Rush Limbaugh===
Vieira was interviewing [[Wesley Clark]] about comments Rush Limbaugh made about the [[Rush_Limbaugh#Phony_soldier_incident|phony soldier incident]]. Vieira said "why don't you just brush off these comments by Limbaugh like an annoying gnat instead of legitimizing them and bringing more attention to them?" <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/10/03/wesley-clark-whack-rush-military-radio-vieira-treat-him-annoying-g Wesley Wants Rush Whacked From Military Radio; Vieira: Treat Him Like 'Annoying Gnat'] Mark Finkelstein, [[NewsBusters]], October 3, 2007</ref>
===Afghanistan War===
Vieira interviewed [[Afghanistan|Afghanistan's]] [[President]] [[Hamid Karzai]] and she seemed so convinced that the U.S. had lost the war in Afghanistan she was perplexed when Karzai didn't share her assessment of failure. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2007/09/24/meredith-vieira-sees-u-s-defeat-afghanistan Meredith Vieira Sees U.S. Defeat in Afghanistan] Geoffrey Dickens, [[NewsBusters]], September 24, 2007</ref>
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External Links==
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14469139/ Meridith's Bio on the "Today" show]
*[http://meredithtoday.ivillage.com/entertainment/ Meridith's blog]
*[http://www.mediaresearch.org/Profiles/vieira/welcome.asp Meredith Vieira: NBC Replaces Couric with Another Liberal] Media Research Center
*[http://newsbusters.org/people/television/meredith-vieira Articles about ''Meredith Vieira'' on NewsBusters]
[[Category:Broadcasters]]
'''Meridith Louise Vieira''' (born December 30, 1953) is a co-anchor of the [["Today" Show]] on [[NBC]] as well as hosting the game show, ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire''. Vieira previously co-hosted "The View" on [[ABC]]. Vieira also won five [[Emmy]] awards while working at [[CBS]] News. <ref> [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14469139/ Meredith Vieira - Today: It's a New Day Today] MSNBC.com</ref>
==Personal Life==
Vieira fondly recalled growing up with a feminist mother who disliked the "male-dominated hierarchy" of the Catholic church and how Meridith now has a "spirituality, not a religion." <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2007/10/29/couric-meredith-vieira-recalls-growing-feminist-mom Like Couric, Meredith Vieira Recalls Growing Up With Feminist Mom] Tim Graham, [[NewsBusters]], October 29, 2007</ref>
Vieira and her husband and their three children live in [[New York]]. <ref> [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14469139/ Meredith Vieira - Today: It's a New Day Today] MSNBC.com</ref>
==Criticism==
Some media newsroom insiders have questioned Meredith Vieira's objectivity, claiming that some of her past reporting includes a [[liberal]] slant. <ref>[http://www.mediaresearch.org/Profiles/vieira/welcome.asp Meredith Vieira: NBC Replaces Couric with Another Liberal] Media Research Center</ref> <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/4821 Meredith Vieira: Liberal on Sex Ed, Roe v. Wade, The Clintons] Tim Graham, [[NewsBusters]], April 8, 2006</ref>
===Rush Limbaugh===
Vieira was interviewing [[Wesley Clark]] about comments Rush Limbaugh made about the [[Rush_Limbaugh#Phony_soldier_incident|phony soldier incident]]. Vieira said "why don't you just brush off these comments by Limbaugh like an annoying gnat instead of legitimizing them and bringing more attention to them?" <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/10/03/wesley-clark-whack-rush-military-radio-vieira-treat-him-annoying-g Wesley Wants Rush Whacked From Military Radio; Vieira: Treat Him Like 'Annoying Gnat'] Mark Finkelstein, [[NewsBusters]], October 3, 2007</ref>
===Afghanistan War===
Vieira interviewed [[Afghanistan|Afghanistan's]] [[President]] [[Hamid Karzai]] and she seemed so convinced that the U.S. had lost the war in Afghanistan she was perplexed when Karzai didn't share her assessment of failure. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2007/09/24/meredith-vieira-sees-u-s-defeat-afghanistan Meredith Vieira Sees U.S. Defeat in Afghanistan] Geoffrey Dickens, [[NewsBusters]], September 24, 2007</ref>
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External Links==
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14469139/ Meridith's Bio on the "Today" show]
*[http://meredithtoday.ivillage.com/entertainment/ Meridith's blog]
*[http://www.mediaresearch.org/Profiles/vieira/welcome.asp Meredith Vieira: NBC Replaces Couric with Another Liberal] Media Research Center
*[http://newsbusters.org/people/television/meredith-vieira Articles about ''Meredith Vieira'' on NewsBusters]
[[Category:Broadcasters]]