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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I don't know "Good Day Sacramento" anchor Mark S. Allen from a box of staples, but let me just say for the record: What a jerk.
If you haven't seen the evidence of his jerkiness making its way around the Interweb, I'll break it down for you: Mark S. Allen is a jerk.
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His jerk flag waved high when singer/actress/occasional weirdo Janet Jackson went on his show recently with Tyler Perry to promote their new movie, "Why Did I Get Married?"
Everything was golden until Allen went all "investigative reporter" and brought up the historic mammary gland incident between Justin Timberlake and Miss Jackson.
What do you mean you don't remember what I am talking about? Isn't everyone around your favorite fax machine still talking about the wardrobe malfunction?
Oh come on, you remember. Janet lost control, one of her girlfriends fell out of her "shirt" at the Super Bowl JXXIPT and the world went dark. Investment brokers starved and oceans overtook land. Vampires roamed the earth in the daytime and no one renewed their AAA memberships.
It was awful.
How dare Janet Jackson make a motion picture about the insanity of marriage!
She should be ashamed.
How could this horrible woman show her face years after she showed the world her breast?
Well, Mark S. Allen was going to find out and find out he didn't.
Instead he made himself, his station and the entire journalism "community" look like (insert your own plural curse word here).
He also reminded me of how much women's breasts — there, I said it — freak people out. Oh my, they're scary. I mean, they feed babies and help us girls fill out a sweater, but they are bad, bad, bad.
Allen's "investigation" took place in the middle of Breast Cancer Awareness month — you know, the month when doctors encourage women to regularly check for potentially killer lumps.
What better way for Allen to forward the cause of journalism and save lives than to berate Janet Jackson with questions about the body part she exposed to the world just the other day in 2004?
Like totally, seriously don't get me wrong — reporters are supposed to ask tough questions. Believe me, I've asked one or two tough questions in my extremely long career, but come on, dude, move on. Breasts are not the worst thing to happen to this country.
Besides, how would this Mark S. Allen feel if people continuously asked him how his breast felt when he pled guilty in Sacramento Superior Court to misdemeanor DUI charges in 2006?
See the interview with Jackson and Tyler Perry.
Contact this columnist at (937) 225-2384 or arobinson@DaytonDaily News.com.
Comments
By Duhhhh
October 20, 2007 2:24 AM | Link to this
The jokes on you all. Mark S is not taken seriously. He’s an entertainment reporter. You must be the same people that sit back and watch the endless reports about the has been Britney Spears and think it’s news. Take it at face value, and getting a rise out of people just gets better ratings.
By des
October 20, 2007 1:37 AM | Link to this
JOHNBOY YOU ARE AN IDIOT ..I SUPPOSE YOU THINK MR. TIMBERLAKE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER BREAST APPEARING IN YOUR LIVINGROOM?
By Mark Williams
October 19, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this
I’m guessing that it would be a piece of cake to outrage Ms. Robinson over a Daily Show interview, and with the lack of a fact checking editor a the DDN I could probably search your archives and find a whole slew of ONION stories that you ran as real too.
Amelia, babe, hon… Good Day Sacramento spends as much time spoofing, and putting tight-sphinctered “guests” on the spot. Every so often they catch somebody like you unaware, which only serves to heighten the effect of the punch line.
By Mark Williams
October 19, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this
I’m guessing that it would be a piece of cake to outrage Ms. Robinson over a Daily Show interview, and with the lack of a fact checking editor a the DDN I could probably search your archives and find a whole slew of ONION stories that you ran as real too.
Amelia, babe, hon… Good Day Sacramento spends as much time spoofing, and putting tight-sphinctered “guests” on the spot. Every so often they catch somebody like you unaware, which only serves to heighten the effect of the punch line.
By todd
October 19, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
Mark is such a little weasle. I watched the Janet/Tyler interview and all I can say is, Mark was probably DRUNK!!!
By justme
October 19, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
Why is it that every time someone brings up the superbowl breast incident, it is referred to as Janet “whipping out” her breast? My recollection is that Justin pulled the prop and perhaps he pulled a little too hard. Remember the words that went along with Justin’s song - “bet I’ll have you naked by the end of this song”. Justin is no innocent. If it was done purposely, then it was planned by both Janet and Justin. As for Mr. Allen, I don’t mind him asking - but he was disrespectful.
By Andrew
October 19, 2007 3:15 AM | Link to this
Ms. Robinson thinks the same way I do about Mark S. Allen and I happen to live in Sacramento! Kudos to her!! Most of the time, I end up changing the channel whenever Allen’s on anymore. I’ve had to watch his hijinx for the last 11 years, but this one has crossed the line and he should be dealt with severely by Bruno Cohen and Steve Charlier for this breach of ethics. Even though he issued an apology on this morning’s show, this is a case where sorry really doesn’t cut it this time!!
By Sacramento Guy
October 19, 2007 12:48 AM | Link to this
I am sitting in my home in Sacramento writing this and have to admit that Ms. Robinson absolutely hit the nail on the head about Mark S. Allen. This man is a “morning zoo” radio DJ has-been. He steals jokes from David Letterman’s monologue from the previous night and uses them the next morning. He always has a haircut that looks okay for a 14 year old boy… but he is a man in his forties. He has about as much journalistic integrity as Elmer Fudd. Trust me… we Sacramentans truly hate him.
By johnboy
October 18, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this
I have to wonder.. who’s the bigger jerk?
The Pop Star who whips out a breast in front of the biggest television audience of the year, then decides to blame everyone else for it?
Or.. the reporter who asks a question about it.
We live in a world where celebrity excess is given a pass…. but had Janet Jackson done this ACTUALLY in my living room as opposed to on the TV in my living room..I wouldn’t be so likely to forgive and forget.
By Annie
October 17, 2007 6:35 PM | Link to this
Some people don’t get mad enough. This is outrageous.
By old timer
October 17, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this
Ms. Robinson::::People do get upset over the smallest of things.