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'Talk of CNN'
Aired September 17, 2002 - 06:47 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: From a terror mix-up in Florida to "The Osbourne's" and Anna Nicole Smith, it must be again time for our "Talk of CNN" segment.
Today, radio D.J.s from "The Bert Show" on Q100 right here in Atlanta join us by phone. We want to find out those hot topics your listeners are talking about.
Good morning, guys.
BERT WEISS, Q100, "THE BERT SHOW": Good morning, Carol, how are you today.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good morning.
COSTELLO: Hey, we got the Web cam up.
WEISS: It's working this week?
COSTELLO: This is exciting.
WEISS: Very good. I'm a little insecure because I'm starting to thin right here -- right here on my back...
COSTELLO: That's OK, so is Chad, but he's not here this week so we can't taunt him about that.
WEISS: Right.
COSTELLO: Hey, I guess the big talk in Georgia is still about this woman who allegedly overheard a conversation in a Shoney's restaurant and caused all that 17-hour delay on the highway in Florida.
WEISS: Yes, and we hear this morning now that she had to be administered into the hospital yesterday for some chest pains.
But we kind of took the pulse of the city yesterday, and they were really, I was surprised by this, really split in their reaction to what she did. Half were saying that she was very responsible in what she did, and the other half straight up said it was prejudice.
COSTELLO: Wow, that surprises me. You know I just wonder what the rest of the country thinks about this because you know even if she thought she heard something, she should have called the authorities. That's what many people think. WEISS: Yes, I thought that because she didn't -- she didn't make the phone call before she heard the conversation, therefore, to me, it wasn't prejudice. But a lot of people said that maybe she was watching just a little bit closer because they were of -- because they looked Middle Eastern which is really kind of what the government is telling us to do anyway.
COSTELLO: Well supposedly she has Middle Easterners in her family somewhere.
WEISS: Right.
MELISSA CARTER, Q100, "THE BERT SHOW": Yes. Well the thing that also bothers me is the guys that she turned in, who ended up being medical students, you know they lost their job at a hospital in Miami due to this. And they're now considering filing a lawsuit against Eunice Stone, which bothers me because then from now on nobody will report anything if they think that they're...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.
CARTER: ... going to be held liable for it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.
COSTELLO: Well what about the hospital, maybe they should file some action against the hospital instead? I'm just throwing this out here.
CARTER: Well I think the hospital just -- you know they had received so many phone calls and e-mails threatening, you know, the hospital if they had these guys come in there that the hospital had to make the decision to protect the patients that are already there.
WEISS: Yes, I think the bottom line here is that we're really sending out some mixed messages. You know the government says that we really need to have our eyes open right now to anything going on. Then you have this woman that takes some action and does exactly what the government is telling her to do and she's just being crucified for it. So I don't know who would ever volunteer this information again.
CARTER: Right.
COSTELLO: Well if these guys didn't say anything incriminating and they can't do their internships, and let's say they had a job somewhere and the business they were working for said forget it, we don't want you because we're getting threats now, that's really sad.
CARTER: Yes, and I mean I -- and I agree with you where if there was a lawsuit to be filed, it should be against the employer that fires you rather than someone who is just, you know, trying to take care of herself and the rest of the country.
COSTELLO: Yes, and this woman, Eunice Stone, just so our viewers know, is suffering from stress; and she was admitted to Emory Hospital. Don't know if she's still there this morning. But let's talk -- let's talk a little more about something else on the minds of people, something a little more fun, "The Osbourne's" and Anna Nicole Smith.
WEISS: Yes, you talk about two shows going in completely different directions here.
LINDSAY BRIEN, Q100, "THE BERT SHOW": Well, first of all, we've got "The Osbourne's," which is incredible. They won an Emmy at the Creative Arts and Emmy Awards. I mean that's awesome, and it's given out eight days before the actual Emmy Awards show, you know the one with the big time actors and actresses that you always see. Now Creative Arts and Emmys is basically for artistic achievement and technical awards and minor acting awards, but they won -- 'The Osbourne's" won for best reality series so...
WEISS: Which is really great because we kind of think that it's like it's a big old middle finger for the establishment when they win anything, you know.
COSTELLO: Well maybe that's true.
Anna Nicole Smith, though, her ratings are just plummeting now.
BRIEN: Yes, her ratings are -- her ratings aren't doing well at all. And also there have been all these rumors surrounding Anna Nicole Smith that because of like her slurred speech, her unsteadiness on her feet that you know she might possibly be dropped by Lane Bryant which she was modeling for the -- for the clothing company. And people are wondering what she's going to do next, because like you said, her ratings are dropping and where's she going to go next?
COSTELLO: What do you think this says about the American people who were watching "The Anna Nicole Smith Show" and are no longer?
WEISS: They've finally shown some good sense.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, exactly.
COSTELLO: I think a lot of people would agree.
Thank you very much, our friends from Q100 "The Bert Show." We'll check back with you next week.
WEISS: All right, Carol, take care.
COSTELLO: Bye.
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Aired September 17, 2002 - 06:47 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: From a terror mix-up in Florida to "The Osbourne's" and Anna Nicole Smith, it must be again time for our "Talk of CNN" segment.
Today, radio D.J.s from "The Bert Show" on Q100 right here in Atlanta join us by phone. We want to find out those hot topics your listeners are talking about.
Good morning, guys.
BERT WEISS, Q100, "THE BERT SHOW": Good morning, Carol, how are you today.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good morning.
COSTELLO: Hey, we got the Web cam up.
WEISS: It's working this week?
COSTELLO: This is exciting.
WEISS: Very good. I'm a little insecure because I'm starting to thin right here -- right here on my back...
COSTELLO: That's OK, so is Chad, but he's not here this week so we can't taunt him about that.
WEISS: Right.
COSTELLO: Hey, I guess the big talk in Georgia is still about this woman who allegedly overheard a conversation in a Shoney's restaurant and caused all that 17-hour delay on the highway in Florida.
WEISS: Yes, and we hear this morning now that she had to be administered into the hospital yesterday for some chest pains.
But we kind of took the pulse of the city yesterday, and they were really, I was surprised by this, really split in their reaction to what she did. Half were saying that she was very responsible in what she did, and the other half straight up said it was prejudice.
COSTELLO: Wow, that surprises me. You know I just wonder what the rest of the country thinks about this because you know even if she thought she heard something, she should have called the authorities. That's what many people think. WEISS: Yes, I thought that because she didn't -- she didn't make the phone call before she heard the conversation, therefore, to me, it wasn't prejudice. But a lot of people said that maybe she was watching just a little bit closer because they were of -- because they looked Middle Eastern which is really kind of what the government is telling us to do anyway.
COSTELLO: Well supposedly she has Middle Easterners in her family somewhere.
WEISS: Right.
MELISSA CARTER, Q100, "THE BERT SHOW": Yes. Well the thing that also bothers me is the guys that she turned in, who ended up being medical students, you know they lost their job at a hospital in Miami due to this. And they're now considering filing a lawsuit against Eunice Stone, which bothers me because then from now on nobody will report anything if they think that they're...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.
CARTER: ... going to be held liable for it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.
COSTELLO: Well what about the hospital, maybe they should file some action against the hospital instead? I'm just throwing this out here.
CARTER: Well I think the hospital just -- you know they had received so many phone calls and e-mails threatening, you know, the hospital if they had these guys come in there that the hospital had to make the decision to protect the patients that are already there.
WEISS: Yes, I think the bottom line here is that we're really sending out some mixed messages. You know the government says that we really need to have our eyes open right now to anything going on. Then you have this woman that takes some action and does exactly what the government is telling her to do and she's just being crucified for it. So I don't know who would ever volunteer this information again.
CARTER: Right.
COSTELLO: Well if these guys didn't say anything incriminating and they can't do their internships, and let's say they had a job somewhere and the business they were working for said forget it, we don't want you because we're getting threats now, that's really sad.
CARTER: Yes, and I mean I -- and I agree with you where if there was a lawsuit to be filed, it should be against the employer that fires you rather than someone who is just, you know, trying to take care of herself and the rest of the country.
COSTELLO: Yes, and this woman, Eunice Stone, just so our viewers know, is suffering from stress; and she was admitted to Emory Hospital. Don't know if she's still there this morning. But let's talk -- let's talk a little more about something else on the minds of people, something a little more fun, "The Osbourne's" and Anna Nicole Smith.
WEISS: Yes, you talk about two shows going in completely different directions here.
LINDSAY BRIEN, Q100, "THE BERT SHOW": Well, first of all, we've got "The Osbourne's," which is incredible. They won an Emmy at the Creative Arts and Emmy Awards. I mean that's awesome, and it's given out eight days before the actual Emmy Awards show, you know the one with the big time actors and actresses that you always see. Now Creative Arts and Emmys is basically for artistic achievement and technical awards and minor acting awards, but they won -- 'The Osbourne's" won for best reality series so...
WEISS: Which is really great because we kind of think that it's like it's a big old middle finger for the establishment when they win anything, you know.
COSTELLO: Well maybe that's true.
Anna Nicole Smith, though, her ratings are just plummeting now.
BRIEN: Yes, her ratings are -- her ratings aren't doing well at all. And also there have been all these rumors surrounding Anna Nicole Smith that because of like her slurred speech, her unsteadiness on her feet that you know she might possibly be dropped by Lane Bryant which she was modeling for the -- for the clothing company. And people are wondering what she's going to do next, because like you said, her ratings are dropping and where's she going to go next?
COSTELLO: What do you think this says about the American people who were watching "The Anna Nicole Smith Show" and are no longer?
WEISS: They've finally shown some good sense.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, exactly.
COSTELLO: I think a lot of people would agree.
Thank you very much, our friends from Q100 "The Bert Show." We'll check back with you next week.
WEISS: All right, Carol, take care.
COSTELLO: Bye.
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