Amanda Congdon (right) is leaving ABCNews.com after a one year experiment bridging new and old media that elicited mostly yawns. If we are to believe FarkNews, Amanda’s breasts were not enough for the Rocketboom star to sustain a gig with the big network.
Says Drunk IT Guy:
She’s pretty cute.. But she’s also really ditzy and self-absorbed..
If you ever see her just rattling away in front of a camera, it’s about the most boring thing you could ever witness..
Imagine a 13yo telling you about her day for over an hour, that’s what it’s like..
Congdon made some news herself at ABC. Last March it was reported that she was freelancing videos for Dupont, the chemical company. She defended her actions by saying she wasn’t a jounalist. ABC News then publicly supported her deal with Dupont.
“It’s been a great year with Amanda — a great experiment for both of us. We thank her for her many contributions and know that she’s about to embark on new endeavors and expect there will be times in the future that we can again work together,” ABC said in a statement.
It was an intense high chatter PR week that began with Osama bin Looney lobbing verbal and visual bombs from a cave in Pakistan, and ending with George Bush, the Great Bumbler, desperately seeking understanding and legitimacy in a world disinclined to bestow either. Bush’s spin of “building on success” comes three years after “Mission Accomplished.” What does it mean? He intends to pull back a fraction of the 30,000 more troops that he recently sent in to finish the job that he says was already completed. Stripped bare of Rove, standing alone even among Republicans, Bush is looking and sounding more and more like Alfred E. Neumann: “What me worry?” There are lame duck Presidents and then there are lamer ducks and then there is the lamest. Where does Bush’s legacy lie? See the rest of the story on 
Appearing on the show will be: Julia Allison (Star Magazine), Sean L. McCarthy (New York Daily News), Nikki Eagan (NBC), Robert George (New York Post), Tasha Harris (Stagetime Magazine), and 2006 Funniest Reporter Champion, Mandy Stadtmiller (New York Post). Headlining the event will be “Psychic Madman” Jim Karol (NBC’s the Tonight Show), a national entertainer who’s act incorporates magic, comedy, and extraordinary feats of the mind.
Is there no humor in public relations? The public relations blog PRBlogNews included a post last week on PR and LSD (
holidays, threw his hat in the Presidential ring last night in a way you would expect – he announced on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. While the other Republican candidates were debating in New Hampshire, Fred (strictly first name basis for candidates this year) was grandstanding on late night television.