UWillie umoya. (Iifoto ngu-Sebastiano Tomada / ngeNew York Braganca) USebastiano Tomada / umbonisi weNew York Xa uWillie Geist wayesandul 'ukugqiba izifundo zakhe kwiDyunivesithi yaseVanderbilt yaseTennessee ngoMeyi ka-1997, wayenecebo elinye ngekamva.
Ndandiqhuba ilori yokuhambisa utywala ngaseNew Jersey ngehlobo lasehlotyeni kwaye ndandimthanda uConan O'Brien, Mnu. Geist ucacisa ngomphathi we-NBC Ngemva ebusuku. Ke ndambhalela isampuli yamahlaya ndaza ndayithumela kwi-NBC Studios e-30 eRockefeller Plaza, ndicinga ukuba iza kubaphephetha.
Oko wakufumanayo ngeposi kwakungeyiyo kanye into enikezelwa ngumsebenzi. Ndiyifumene le fomu, ebisithi abayisebenzisi nje kuphela imathiriyali yam kodwa abakaze bayifunde, uyakhumbula, ehleka. Kuyandibetha ukuba kuluhlobo luni lokuza kwisangqa esipheleleyo sokuba ndaliwe kwaye ngoku ndisebenza kwakweso sakhiwo sithunyelwe kuso.
I-perch yangoku kaMnu Geist kwi-30 Rock iyamangalisa ucinga ukuba akazange azimisele ukuba yindaba yeendaba, makungabikho mntu ubekhamera. Kwisakhiwo apho imigangatho yelifti ikhaphethiwe ilogo yomnatha wepikoko kunye nezitalato ezingqongileyo zixinene ngabakhenkethi, uMnu Geist (owayeneminyaka engama-39 kwinyanga ephelileyo) kungoku nje uyintsika yemihla ngemihla yeMSNBC Ekuseni uJoe, Kunye nomnxibelelanisi we9 ngeyure ye Inkqubo ye- Namhlanje Bonisa, apho ayintandokazi kubo bobabini abaphulaphuli kunye nabagxeki ngokufanayo.
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I-Morning TV ijika ibe yiforamu efanelekileyo kaMnu Geist. Ngelixa uninzi lwabathunywa bakamabonwakude ekuseni benoburharha bukamalume o-goofy okanye umama osisiyatha, uburharha bukaMnu Geist bunoburharha, kuhle, umntu ohlekisayo. Ukusukela kwisidlo sangokuhlwa sokuqala endibe kunye naye, bendicinga ukuba ungomnye wabantu abahlekisayo endakha ndadibana nabo, utshilo uTucker Carlson, umbambisene I-Fox kunye nabahlobo veki kunye nomphathi wangaphambili we-MSNBC, apho uMnu Geist waqala khona njengomvelisi. Uhlekisa yonke indlela. UWillie akakhumbuli ngentloko kwishower; uyahlekisa nje ngokwemvelo, kuba ulumkile kwaye uyazazi. Kukuhlekisa okukhula kuphuma kuthando lokwenene kwabanye abantu kunye nokuqonda ngendlela eyiyo.
Umama wakhe uyahlekisa, kwaye oomalume bakhe bayahlekisa; Umthi wonke wosapho ubonakala ngathi ukhulelwe kukuhlekisa, utshilo utata wakhe, uBill Geist, umbhaleli we-CBS News u-Willie wabhala incwadi entsha eyabizwa ngokuba Intetho entle, Tata , umboniso ohlekisayo wolwalamano lwabo oluphume kwiveki ephelileyo kwiGrand Central Publishing . Ndicinga ukuba wayenokuhamba ngokupheleleyo ajonge kwicala lokuhlekisa, ngewayenze kakuhle apho.
Kodwa izinto azizange zihambe ngokuchanekileyo. Emva kokubetha kunye noConan O'Brien kwaye kwakhona Umboniso wemihla ngemihla noCraig Kilborn, Umnumzana Geist, umdlali webhola ekhatywayo wesikolo esiphakamileyo kunye nomdlali webhola yomnyazi, uyeke umsebenzi wokuhambisa utywala (kwaye, utata wakhe uyalila, eso saphulelo seepesenti ezingama-25 sosapho) wafudukela eAtlanta kwigig yemveliso kwiCNN Sports Illustrated , uthungelwano ebelifanele ukuba lilwe ne-ESPN.
Ayizange. Emva kokuba isongwe ngo-2002, uMnu.Geist wazifumana eseNew York, eqala ukusebenza njengomvelisi I-Fox Sports Net emva koko ithumele iiteyiphu zakhe zophicotho-zincwadi kwi-ESPN, nakwimibutho yelizwe liphela.
Olunye ulunya endakha ndalufumana yayingumsebenzi we-anchor wezemidlalo ngempelaveki eJackson, Tenn., Nge $ 19,000 ngonyaka, ukhumbula uMnu Geist, owatshata uChristina Sharkey, intombi yakhe yamabanga aphakamileyo ngo-2003. ibingathi ‘sizakukubiza.’ Ndidinga umsebenzi ngelo xesha, ke yonke into yayiwela engqondweni yam. Ndade ndathetha nomfazi wam malunga nokuya kwisikolo somthetho, kuba kubonakala ngathi yinto eyenziwa ngabantu. Wayefana, 'Awuyi kwisikolo somthetho.'
Nditsho nakweyona nto ayithandayo, uMnu.Geist uthi akazange abize uncedo kuTata. Kwakukho ikratshi elithile elibandakanyekayo, uyakhumbula. Bendingafuni ukujonga emva ndicinge ukuba ndilapha kuphela ngenxa yomntu endimaziyo. Kwaye kwiTV, ukuba awulunganga kwikhamera, uya kutyhilwa ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. 
UTamron Hall, ngasekhohlo, kunye noNatalie Morales bahlala ecaleni kukaWillie Geist namhlanje.
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Kwathi kanti, uMnu Geist wayelungile kwikhamera, ukukhululeka kwakhe kubonakala kwangoko emva kokufumana umsebenzi njengomvelisi ophezulu Imeko kunye noTucker Carlson .
Ndacinga ukuba uWillie wayeza kuba yinkwenkwezi ukuqala kwam ukudibana naye, ukhumbula uMnu. Andisoze ndilibale ukuba isidlo sokuqala bendinaye kunye [nomphathi we-MSNBC] uBill Wolfe. Ndacinga ukuba unomdla kangangokuba kufuneka abe kumabonakude; yayicacile.
Abathunywa uCarlson noWolfe bafumene indawo kaMnu.Geist kwicandelo lokugqibela lomboniso, apho wayeza kuphuma ngaphandle kwegumbi lolawulo aye kwiseti yokuxoxa ngokukhululekileyo kwimixholo yosuku. Ababukeli beshishini kunye nabaphulaphuli bakamabonwakude bakuthathela ingqalelo kwangoko ukuthandeka kukaMnu Geist kunye nokungabikho kwekhamera. Kwakukho ubusuku obuninzi apho ndandicinga ukuba yeyona nto ibalaseleyo kuwo wonke umboniso, utshilo umnumzana uCarlson, owayedla ngokugxotha ii-antics zomoya zikaMnu Geist.
Namhlanje, uMnu.Geist uyaqonda ukuba yayiyintoni ikhefu elinethamsanqa. Ngelo xesha, ndandingumfana nje kwigumbi lolawulo, utsho. Njengayo nayiphi na into ebomini, kuthatha abantu abambalwa ukuba bakholelwe kuwe kwaye bakulwele, kuba kutheni enye into bangandibeka kwiTV? Kodwa bayenzile, kwaye yayiyindlela elula yokungena kuyo. Ndisoloko ndiziva ndizolile kwaye ndindalo kwikhamera, kwaye andazi ukuba ivelaphi.
Elinye ikhefu lafika ngo-Epreli 2007, xa amagqabantshintshi kaDon Imus malunga neqela labasetyhini leRutgers labakhokele i-MSNBC yank umboniso wakhe wakusasa, eshiya isikhewu seeyure ezintathu rhoqo kusasa ngeveki.
Emva kokuzama iindidi ezahlukeneyo, ehlotyeni, uthungelwano lwahlala kwezopolitiko e-Florida, uJoe Scarborough, umbhaleli we NBC News uMika Brzezinski kunye no Mnu. Geist, betyhola umboniso obadibanisayo. Ekuseni uJoe .
Ukuqala ngokuchanekileyo ngexesha lokuzalwa komntwana wokuqala wabantwana bakaMnu Geist, umboniso waba yintetho yeendaba zeTV. Yayenye yezo zinto. Ungabona ukuba kukho ikhemistri apho, kwaye yile nto isisithweleyo, ucacisa uMnu Geist. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, abantu bathe ngokucacileyo ukuba bafuna ukwenza i Ekuseni uJoe imodeli, kodwa akukho mfihlo. Ngokwenene ngabantu abahlala etafileni.
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Kwiindonga zeofisi kaMnu Geist e Ikomkhulu le-30 le-MSNBC Rock ziifoto zikaDwight Eisenhower noJay Z (ungumlandeli ongathandabuzekiyo wehip-hop yokuqala, ngakumbi uBig Daddy Kane noHova ngokwakhe), kunye nomzobo kaKeith Richards. (Umnumzana uGeist uthi, Kuya kufuneka uthabathe ikepusi yakho kuKeith ngokuchasa konke esikwaziyo malunga namayeza anamhlanje; njengoko kuvela, ukusela, ukutshaya, ukwenza i-heroin kunye nokuziphatha kakubi ngokwesini kangangesiqingatha senkulungwane. wena-ngumthombo wobutsha!) Kananjalo kufakwe iipepotchkes ezahlukeneyo ezivela Namhlanje, ngokuhlwa uJoe kwaye Indlela yasekuqaleni kakhulu , ebizwa ngokufanelekileyo ngo-5: 30 ekuseni ukubonisa uMnu.Geist wabanjwa iminyaka emithathu emva koko Ekuseni uJoe uhambile.
Ngaphandle kwexesha lomoya elalisasaza umboniso, igama lika Mnumzana Geist lathi chu ukujikeleza njengomntu obukele umabonakude wakusasa. Inqaku elibhengeza inkulumbuso ye Indlela yasekuqaleni kakhulu phakathi INew York Times wayenesihloko esithi Clown of Ekuseni uJoe Ufumana Umboniso Wakhe kwaye waquka nesicatshulwa nguMongameli we-MSNBC uPhil Griffin echaza ukuba ufuna ukunika uWillie iqonga lakhe.
Iinkwenkwezi zazilungelelanisa ngokukhawuleza, kwaye umhlali waseManhattan oyi-6-foot-4 wafumanisa ukuba isimilo sakhe esibuyileyo kunye nokungabikho kokuzikhukhumeza kwaba ngabahlobo bakhe abakhulu. Inye into ngaye kukuba umbono wakhe ungaphezulu kwimbono yomntu oqhelekileyo, kunokuba abe yingcali kwizinto, utata wakhe, uBill, uthi. Ndicinga ukuba abantu abanjalo.
‘Abanye baba bantu basebenza emoyeni, uyazibuza: Ngubani ababulele ukuze bafumane loo msebenzi? Okanye zingaphi izidlo zesidlo sakusasa kumaxesha amane oSathana ekuye kwafuneka bahlale phantsi ukuze batywine isivumelwano? Yindlela eqhelekileyo esiqongweni, ukubulala abantu kunye nokungcatsha abahlobo bakudala. UWillie akazange ayenze loo nto, kwaye akanakho ukuyenza loo nto. ’ |
Yile nto yomgangatho wonke owazisa uGeist Namhlanje , okokuqala njengokugcwalisa kwaye emva koko njengombuki zindwendwe ngokusisigxina ngo-Okthobha ka-2012. Uyibukele ikhula, emva koko uhleli apho uve umculo endlebeni yakho, kwaye yinto enkulu leyo. Nokuba ungubani na okanye ungaphola kangakanani, la maxesha mabini okuqala, ufumana ityala, uyachaza uMnu Geist, othi akalungisi nakowuphi na umdlalo weqonga wakutshanje, nokuba kukugxothwa kuka-Ann Curry okanye kweABC Molo waseMelika elungileyo Ukophula uluhlu lomdlalo ophumeleleyo.
Inyani yile, kuba bendimtsha, bendingenalo unxibelelwano kwinto eyenzekayo Namhlanje ngokubanzi ngokubanzi ngaphambi kwaloo nto, ngoko andizange ndifumanise phakathi kwempikiswano-okwangoku, uMnu. Geist uchaza ngokucophelela. Khange ndizive ndinyanzelwa ngokwethiyetha kunye nomdla wento eyenzekayo emva kwezigcawu.
Umbambisene naye uSavannah Guthrie uphawula utshintsho olulula luka Mnu Geist. Ungena ngokukhawuleza kwaye ngaphandle komthungo, kuba uyi-jack yokwenyani yayo yonke imisebenzi. Unako ukugcoba ipolitiki okanye i-steak ye-flank, kwaye zombini izakhono ziza kubakho kwimiboniso yasekuseni.
Nangona kunjalo, njengoko uMnu Geist ebeka, zombini imicroscope kunye nabaphulaphuli zinkulu Namhlanje , kunye nengqikelelo malunga nengeniso ye-anchor ibe sisihloko esishushu ukusukela oko i-franchise yaqala ngo-1952. Ngoku, uMnu.Geist ebesoloko ezifumana engumbandela wamarhe okuba angaba yindlalifa ebonakalayo kuMat Lauer, ukuba kwaye xa ukhetha ukungavumi -ukufikelela kwisivumelwano se- $ 25 yezigidi ngonyaka ophelelwa yisikhathi ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo.
Ndicinga ngokubhekisele kubantu abathi, injalo-intelekelelo. Ayinantsingiselo kwaphela, utsho uMnu Geist. Kumnandi ebantwini ukuba bathethe, kodwa ndingakuxelela ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba andikaze ndincokole nanye ngaloo nto, uMatt ngumphathi, kwaye ungoyena mntu ubambe umboniso wakusasa kwimbali yemikhosi yentsasa, kwaye uya kuyenza. ubekhona okoko efuna ukubakhona. Ke akukho sizathu sokuba ndicinge ngayo. Konke endikwenzayo kukuzama ukwenza umsebenzi olungileyo kwilixa lethu, kwaye xa bendicela ukuba ndimgcwalisele, nam ndiyamgcwalisela.
Kwaye ukuba amandla akwi-NBC ambizile? Ngokuqinisekileyo ndingathatha iifowuni ezivela kubaphathi bam emsebenzini, kodwa andizange ndifumane enye enjalo. Ukuba kuyenzeka, ndiza kuphendula, kwaye siza kubona.
Ababukeli beshishini babona iGeist njengokhetho oluqinileyo lokutshintsha uMnu Lauer, becinga ukuba uyathandwa ngaphakathi kweNBC News kwaye unenqanaba eliphezulu le-Q (umlinganiso wokufana). Umnumzana Geist uneminyaka eli-14, ngelixa umnumzana uLauer eneminyaka esi-7, ekugqibeleni.
Unevoti kaMnu. Carlson, enye. Ingaphinda iqinisekise ukholo lwam eluntwini, uMnu. Carlson ucacisa ngemeko apho uMnu Geist engena endaweni kaMnu Lauer Kukhetho olucacileyo ngokokubona kwam. Yishiye kubaphathi beTV ukuba baphose ukhetho olucacileyo, nangona kunjalo. Ungcono kakhulu kuye nawuphi na umntu ekubalekeni kangangokuba ndiqinisekile ukuba kukho abantu abasebenza ngomsindo ukumjongela phantsi ngoku, kwaye ndiqinisekile ukuba uyayihoya.
Abanye baba bahambi-moya, uyazibuza: Ngubani ababulele ukuze bafumane loo msebenzi? Okanye zingaphi izidlo zesidlo sakusasa kumaxesha amane oSathana ekuye kwafuneka bahlale phantsi ukuze batywine isivumelwano? Yindlela eqhelekileyo esiqongweni, ukubulala abantu kunye nokungcatsha abahlobo bakudala. UWillie akazange ayenze loo nto, kwaye akanakho ukwenza nantoni na. Impendulo kukuba ulunge kakhulu ukuba angahoywa.
