I’m sorry, but with all of the bad press that Hip Hop gets about promoting the degradation of women, and violent language like “bitches” and “hoes,” I would think that the co-host of a respected news program (albeit a happy fuzzy nonsense news program/talk show) like the Today Show, would not go on national television and call her friends “crazy bitches.” But alas, it seems that people in all segments of our society think its perfectly reasonable and doable to “take back” language formerly used to oppress them. Let me ask you this Meredith Vieira, when one of your little girls comes home from school crying because one of the boys in her class calls her a bitch, will you be able to explain to her that the more that women continue to use the word comradely with one another the more it makes men feel like its not a big deal to use it? How about the argument that “some women are?” Way to be a strong image for young women. I can’t wait until Al Roker takes a hiatus and comes back to greet all his “n***as.” Or for Oprah’s next special on how Hip Hop is ruining America. Chicken or the egg people? Media or the message?