Chelsea Clinton panned for doing some good in new TV job

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There’s a bigger story here than nepotism, though, and it’s a story that Chelsea Clinton brought to light: the success of a bootstrapped program helping disadvantaged kids in Pine Bluff, Ark. Clinton’s piece on TOPPS Inc. — her first on television — may not have been the most polished broadcast work, but it’s having an impact for Annette Dove, who invested her life savings to mentor, feed and tutor low-income kids.

“The response has been phenomenal, for someone like Annette who’s been on a wing and a prayer for the last nine years,” said Amy Reinhold, a volunteer helping answer the phone Tuesday. “The phones literally started ringing before the first segment was over in the first time zone, and they have not stopped.”

Reinhold said more than 1,500 donations had come in through the organization’s online donation button on its Web site. What’s more, people from poor neighborhoods around the nation are calling to get Dove’s advice on starting similar programs.

“That was the greatest hope by Chelsea and Annette, that this could be duplicated in neighborhoods all over the country,” Reinhold said.

At a time when child poverty rates are on the rise, a solution such as Dove’s deserves far more attention than whether Chelsea Clinton is on TV because of her family connections.

full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/opinion-chelsea-clinton-panned-for-doing-some-good-in-new-tv-job/2011/12/13/gIQAXwyFsO_story.html

[d_r]

1. Great news

she seemed sort of nervous, but I was glad to see her on there

[gtar100]

5. Yes, I wish her the best in her new position.

She may have got her foot in the door by name, but from here on out, it's all up to her as a person. Frankly, I hope she does very, very well. We need someone with a heart and soul in the media. So does the media.

[DeathToTheOil]

2. Just wondering.....

what triple-A reporter in the NBC system who's been busting their butt in the boonies for years didn't get to do that story?

[maximusveritas]

4. Uncalled for. Why do we have to support Chelsea in this?

Just because she's Hillary's daughter?

[boston bean]

6. because it's good to have a democrat

doing these stories on TV.... maybe....

[gtar100]

7. No. Feel free to pass on your resentment. It will ring with those of like mind.

But if she actually succeeds and does good work, I hope you can find it in yourself to be glad for her - and us. We could really use someone who actually cares about people, rather than just business, reporting to us these days. And by the pick of her initial story, sounds like she actually wants some good to come of it.

[bigwillq]

8. I thought she did a good job.

I watched that show for the first time last night without realing it was Clinton's first night on. Good segment. Good interview with her afterwards.

[limpyhobbler]

9. Ya know, it's weird with Chelsea Clinton, we watched her grow up, and she's always been kind of an

awkward kid. I think she's great though. It was a very moving story that she told there. She highlighted a very good program there in Arkansas. I think she is going to do well. She clearly has a good head on her shoulders and for some reason I don't resent at all that she got the job just because her parents are who they are.

Normally nepotism is bad. But in this case I think it's not a problem.

[DCKit]

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