Wellington Officials Furious Over Today Show Using City as Location for Story on Car Surfing
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The City of Wellington wants a correction from Matt Lauer, host of NBC's Today show.
Earlier this week, Lauer introduced a story on a dangerous teen trend known as car surfing. Rather than use previously recorded footage of such antics, he instead handed reporting off to NBC's Kerry Sanders, who continued with live footage from the parking lot of
Wellington city leaders say the live segment unfairly labeled Wellington as the capital of car surfing. Councilwoman Anne Gerwig told the Town-Crier: "I didn't appreciate that negative outlook on us, because we aren't that kind of community. The implication is clear from watching it. It's implying that it's here, and it's not."
Sure,
when you're from New York pretty much all of Florida
looks the same, but it seems Wellington might be owed a correction.
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