The "Today" show hype of its conversation with Janay Rice is almost grotesque in its overkill, but the first parts of Matt Lauer's actual sit-down with the wife of the former Ravens running back and her mother was a respectable piece of morning show TV interviewing.
As the chatter over the ESPN interview with Janay Rice built this weekend, I worried that the national conversation on domestic violence sparked by TMZ's release of the video showing Rice punching his then-fiancee in the face was going to be lost. Rice was saying she does not see herself as a "victim" of domestic violence and that the act that millions saw on the video was a one-time thing - an...