. . . Everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon with the news of her alleged departure from the Today show or, as they wish to have it called, “Today,” so that it enters the conversational lexicon as a stand-alone, like a rock star who goes by a single name, i.e., Madonna, Cher, Rihanna.

. . . What a distinction.

. . . She never should have been chosen to replace Meredith Vieira -- who wasn’t that good doing the job -- which is merely hosting a bunch of self-promoters and some people in the news.