[Fredslist] A new "game" rate the background hosts, celebs, guests, reporters etc use.

Wed May 13 12:14:09 UTC 2020

For those of you on twitter, I discovered @ratemyskyperoom from the New Yorker magazine article below.  It is subjective but it might be a fun thing to do in our spare time as many TV and cable programs find hosts, pundits, reporters, guests and more working from a space at home.  Read more below

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/what-would-room-rater-say?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_051220&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c48feeb2ddf9c4807bb5bec&cndid=38828900&hasha=2fc566278f241d61c830bead46040397&hashb=92c73d64a06e122a16ac24a20e3a869306aa9728&hashc=b70bf3ba0c72cc681463eb818c031315203f836c908f2d4abfe1177c7d15f285&esrc=Daily_NL_page&utm_term=TNY_Daily <https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/what-would-room-rater-say?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_051220&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c48feeb2ddf9c4807bb5bec&cndid=38828900&hasha=2fc566278f241d61c830bead46040397&hashb=92c73d64a06e122a16ac24a20e3a869306aa9728&hashc=b70bf3ba0c72cc681463eb818c031315203f836c908f2d4abfe1177c7d15f285&esrc=Daily_NL_page&utm_term=TNY_Daily>

What Would Room Rater Say?
Beto O’Rourke’s dreary Zoom setup, Ann Coulter’s unfortunate chartreuse, and the surprising intimacy of seeing inside—and rating—talking heads’ homes.

By Bruce Handy <safari-reader://www.newyorker.com/contributors/bruce-handy>May 11, 2020
There was a TV commercial for Renuzit air freshener that ran half a century ago and scarred everyone who saw it. In the ad, a housewife has invited friends over to play bridge. But, as the ladies enter her home, they sniff, wrinkle their noses, and make mortifying comments along the lines of “Fried fish last night?” and “I thought George gave up cigars.” The message was clear: anytime you allow people to enter your home, it—and you—will be ripped to shreds.

Such pitiless scrutiny is precisely what the coronavirus lockdown has forced on America’s media personalities: if they want to remain on our screens, they must invite us, and our judgments, into their living rooms, bedrooms, and, in some cases, bathrooms. News shows are a special problem area, with viewers whipsawed between Trump said what? and Who thought those sconces were a good idea? Fortunately, an authoritative Twitter feed appeared in April to codify our cattier impulses. It’s called Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom), and, although often generous, it has earned a reputation as the pandemic’s Mr. Blackwell.

For instance, when Beto O’Rourke did an interview from what looked like the dank basement in “The Silence of the Lambs,” Room Rater gave him a 0 out of 10, and commented, “Oh, dear god. Organizing rescue mission. Blink twice if you can hear me.” When Ann Coulter streamed herself positioned in front of a large black TV screen in a room painted a putrid yellow-green, she got a 0, too. The review—“Pretty much what you’d expect. Puke and a big TV”—received more than ten thousand likes.

Corey B. Bearak, Esq.
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