By Conor Bezane
It's been a long, strange week for me at MTV News. While many of my co-workers jetted off to L.A. to work on the VMAs, I stayed behind to hold down the fort. A handful of MTV Newsers and I spent all weekend cutting 30-second promos teasing our red-carpet show, a show I was really looking forward to seeing. Why? Because it was supposed to feature a piece I had written.
In the week leading up to the VMAs, I was asked to script a package about Britney Spears and Mariah Carey — neither of whom had ever won a Moonman. It was supposed to showcase the amazing videographies of both Britney and Mariah and play up the rivalry between the two. I spent hours working on the script, and my editor, Lee Dultz, estimates he spent nearly 48 hours over the span of a week carefully crafting a video package worthy of the the VMAs. But when our red-carpet extravaganza aired live, there wasn't enough time to air the video.
Of course, Britney was the big winner at the VMAs this year, taking home trophies for Best Pop Video, Best Female Video and Video of the Year, while Mariah once again went home empty-handed.
I thought my piece would never see the light of day, but we decided to give it a second chance on the Newsroom blog. So, without further ado, check it out. Britney and Mariah: A tale of two VMA losers.
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