Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie

I watch CSI faithfully, and I remember being fascinated when I caught surgery videos on late-night educational TV. I am far from squeamish. But you know, I have to wonder: just who is the boob at The Today Show who thought that people would want to tune in at 7:30 yesterday morning and, over their morning coffee and bagels, listen to them talk about the body that may be Lacey Petersen, complete with detailed descriptions of the body's state of decomposition and technical discussion of the bone-drilling procedure required to extract DNA samples from the corpse? Lordy....