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Comments
Monkey Phat wrote:
ROFLMAO! I can NOT take the local news for more than 15 seconds before I start screaming at the tv...SHUT. UP. SHUTUP SHUTUP SHUTUP! Oh my gosh these people drive me crazy. I live in Oklahoma where all 3 major channels lean so far to the right it's embarrassing. The constant "teases" during primetime....Tonight at 10 find out why eating bacon is bad for you dog's complexion and how going to church can save him from this tragic fate. Only on News Channel 4 at 10. Shutup!
posted at February 12, 2007 03:49 PM
Liptus wrote:
Amen! I HATE local news, and have since the day I was born! So boring, so FAKE, and they ALWAYS have some horrendous event/alert/warning that we MUST hear, that is always "coming up soon", that ends up being nothing! Or if anything, then it has already been reported, or discredited, by the national news a week ago!
And my second favorite is how they always find SOME "news" story that in SOME way ties into the highly rated movie, or TV series plotline, that was on just before the new comes on (in the case of nightly local news).
posted at February 12, 2007 04:29 PM
James wrote:
I don't think there's too much local news. Sometimes, on a slow news day, it seems like there's too much, but that's just because it's slow.
posted at February 12, 2007 07:27 PM
Keri wrote:
And here's the other thing about so-called "local" news: most of it isn't even "local"! Ever notice how most of the news that they report is actually NATIONAL news, told at the local level? THen, we get to watch it again on the national news!!
Ooh! And one more thing! WHO determined that reporting on TV shows in a hard-news program was noteworthy??? Don't they have all those 7PM "entertainment news" shows for that? If I'm watching the news, I want real, actual news - not a synopsis of what happened on Desperate Housewives last night or a preview of what's coming on tonight!
posted at February 13, 2007 09:38 AM
AntinousK wrote:
I too live in Oklahoma. Our local news is the WORST in the nation. Especially KWTV, they always cut into the show by 5+ seconds with their lame lead-ins. Which of course results in missing dialog, YAY! MAKE IT STOP!!!
posted at February 13, 2007 11:51 AM
Dave wrote:
I'm sad to hear that Western Arkansas doesn't have a monopoly on news idiots. I always thought they just sent us morons that couldn't get a job any other place.
I don't want them to be my friends and family I want the news, stop the chit chat and friendly banter. Are all weathermen as spastic and geeky as ours? Leave the radar and temps up long enough to focus on before you jump to the next BIG MAJOR system that's not going to affect us
posted at February 13, 2007 04:13 PM
Troy wrote:
Hear, hear! And why does it take two anchors to read one news bit? One anchor reads the first line or two off the prompter, then the other jumps in and finishes it. And what is up with the 'live on-scene' stuff? Just because a station has a remote truck doesn't mean a reporter standing on the highway at 11:22 at night is bringing any more relevance to a story about a traffic accident that happened at noon!
posted at February 14, 2007 09:25 AM
Monkey Phat wrote:
I tell you guys, I'm so happy to find out I'm not the only one. My family acts like I'm some kind of freak because I could care less about the anchor's impending birth(I think she's going for a litter this time) or the "feud" between the anchors about who's gonna win the OU OSU game.
We should join forces and start a newscast that is strictly reading the news with no comments, eye rolls, or witty banter. Witty banter would be a definite no-no at our new WK-SHUTUP News Channel.
We will have to keep Gary England around for the weather though, I love that man.
posted at February 14, 2007 05:51 PM
wjjb wrote:
We NEED the local news. Over and over and over.
You see, there are so many "journalism" majors, sort of like too many lawyers, they need work.
My concern is that if you make them go away, all the makeup artists, hair stylists, and cosmetologists will lose their jobs.
The answer is: Majoring in "Journalism" should be banned. Wow, what a nice chain reaction!
posted at February 16, 2007 01:21 PM
Steve Baxley wrote:
To those who think THEY have the WORST local newscasts, gather 'round kiddies and kiddettes as "Ol Unca Steve" tells you a tale of Local news woe, or "How NOT to let management take over"
The station:WLAJ and ABC station in Lansing,Michigan and they at first had a great newscast,quirky,and a ratings success..
Fast forward 16 months, management decided to cancel the LANSING newscast and replace it with a simulcast of WXYZ ACTION NEWS DETROIT..that was cancelled because the audience wasnt buying it.
They restart the newscast 3 years later under new owners,but with a bare bones budget..how bare bones, the staff was cut from 80 to 20.
the newscast suffers one big drop in ratinsg when its decided to end the 11pm and reform the 6pm to a 10 minute live newscast and a 20 minute taped interview show..the 11pm broadcast would be taped at 7pm and condensed to a 5 minute newser airing at 11:30,under its THIRD owner.
Oh, did we forget to mention the following:
The present owners have moved the master control operations to their sister station in Kalamazoo, and the now skeleton crew of 12 is now down to 6.
Anyone top that???
posted at February 21, 2007 06:25 PM
Keshia wrote:
Well I for one hate local news with a passion! Try watch Fox News Chicago. I think they are the worst example of how to ham up tragic and newsworthy events, or how they connect some sore people, place or thing back to Chicago. No one cares if they have a connection. They obviously left Chicago for something better, not to be connected to something asinine. And I love how they try to be hip with the younger audience, it is absolutely laughable. I know that a lot of these anchors have kids, teens even, and if they can't even connect with their own children at home, how in the hell are they going to with someone else's kids?
Local news is for anchors who tried to audition for the "Big Time" and, after reading (horribly) for some of the big names in broadcast journalism, were told they sucked donkey balls and need to haul ass back to BumF@*k, Idaho! If you want your news good, real and honest, but in a fake, award-winning way, watch "The Daily Show". I hope they torch the geniuses who write the news for some of these idiotic jerks who read it (barely)!
posted at June 16, 2007 07:34 PM
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