Rant: TV News

[IMADreamer]

I'm basically down on all media now, but I have a particular hatred for TV news, and especially my local news. First off the anchor girl is way to happy, then suddenly solemn when it's a sad story. Every damn story has a horrible segway or pun in it. For example "you'll want to STICK around to hear the details of the hot forecast coming up." That's just one example, every freaking story they do has a real groaner in it. Then there the "reporters" who don't report crap. They wouldn't know investigative journalism if it hit them right in the face. Also why is it any time there is flooding the reporter has to stand in the water?

Have you met any of these people? Holy crap they think they are the most important people alive. Somehow reporting on the dog parade is more important then brain surgery.

I hate them all. I will say though our local meteorologists are fantastic when it comes to severe weather. That's there only saving grace.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Sorry.

/local TV producer doing the best he can.

[Spider John]

Sorry.

/local TV producer doing the best he can.

You didn't start the fire. We're just counting on you to turn the industry around.

[IMADreamer]

Sorry.

/local TV producer doing the best he can.

You didn't start the fire. We're just counting on you to turn the industry around.

Exactly.

[wart57]

Local news is awesome.

[lukethedrifter]

I went on a date with a local news anchor chick. She was very nice and down to earth. Actually, now that I think about it, I went on another date with a different former news chick. Nice gal as well.
Chatted quite a bit with a Scottish gal that was on the Brit version of the view. Very cool, down to earth and politically knowledgeable.


Anyway, much of the local news is garbage. The new gal at the local Fox affiliate has a very scary Joker mouth and is bad at reading her cards/teleprompter. Yay! American Idol is in town!

[IMADreamer]

Digging up this oldy. So I'm probably crazy but I watch the local news over lunch every day and I noticed almost every day they did a story on obesity. So a few weeks ago I decided to pay attention and see just how much they did this. Well today is 17 days in a row with a story on obesity. 17 days in a row! Do they just sit in a meeting in the morning and say "what's our obesity story for the day?"

Here's a news flash to all you skinny people. Us fatasses know we are fat. We do, you don't need to tell us how many Americans or fat or real shocker here, eating fatty foods makes us fat. Oh you mean if we don't get enough sleep it makes us fat? Ice cream makes us fat? Holy [expletive] who knew that? So glad the local news was here to tell me that.

Anyway I'm off to get a malt.

[cardinalkarp]

I watch the news when I feel like falling into a depression, which is like.....never.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Digging up this oldy. So I'm probably crazy but I watch the local news over lunch every day and I noticed almost every day they did a story on obesity. So a few weeks ago I decided to pay attention and see just how much they did this. Well today is 17 days in a row with a story on obesity. 17 days in a row! Do they just sit in a meeting in the morning and say "what's our obesity story for the day?"

Here's a news flash to all you skinny people. Us fatasses know we are fat. We do, you don't need to tell us how many Americans or fat or real shocker here, eating fatty foods makes us fat. Oh you mean if we don't get enough sleep it makes us fat? Ice cream makes us fat? Holy [expletive] who knew that? So glad the local news was here to tell me that.

Anyway I'm off to get a malt.

Amen. I am fat. I know it.

[wart57]

Digging up this oldy. So I'm probably crazy but I watch the local news over lunch every day and I noticed almost every day they did a story on obesity. So a few weeks ago I decided to pay attention and see just how much they did this. Well today is 17 days in a row with a story on obesity. 17 days in a row! Do they just sit in a meeting in the morning and say "what's our obesity story for the day?"

Here's a news flash to all you skinny people. Us fatasses know we are fat. We do, you don't need to tell us how many Americans or fat or real shocker here, eating fatty foods makes us fat. Oh you mean if we don't get enough sleep it makes us fat? Ice cream makes us fat? Holy [expletive] who knew that? So glad the local news was here to tell me that.

Anyway I'm off to get a malt.

Amen. I am fat. I know it.

I love the stock "Fat people" footage they run in the background. I can just hear the boss telling a camera man, "Hey Bob, go out and find some fat people and film them. Make sure you find some really huge asses too, be sure you don't get any shots of their faces though, I just want big fat bellies and lard asses!"