Saturday, September 24, 2005

TV News

I live in a pretty Hurricane prone area of the country. I lived through a couple of them last year, and have a pretty good understanding of what the folks in Texas are going through.

So why in the fuck do the LOCAL news stations feel the need to have live team coverage of Hurricane Rita damage in Texas and Louisiana? I guess they have to justify the fancy satellite linked trucks they own some way. It's not like there wasn't any news here in the local area or anything. One would figure a local station would just use coverage from the networks they belong to, but not these asswipes. These Pulitzer seekers are looking for that big story, they have to beat the other guy for advertising dollars. Why should they lead in with the most recent murder, when they have something the size of Rita to get all juiced about.

Speaking of those trucks, and the live broadcasts we all see everynight. Does anyone else find it a little amusing that an event may happen earlier in the day, and yet at 11:00 pm, or 5:00 am some schmuck is standing outside the event's location to give the story....with a live perspective? Umm....yeah, like this couldn't be done from the studio, right? Instead schmuck has to stand outside with the rest of the insects, to give Bonnie in the studio a real live statement.

Or how about the Dumbdick that just has to give the Hurricane report, while outside in the storm. I'm just waiting for one of these dildos to get his/her head cut off on live TV, when a sheet of plywood decides to fly into their current location.

One last gripe before I go:

Quit trying to scare us with a story, only to show us how you'll save us at the end, in a separate story.
An example would be like:
Rabid Dogs! have been found on Elm Street, we'll show you the exact block where the rabid dogs were found, and Reporter Fred will show you the warning signs of Hydrophobia, and where to get your animals vaccinated, later in the broadcast.

I hate Local News........................

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