tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post7376482675925314861..comments2024-03-22T22:27:57.474-04:00Comments on Inside the Hotdog Factory: Snow is the New AsbestosWhetam Gnauckweirsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06038247522187261808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-46306665596333206142008-11-16T08:23:00.000-05:002008-11-16T08:23:00.000-05:00I should point out that in other countries (here i...I should point out that in other countries (here in Europe) our news is usually not too entertaining.<BR/><BR/>I was amazed when I lived in the US that your news seemed to consist of: "And in a shocking report, we tell you which common household items could spontaneously behead your children... after these messages."<BR/><BR/>That's not news - that's scaremongering. All your news seems to be based around entertainment and fear, as if the average american is too ADD'd to deal with actual information.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406713697530618867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-42369888479740227412008-09-08T14:22:00.000-04:002008-09-08T14:22:00.000-04:00HAHA!!! +1look at how lame the still frame is for ...HAHA!!! +1<BR/><BR/>look at how lame the still frame is for their title graphic too. it's like someone with a lobotomy wearing mittens using a trackball cut and pasted it together.<BR/><BR/>i positively hate how the news team is sensationalized and portrayed as celebs. it drives me fucking crazy. i hate the news anyway but i cannot fathom why they have self-promos DURING their news cast.<BR/><BR/>duh, we're watching the news. we get it you fucking egomaniacs.<BR/><BR/>and! i hate the coy and playful ways they (being the news people) try and make jokes about the stupid shit that is personal to their newscast, like sallys wig or melvins new dog. we dont give a flying fuck about how well your team gets along just deliver the news you bitches.<BR/><BR/>also! i hate how sheeple have favorite news people. like what's up with that trogolodyte she-man. she looks like an american gladiator she doesn't belong in the news room!<BR/><BR/>news sucks!<BR/><BR/>fuck chuck gaidica too! i hate the weatherman and the sports guys the most ESPECIALLY BERNIE FUCKING SMILOVITZ THAT GUY IS A TOTAL DOUCHEBAG. i hate his mustache.<BR/><BR/>awesome post though.grymmjackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885078864604445080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-80495838343238284142008-02-27T07:48:00.000-05:002008-02-27T07:48:00.000-05:00Consultants are the ones who told Clinton never to...Consultants are the ones who told Clinton never to say Obama's name and instead say "my leading opponent"...just makes her look stupid, as if she can't remember his name. <BR/>In defense though, I did work with a number of very reputable reporters and meteorologists. Many went on to bigger markets...they're not all bad.Ascendantlivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13935500609993327660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-2364561894483387342008-02-26T18:39:00.000-05:002008-02-26T18:39:00.000-05:00Thanks for the first-hand anecdote. That's hilario...Thanks for the first-hand anecdote. That's hilarious about the threats of blizzards down in Alabama. Gosh, people under the lights will say damned near anything.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me started about consultants. Goddamned parasites. I've seen consultants rip the guts out of good, functioning companies. And then here. Jeez.Whetam Gnauckweirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06038247522187261808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000498.post-76532047706171490422008-02-26T17:35:00.000-05:002008-02-26T17:35:00.000-05:00Having worked in television news I can say you're ...Having worked in television news I can say you're not far off at all. They definatly try to pump drama into it. Once our station hired a consultant who decided that we'd beat out all the other stations in the ratings game if we said the name of our station more often(30 or so times a newscast), plastered the screen with our logo at every opportunity, and used the such a lengthy title to introduce our meteorologists/chicken entrail doomsayers that by the time the anchor finished the introduction we'd used up all our time. Needless to say these idiotic tactics had no effect on our ratings, so instead they fired all the good reporters and hired recent college grads who can't even write. And still try to convince us that horrifying blizards are around every corner and we're all going to get snowed in for days on end...and I'm in Alabama, I believe 1902 was the last year anything resembling a blizard was seen in these parts. <BR/>Problem is all their wolf crying dilutes the impact when we have a real event, as in the tornados tearing up a large swath of houses about 40 miles west of here a few weeks ago...one meteorologist(no longer on the air) here used to pray over the radar, one the air.Ascendantlivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13935500609993327660noreply@blogger.com