[BC] Repetitively Redundant
Mark Earle
mearle at mearle.com
Mon Sep 1 11:11:16 CDT 2008
WBRadiolists at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 09/01/2008 10:46:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> richwood at pobox.com writes:
>
>
>> I'm watching the hurricane coverage on CNN and am cringing at some of
>> the language. I'm wondering what "precise exactness" means. I also
>> keep hearing things like 5AM in the morning. Is there a 5AM in the
>>
> afternoon?
>
>>
>> Just a pet peeve.
>>
>
> LOL! Agreed! Of course, the ultimate TV insult that really does need to be
> eliminated... the reporter asking the sobbing person whose home and whole family
> were lost in the storm, "How do you feel right now?" SLAP!
>
> Willie...
>
>
That question, Willie, should be BANNED forever. It shows the reporter
cannot come up with ANYthing to report on. If that is the case, the
reporter should go back to the studio. Of course, this shows (again)
that news is much more often entertainment, than journalism.
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