What do you hate about local news?

[vanzilla]

Fellas, it's no secret that I'm a sports producer for a local TV station. I I love working in sports, but the news side of the biz is getting fucking ridiculous. I get the feeling that what I do is becoming obsolete, if it hasn't already.

I can't stand to watch TV news. Same stories - Different show: murder du jour, car crash du jour, housefire du jour, Michael Jackson latest, Martha Stewart latest. Oh yeh, we stopped looking for WMD's - too bad we didn't have any time to put that in the show. 6 minutes of fucking weather - when all I need to see is the 7 Day Forecast - Top it all of with 3 minutes of sports - that usually gets cut to 2:15 because fucking weather goes over - and there's your turd called the 6:00 news.

Does anyone know how I can get into directing porn? At least I'd feel good about coming to work. :tits: :sex:

Lately I feel like working in local news is like working for a tobacco company. You know the shit you put out isn't good for people, and if they take in too much of it - it could be fatal.

If it came down to listening to every Sammy album or watch a half hour of local news - you better cue up 3 Lock Box.

Your thoughts?

[FORD]

What I hate most about the local news is how all the network affiliates have suddenly become FAUX News clones, barely concealing their right wing bias anymore, even though this is hardly a "red" state.

This bias was never more evident than a few months ago when that Bush clone asshole Rossi was trying to steal the Governor's mansion. They were a truly sycophantic bunch of cheerleaders.

I don't listen to Hagar in order to avoid them though. That would defeat the whole purpose of avoiding brain warping bullshit.

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by vanzilla
6 minutes of fucking weather - when all I need to see is the 7 Day Forecast - Top it all of with 3 minutes of sports - that usually gets cut to 2:15 because fucking weather goes over

No way should weather ever be longer than the sports report!

I find that hot broads doing the news is the best way to get my viewership. :D

[FORD]

Originally posted by EbDawson

I find that hot broads doing the news is the best way to get my viewership. :D

As long as you turn the sound off, that's acceptable.

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by FORD
As long as you turn the sound off, that's acceptable.

I was gonna print that FORD. :D You're right.

I know you don't watch FOX but you gotta admit there's some hot broads on there and they've cornered the market on lip gloss. Sometimes I just put it on, turn the sound down and turn on the stereo. Beats watchin' MTV.

[vanzilla]

I find that hot broads doing the news is the best way to get my viewership. :D [/B][/QUOTE]

It doesn't hurt. But I'm the fucking guy that has to follow them around with a broom after they make a mess of the stories. I hope some of these girls fuck better than they report. I know a couple of News Directors that have found out first hand.:spank:

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by vanzilla

It doesn't hurt. But I'm the fucking guy that has to follow them around with a broom after they make a mess of the stories. I hope some of these girls fuck better than they report. I know a couple of News Directors that have found out first hand.:spank: [/B]

Yeah, I'm sure they're not hired for their journalistic skills.

[FORD]

I'd be surprised if anybody at FAUX News has a degree in Journalism with the possible exception of Brit Hume who used to have a real job before he became a complete asshole. Some of them might have the $50 one weekend propaganda certificate that Jimmy Jeff GannonGuckert had though.

Between him and the FAUX cheerleaders, the term PRESSTITUTES has become a realistic explanation of today's media.

[Nickdfresh]

I actually trained for that world and declined to enter it, as I had never met such a bunch of unscrupulous asshole, attention whores in my entire life cloistered in one building. Present company excepted of course. And many of those were the GOOD "journalists."

But to answer the question, I'll mention one of the things that annoys me; seeing cute fucking puppies or kittens getting rescued or something. You know it's just a lazy, shameless way to fill time and video space with meaningless shit that has moron appeal!

[fe_lung]

I'm ripping off some comedian (Lewis Black maybe... or Miller) but it's totally true:

They run these fucking teasers: "Is you grocery store selling toxic food? The story at 11" - Well, how about fucking telling us now. I gotta serve dinner to the wife and chitlins.


Add to that the media wide drive for "the exclusive" that just pisses me off and leads to bad journalism. I still think that this was at the heart of the whole cbs/guard memos thing. We gotta get it on the air NOW! It's an exclsuive! Don't wait to check facts. Don't stop to ask if it even fucking matters. Just run it!

I remember when Diana died. CNN ran hours of footage of the entrance to that damn tunnel. WHY? There was no new information. Move on to something else! Then, to make matters worse, they had an exclusive interview with..... TOM CRUISE. What the fuck? Was he there? DId he kill the bitch? Then who fucking cares what he has to say.... oops, forget, it was an exclusive interview... I guess it's newsworthy then!

[Carmine]

Originally posted by vanzilla
I hope some of these girls fuck better than they report. I know a couple of News Directors that have found out first hand.:spank:

pics....video...????