Random Thoughts

I'm going to die. Do not know how. It could be something in the water that could make me sick. It could be sex offenders could be living in my neighborhood. It could even be the truck drivers who fly down DIEWAYS Louisville! How do you know all this? Local news, of course. Back in the old days of my youth, local news was a matter of 18:00 / 23:00 where reports are still shot on film. Weather "girls" made the weather forecast in magnetic maps of the United States, and the radar was more like a video game Pong. In my 36 years, local news grew from these humble beginnings in flashy matters, many hours that is hardly distinguishable from their counterparts in the network. But improved technology and more time devoted to news has not necessarily improved the presentation of local news reports. These are things I can not stand news.1 premises) could die tomorrow! Tonight at 6! - It seems that there are at least one station in each network has its own staff of Don LaFontaine who booms "Would the water from your faucet to be killing their children a sip at a time?" In their promotions. The stories themselves usually the amount to be local packaging of national stories about water quality or some other random minor threat that could be found in the pages of science in a cable news network. 2) King Cobra Sweep Triple Action Super Quad quick action of long-term Doppler radar - In the days when the weather made the maps a bit more technically sophisticated than your child place magnetic letters on the refrigerator, which had problems to predict the weather more than 12 hours in advance. Thanks to the latest in sophisticated Doppler radars, our local stations now have the ability to obtain 3D weather. While it is undisputed that the Doppler radar has proven to be a savior in areas prone to tornadoes, forecasters would be good to each local station, touted as the biggest, baddest better and with more experience can get the correct time occasionally. 3) women anchors Bobblehead - Bobblehead is the custom of shaking and nodding his head when reading a story. If you have never noticed, now look. Because once you notice it, it annoys to no end. It's like they're trying to shake the words of his mouth. And just to females, since it seems to be the biggest offenders. 4) The attack of Ted Baxter - Another key component of news promos and intros is the serious and angry looking anchor or reporter. One of our local news stations did a promo with investigative journalists several months ago that he had every one of them lurking in the shadows with a half frown on his face. They looked more like one of us who Goodreporters. Fortunately, two of the journalists quit so I had to take a new direction. Now also carrying baseball bats. 5) The mayor of our city die, but first see our correspondent visits the set of "According to Jim" - The promotion of the network that passes as news is big on local stations. But is it really so important that my local anchor Mary Hart replace a stupid puff piece of what Courtney Thorne Smith thinks that is great about your job? 6) live broadcast of the Dead scenes - I can understand the remote control where the news just happened, but honestly, is it necessary for a journalist to give me a concert at a distance from the scene of an accident that occurred three days ago ? Is this "CSI"? Does the journalist to stumble on the crucial piece of news that could break the story wide open, just by being there? 7) Cabin Fever Theatre - The great thing about snow storms is that they tend to stick inside. With nothing to do.And then the cable goes out. And if you use the antenna to pull on the ghost of a local station. And they discover that they are devoting to 8 hours of live coverage on the fact that the snow is falling from the sky, people are stuck inside, and that the cable is out. 8) It might be nice if they were in Heelys - Another thing that gets me is the reporter on the street. Somewhere, years ago, a reporter decided that the news was not any good position yet. If you could add a little walk toward the camera, the story would be that much better. So now we have reporters wandering, as history tells us, trying to show how wonderful it is in memory of his script and another engine skills.9) Please! Stop running! Why not tell us why you are selling fakes scrapbooking materials? - At a time when most of the press corp the White House is nodding to whatever the increasingly creepy, Tony Snow, said, perhaps they should turn to local news channels. Here in Louisville, we had several Donaldsons in training, chasing the shadow businessmen guilty of crimes large and small. But why is that they seem to be good with grilled these guys, but not to ask tough questions for local officials? 10) We'll have to come for you at 5, 5:30, 6, 7 and 11. News How much can produce real city? Is it really that vital to have 4 to 6 hours of local news of the day? And if you are going to report a story, do not give me details of a brutal decapitation center in the news at 5, followed by "What gruesome discovery led to the police about the eyeballs in this severed head? Get the 6. "Seriously. Get rid of the child's history of selling furniture pipe cleaner if necessary.