I have not commented much on the KOBTV anchorman/reporter to-do in the newsroom. This stuff happens often and I have said on facebook, jokingly, they were probably fighting over which lost dog story with smart phone video should be the lead story. But only if there wasn't a sex related story to do first.
But a quote by the news director on the incident is very curious. She said that 25 year veteran anchor man Tom Joles was having trouble getting used to a 'modern day newsroom'. What the hell does that mean? That is the real story here and it actually might redeem Joles in my view in the long run. Of course it is really hard to tell what it was all about, but the news director should give us a definition of her idea of a modern day newsroom.
We all know local TV news is about as informative as a Guantanamo prisoner. We get 90% junk with an occasional piece of journalism. Such as Larry Barker's story on Hospital billing ripoffs on KRQE the other night.
And in the end it is kind funny to know that this all KOB stuff was made public by a newsroom employee sending off information to media gossip sites. They have their own whistle blower! Hah!
But a quote by the news director on the incident is very curious. She said that 25 year veteran anchor man Tom Joles was having trouble getting used to a 'modern day newsroom'. What the hell does that mean? That is the real story here and it actually might redeem Joles in my view in the long run. Of course it is really hard to tell what it was all about, but the news director should give us a definition of her idea of a modern day newsroom.
We all know local TV news is about as informative as a Guantanamo prisoner. We get 90% junk with an occasional piece of journalism. Such as Larry Barker's story on Hospital billing ripoffs on KRQE the other night.
And in the end it is kind funny to know that this all KOB stuff was made public by a newsroom employee sending off information to media gossip sites. They have their own whistle blower! Hah!
4 comments:
Channel 4 aired a very partisan bit on the news just before the last election that put the County Clerk in Bernalillo in a very bad light. Personally I think that had the effect desired by channel 4 and may have even turned the election. I was leery of them before that and now avoid channel 4 altogether and I do not watch channel 13 for some of the same reasons. others have been noticing the bias at channel 4, maybe that has something to do with their ratings.
I just look at the web site since I watch my computer. I want them to do a story on where the $100 million went that could have been used for public projects such as the roads.
Maybe she's saying he acts like Ron Burgundy...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorman:_The_Legend_of_Ron_Burgundy
Kayla Krattiger, NM
They are dumbing down the 'news' to tabloid stories. I cringe when I hear a 'professional' news caster use 'bucks and grand' in place of dollars. "Kids" in place of children. My English teachers would have marked by papers with a red X for using slang.
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