Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to disagree about Moyer -- only in that KNBC used to have the > greatest guy who ever made "news" out of nonevents. Back in the 80s, > they had a "crime reporter" named Pete Pepper who would appear live on > the 11:00 news in locations where things had -happened- only -hours- > before. Of course, by the time he hit the air, the carnival had long > since left town, but he assured you that things actually had gone down > sometime before he got there.
Oh, that's every station in Dallas, every single night of the week. Why they feel the need to use a bazillion dollars worth of technology to show us a reporter in a dark parking lot outside City Hall to tell us about a routine announcement by the mayor from 8 or 9 hours before is a mystery, At least when it's storm damage or a burned building then there's something to see. But most of these stand-ups are live from just outside some building that's been closed for hours and there's nobody to interview and nothing to show us. On the other hand, deploying reporters across Texas to let us know that rain is wet, snow is cold, ice is slippery, and wind is windy is almost *always* hilarious. This clip of Valeri Williams from WFAA is legendary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixo7U9sZW6I -- Ed Dravecky III http://www.fencon.org/ -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
