n Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > There apparently was an issue with the delay that FNC had been using > during > > the chase (this is news to me, as I was operating under the basic > assumption > > Kevin mentions below - don't delay the news). Regardless, Shep > apologized, > > as I think he should. > > The comment was also made on Gary Lycan's Facebook, hence my rebuttal: > > "the only need for any delay in news programing is if those producing > it can't do their jobs effectively. Years ago I lived in Washington > state when it experienced a 5.0 earthquake and local stations had no > clue how to cover the story. Had they simply called an LA station, > somebody could have faxed them the playbook. Same with car chases. My > guess is FoxNews borrowed a local feed and the Arizonans don't own a > car chase playbook. If someone is to be blamed here, it is the people > on the job who don't know their metaphorical ass from their > metaphorical elbow. Hire skilled people and this never sees air." > I would be interested to get confirmation of this. As I say, I have heard local news producers from Los Angeles report at a conference that it was part of their "playbook" (I don't recall if that was the actual term used) did include switching to a delay in the end stage of SOCAL car chases. -- 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
