While these things make for entertaining bloopers, the idea that we don't allow anchors to use grown up language for big people stuns me. We're in 2013 and people on TV have to adhere to the standards of the 1940s. Is there anybody who believes Anderson Cooper's or Brian Williams' first words upon arriving at the site of the Boston bombing weren't "fucking shit" or some variation of the words? I'm shocked people can use the word pregnant and don't have to appear on screen in seperate beds. Fuck and shit are commonly used words that everyone over the age of 9 has heard and/or uttered. At what point do we drop the pretense that they are somehow dirty?
On Sunday, April 21, 2013, Doug Fields wrote: > Even without the profanity, the dude doesn’t seem to read a teleprompter > very well. Maybe he’s good enough for local news in North Dakota, but I > hope he wasn’t planning on going much further up the anchorman ladder. When > you factor in the f-/s-bomb, maybe he shouldn’t even hope to get a second > chance at local news in North Dakota.**** > > ** ** > > Doug Fields**** > > Tampa, FL**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > [mailto:[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>] > *On Behalf Of *Tom Wolper > *Sent:* Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:09 PM > *To:* TV or not TV > *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] The worst way to start your news anchor career**** > > ** ** > > AJ Clemente is (was?) anew weekend news anchor at Bismarck, ND's KFYR. As > the news music played the sound from his mic went out over the air before > he was introduced. > > > http://www.mediaite.com/tv/debut-taint-new-north-dakota-news-anchors-first-words-on-air-fckin-sht/ > **** > > -- > -- > 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]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'tvornottv%[email protected]');>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
