Wednesday, May 27, 2009

I am going to vent my anger at the mistakes that our local media consistently makes

Do you ever think that if you saw something off in the way someone was doing their job that you could have done it better? Not now but at one time I used to know that was the case; when I was younger and quicker. But I still do get aggravated when our local news anchors don’t know which county an incident they just reported on a few moments before is, or the lack of ability to pronounce cities, dignitaries’ names or countries’ leaders, or even the names of countries.

It somehow just doesn’t seem right, you know what I mean? They are not volunteers they are paid professionals. Some appear to not be able to read their monitors either; I feel annoyed by that, am I so wrong to feel that way? But you argue the news is live and it goes with the territory. OK, that is true with breaking news stories, but not the prepared before you go on the air ones, which is what most of these localies (a word I created) are spewing out to their public, us and I am insulted by their lack of preparedness and professionalism at times.

But night after night localies, who should know better at least their local area names of the cities and counties involved in their stories, should be paying a dollar in a jar for each and every stupid minute detail they goof up on!

That’s the ticket, maybe then they would be more careful. What do they think, we as consumers of their media product do not notice?
And I even have an idea of what they should do with that money they collect, guess?
Take some off hour’s courses on geography, pronunciation, and diction, reading off TV monitors, and world leaders’ names: where they are and how to say their names. Huh? Sound like a sound idea?

Vent night and I got another one that might make me hated by some. I have been, as many others have been too inundated on the news with the horror of the unfortunate death of a police officer in the line of duty a year ago. He had been on the force a year, and tried to break up a domestic dispute and got in the middle without back-up, he made a mistake and got himself killed. His murderer was caught and killed shortly after. His widow and three young children have been treated very well, as they should have been by his brothers/sisters in arms. They raised over 100k for the under thirty family, I think they paid off her mortgage too and since have named a street after him and today put a plaque down where the murderous incident occurred. All well and good you say, and rightfully so; but what about all the others? The ones who served decades and did their job according to the rules and still were shot or killed by other means, where are their streets named for them, and plaques where they reached their untimely demises? Or the ones who served and protected for those decades and didn’t pass on yet or did quietly from a major illness? Not to take anything away from this young family, now with only three fatherless children and a Mother under thirty with her whole life ahead of her.
I guess I just wonder about the rest…Somehow it seems not so fair to the others, if you know what I mean.

On that thoughtful note I will say good night to all and to all count those blessings and I will too!

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