The Miami local news women dress much like that lady, at least for the noon newscast. It all looks so casual and informal though the murders, rapes, thefts, and political corruption that are the city's hallmarks remain just as brutal and disgusting. It really makes me want to break out the letterman sweater and the cheerleading megaphone and urge the next major comet to blast this planet into well-deserved oblivion.
Kidding, of course; I want an alien race with powerful weapons to do it, like in those sci-fi movies you kids adore so much.
This is from the same country criticising the middle east for its backward thinking, repression of women and prudeness? Who are the idiots who feel the need to send in complaints. The only idiots bigger than them are the studio employees who give in to that. I guess the offended ones would be enthralled had she been covered in guns (and dare we ask, topped of with bacon?).
Just goes to show fundamentalism is still alive and all too well in the US.
I stopped watching local news back in the 80's. All that cringe worthy banter between hosts was more than I could take. BTW, I don't know if it's still a part of the FCC regulations, but the reason you have local news programming is because it was mandated by law. It was a stimulation of a business using the public airwaves. It was never meant to be profitable, but a pubic service to the community.
Between 24 hour cable news (cable "news") and the Internet, the idea that somebody gets news, weather, and sports in a half hour at a specific time of day seems woefully outdated.
Local newspapers have gotten the hint to some extent (my local one only has two issues a week, plus an up-to-the-minute website), and unless it's still under some sort of government mandate, I'd think the TV news will go that way eventually too.
Between 24 hour cable news (cable "news") and the Internet, the idea that somebody gets news, weather, and sports in a half hour at a specific time of day seems woefully outdated.
Local newspapers have gotten the hint to some extent (my local one only has two issues a week, plus an up-to-the-minute website), and unless it's still under some sort of government mandate, I'd think the TV news will go that way eventually too.
The end of TV news can't come about fast enough--hell, local TV news pretty much *began* here in Miami (WTVJ in 1949 or so).
"Let them die!"
I stopped watching local news back in the 80's. All that cringe worthy banter between hosts was more than I could take. BTW, I don't know if it's still a part of the FCC regulations, but the reason you have local news programming is because it was mandated by law. It was a stimulation of a business using the public airwaves. It was never meant to be profitable, but a pubic service to the community.
As you may recall from my tv news questions thread--perhaps others will weigh in with their theories on this:
...how come the major networks always happen to cover the same five or so stories and at the same time in their newscast? What are the chances of all those news stations seemingly coordinated for decades and decades even though they are ostensibly competing for viewers?
Also, why are there only five or so stories covered at once, for roughly the same time, and for roughly the same length of time as all news stories seem to peter out simultaneously.
Plus, why do so few "big" news events--I know there are exceptions--happen on Monday-Friday but weekends are usually quiet?
