WDIV: another example of why TV news is a complete joke
It’s absolutely comical. I’m sitting here watching WDIV’s morning newscast and pretty much laughing hysterically at the sad state of the mainstream media. They’re reporting the “breaking news” of Ford’s second quarter losses and appearing like a first-time circus act performing in the dark.
First they go to their business reporter, Rod Meloni, who is standing outside Ford headquarters with nothing to report. (Huh?) On the split screen you see Guy Gordon looking at a computer at his side. (Couldn’t I do that at home without turning on WDIV?) All of a sudden you see Gordon reading through the press releases. Meanwhile, Meloni is standing there with nothing to report.
If you’re reporting breaking news, shouldn’t it have broken????
I had lost all respect for television media a LOONNGG time ago. This morning’s debacle was ridiculous—all in an effort to get it first. WDIV basically saying they had it first without even having it.
I sat there and watched as it all unfolded. Eventually, they flipped through all the press release information and got out the facts. As they were doing it, they said something to the affect of “bear with us as we read through all this information.”
Don’t we watch the news to hear or see the news? It’s not to watch them put it all together. When you buy the newspaper you don’t see photos of the reporter typing up the story. It hasn’t broke until it’s in ink. It would be like the Free Press reporting in big bold headlines: Expecting Ford Press Release Any Minute.
This is why blogs and the online media is killing the traditional media.
Idiots »
Check out this post by Eric Karjaluoto over at ideasonideas. Very well written and a dead-on view and example of today’s public relations industry.
Here’s the comment I made to the post:
A good friend of mine recently shared a quote with me:
“People get into PR because they’re allergic to work.”
That pretty well summed up my experiences with the industry. Your post is dead on. Yes, they work in an old paradigm, but the experience you share is probably more pure laziness than anything else.
PR is a very real and necessary function within any business. Unfortunately, many (not all) practitioners generally have no business sense or any idea how the media actually operates.
Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb »
(From MSNBC) So does this mean that 9% of driving-related deaths are a result of unnecessary driving? Interesting, and as the study shows, the numbers keep falling in recent months.
Here’s the flip-side…I wonder how much motorcycle deaths have increased with more people opting for the 45 mpg alternative. I’m not sure I want to see that stat.
Lookalike logos... »
Just read David Airey’s post over at Logo Design Love. He has a list of comparable logos which is pretty interesting. Check it out. It’s hard to believe when the Carrier logo was…
Fear of thieves siphoning fuel has made these locking gas caps all the rage these days. One gas-cap maker has already sold more locking caps in the first six months of this year (about 1.3 million) than in all of 2007. (per Time)
I wonder if they make these for golf cart gas tanks. We have no proof, but we suspect two carts were drained of gas a few weeks back while out for a round of golf. Four gallon tanks and people are stealing the gas. Is it really worth the effort to steal $16 worth of gas?
Inconsistent Hitters
The Tigers scored 19 runs for the third time this season. Too many hit or miss games. For every game they rack up 10 or more runs there’s a game they get shut out or held to a run. That explains why they’re only one game over .500. But, they’re only 5.5 back of the Chisox.Posted with LifeCast
Lifecast Iphone App
Trying to find am iPhone app that will let me post to this blog. Let’s see how this works.Posted with LifeCast
Batman
I have never heard so much praise for any movie quite like what I’m hearing about Batman. It’s pretty remarkable, actually. It seems there’s always a movie critic out there that wants to bash something great or praise something shitty just to get his/her name out there and go against the grind. So far, I haven’t found this with The Dark Knight.
I rarely go and see movies, but my curiosity as to why this is sooooo great is starting to get to me.
Check out this great article in Wired about the movie’s director and his efforts to make everything real rather than too touched up by digital magic.
The Shark
I’m pulling for the 53-year-old Greg Norman today at the British Open. Before there was Tiger, there were great golfers like Norman and Nick Faldo. In some respects that seems like yesterday and in others it seems like an eternity.
A new look
I really got tired of how my original tumblr theme presented my posts with different headline type depending on whether it was a feed from SOZO | Pivotal’s Does Your Business blog, a photo caption or just a plain post. It’s probably my fault. My web coding knowledge reached its peak in 2001.
So this morning I went searching for a new theme created by someone who knows what they’re doing. Here it is. It’s called Museum and was designed by Paul Giacherio.