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TSN too risque for me

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MikeShannon914

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I mentioned on the other Texas State Network-related post that this morning's story they did about the South Texas inmate who was found (by x-ray) with a cellphone "hidden in the nether regions of his anatomy"...well...I thought I'd heard everything until their hourly newscast two hours later, when the "news" anchor used this as the LEAD STORY and changed the verbage this time, to the man having the cellphone hidden (and I quote) "where the sun don't shine." Call me prudish, but what a stupid story to report to begin with (AND to lead off your "news"-cast with) and then go into such graphic detail and with a weak 30-yr old cliche. I could have done without the description, thank you, and having a little common sense of my own, could easily figure out where the guy might have put the phone, long before the "news"caster told me. I don't think Porter Randall, John Moncrief OR Joe Holstead would have dared "go there" with a story like that, tho it'd probably made for a good joke around the station. But who am I...I think about the older listener in Little Town, Texas, who has no other source on the radio to rely on for news, and has to hear this kind of thing, and especially from an old, reliable, trusted franchise like TSN. Shameful and pathetic.
 
Yes, shameful indeed. The anchor should have said it was "hidden in his keister". That's something the old folks could have understood. ;D
 
Hmmmm... 5 bucks says the folks at KEOM will be, ahem.... well you know, over this one. Makes you wonder how one of the student DJ's would have handled the story.
 
The hillbillies in Huntsvile (sic) were probably whooping it up though.

Good thing it wasn't an 80's phone.
 
Actually, that was a big story, mainly because a couple of weeks ago all state prisons went into lockdown after it was discovered a prisoners family snuck in a cell phone which an inmate used to make terroristic threats to a state official.

As a follow-up story in the state of Texas where this incident occurred, it is not a stretch to think this could be a lead story on a statewide newscast.

As for the descriptive nature of revealing exactly where the cellphone was discovered on this inmate after the lockdown and search of every facility in the state a few weeks ago, it also lends to the story of how one could retain one in a prison after such an exhaustive search of the facility had been made.

If using words like "where the sun don't shine" is offensive to a listener, well, it is probably time to "crawl out from under that rock" you've been under for a few decades. It ain't the 50's anymore. If the anchor had said "hidden in his a**", or "stuck up his b***", I'd agree with you that that was inappropriate.

To compare this with what Porter Randall or John Moncrief might have done in their time on TSN is a little silly.
And frankly, I used to listen to both of them a lot years ago, I think either would have enjoyed doing a story like that very much!
 
Sorry Steve, but I guess you don't have an 8 year old and a 6 year old on your hands. That story is too rated x to be on the news. If it was such a big story in your opinion, then why is TSN the only media outlet to report on it? The Dallas Morning News sure didn't, at least not that I saw from glancing at their website.
 
Was Cecelia Nasty the reporter? ;D
 
Forget whether it's appropriate. It's just not that interesting.

If you're going to break the line of good taste, break it in an entertaining way at the very least. I'm not advocating the someone do it--and think it's moronic for any entity wanting to be taken seriously as a source of journalism--but for pete's sake, don't come at me with that third grade potty mouth.

And, it's not good journalism, in my opinion. It's burying the salient story under the sensationalism of where the phone was hidden. If you take the rectal activity out of the story (ie, imagine it had been hidden in his boot) is the story still worth doing? If so, you mention it as a kicker.

If not, and you lead with it, you're a poster child for ruining serious news about pertinent issues. Might as well be on Entertainment Weekly or Jerry Springer.
 
Rectum, dang well near killed em ;) The comment wasnt that bad. Ive heard worse on oprah..
 
Rectal cavity is probably the best way to describe it...
How about the John Bobbett story? Best I could come up with was 'dis-membered'
 
...ACTUALLY... I do have an 8 year old...and a 12 year old. I'm sure they both would have giggled upon hearing that...as did I.
This isn't the Edward R. Murrow era anymore people...yes, something in the news can be entertaining, even if it is disgusting.
 
The story was worthy of being a lead story. The way it was reported was a little odd.. maybe juvenile is the right term. I don't know.
"hidden in a body cavity" would have been suffieciently professional and accurate.
 
God, people, it's terminology.. a few damn words, get a thicker skin and GROW UP.

If I heard it, I would've laughed more then anything else.

We get too easily offended and hunt under the collar these days. There are ALOT more important things to worry about these days then a newscaster saying ""hidden in the nether regions of his anatomy" or "where the sun don't shine."

Some of you who've posted in this thread have worked in radio when alot worse used to be said on the radio years ago and you're making an ISSUE OUT OF THIS?
 
I don't have a problem with the terminology or the risque (if it's even that, it's so tame), or juvenile/vulgar nature.

It's that this is supposed to be a news story. Again, if the story is an important one regarding the other issues, then the place they found the phone should have been the kicker to the story, not the LEAD.

It sounds as if they found one element of it that was a bit titillating and went with it. And that's not news.

That's the morning zoo jock's job, and more power to him, but news? It's not human interest. It's not funny for funny's sake. It's trying to be coy rather than be the news.
 
1Letterman said:
I don't have a problem with the terminology or the risque (if it's even that, it's so tame), or juvenile/vulgar nature.

It's that this is supposed to be a news story. Again, if the story is an important one regarding the other issues, then the place they found the phone should have been the kicker to the story, not the LEAD.

It sounds as if they found one element of it that was a bit titillating and went with it. And that's not news.

That's the morning zoo jock's job, and more power to him, but news? It's not human interest. It's not funny for funny's sake. It's trying to be coy rather than be the news.
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The Texas State Network is the largest of the 30 state networks in the United States. TSN mainly distributes news and Agriculture business to more than 130 AM and FM radio affiliates across Texas.

The morning jock has nothing to do with the content. It's a feed that KEOM plays at the top of every hour.
 
Exactly. People trying to keep law enforcement from finding something have been placing it there for centuries.

A news organization shouldn't be leading with it. Let the affiliate have all the thrills and fart humor joys of it all. (I assume there is a relationship between the network and the morning guy in terms of the fact that he may be on the same station. Duh. That's a relationship. So the morning jock does have SOMETHING to do with it) Or maybe they should lose the "news" part and just call themselves Showbiz Nightly.
 
I see my point is lost on some folks. Had this been a jock making funnies or something, sure, I fully expect that. If this was Paul Harvey or some sort of EDITORIAL, I might expect it, too. Potty humor...hee hee, ha ha...yea, Howard, Bo and Jim, Selden...been there, done that. But this is supposedly a professional news organization presenting a NEWScast and going on record with something I think is pretty unprofessional. I really don't care who thinks this is being made into an "issue." There's plenty of other "important" and earth-shattering posts on R-I to read...go find them. It just shows me that nothing's sacred anymore within what's been considered a professional, respectable news organization for the last 69 years, that once had a 'bar' or fray they normally stayed above. Or maybe this is the Spittle touch, to turn TSN into a discount 105.3 ripoff, but with no Julius Graw to do damage control?

Whatever.
 
MikeShannon914 said:
But this is supposedly a professional news organization presenting a NEWScast and going on record with something I think is pretty unprofessional.
(snip). It just shows me that nothing's sacred anymore within what's been considered a professional, respectable news organization for the last 69 years, that once had a 'bar' or fray they normally stayed above.
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Maybe you just have god-awful news judgement. Eberhart thinks it was okay...
 
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