What Words Or Phrases Would You Ban From Newscasts?

[dhett]

Besides, shouldn't they be calling them "fetus bumps" anyway?

wow, that came out of nowhere lol.

Just doin' my job, sir. 8)

 

[jfc40ts]

[Another thing I hear that bugs me is that our news refers to network people (and others) as "7news correspondents". What moron thought of that one??? I'd really love to hear it if one of our reporters had to say, "for more on that story, we turn to 7news correspondent Charlie Gibson". Maybe someone would wake up to the stupidity of it all...
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[Rather than 7news, they'd just say "we turn to ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson" ... which is (part of) his job title.

Or, you'd hear Charlie Gibson say: "For more on this story we turn to ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross in Washington."

I don't see the difference?
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The difference is that the local station is trying to make the viewers believe that the network reporters are somehow working for the station instead of giving them proper credit. It's a lame practice which fools nobody except the mentally challenged news director who thought of it in the first place. The "Peter Principle" lives...

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

"(co-anchor) is off tonight"

I can see that, just give me the damn news!

Along this same line, here's another one....

We're On Late Tonight Because Of (Insert Event Here)

I can see that. I probably even know it. Heck, I may have even WATCHED the event.

 

[Newname]

[/quote]Along this same line, here's another one....

We're On Late Tonight Because Of (Insert Event Here)

I can see that. I probably even know it. Heck, I may have even WATCHED the event.
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Yes...some viewers can read TV listings, so they knew you would be late...others tuned in as usual and waited for the movie(or whatever) to end...and the rest are probably watching another channel anyway! :

In my area, a couple of network affiliates would interrupt the halftime shows of NFL games for local news updates, constantly assuring viewers along the lines of, 'You won't miss ANY of the game, we'll be done in a few minutes...' : Some of us would rather get 'scores and highlights' instead of two minutes of crime news(not even weather or traffic!)

 

[vibe]

"Jeez."

 

[DJ Tony]

Just doin' my job, sir. 8)

thanks for the "sir" part, I am not that old, I am only 25 lol

 

[Neil56]

I'd ban the reading all the temperatures on the weather map. This is television. I can see the numbers; you don't have to read off every temperature on the map. And it's not like the there's a big difference among them anyway. "It's 56 here, 57 here, and look, it's only 54 here...." Big deal.

Then I'd ban the obligitory banter and giggling at the end of the forecast with the anchors. "So I guess we can put away our umbrellas for now, tee hee hee..."

Okay, I'm done!

 

[DJ Tony]

As I was reading and thinking about some of your responses, I have come to a conclusion as to why if there are graphics, you hear anchors and/or reporters repeating what's on the screen, you never know, there might be blind people listening to the telecast and they don't have the opportunity like some of us do of watching what's on the screen, I think it makes perfect sense, right?

 

[ixnay]

As I was reading and thinking about some of your responses, I have come to a conclusion as to why if there are graphics, you hear anchors and/or reporters repeating what's on the screen, you never know, there might be blind people listening to the telecast and they don't have the opportunity like some of us do of watching what's on the screen, I think it makes perfect sense, right?

It does to me (God forbid that you who are reading this, I, my parents, or my stepfather or others we [or you, Radio-Infoers] love should ever become blind like my deceased, diabetic great aunt was). Remember, the guv of NY is legally blind. Me, I'm almost 47 and maybe on the verge of reading-glasses territory.

ixnay

 

[DJ Tony]

It does to me (God forbid that you who are reading this, I, my parents, or my stepfather or others we [or you, Radio-Infoers] love should ever become blind like my deceased, diabetic great aunt was). Remember, the guv of NY is legally blind. Me, I'm almost 47 and maybe on the verge of reading-glasses territory.

ixnay

Thanks Ixnay, I certainly hope that I didn't offend anyone, I was just curious about people complaining about that. If now we can all go back to replying to the original topic title of what words would you ban from newcasts, I don't want to cause a stir.

 

[DJ Tony]

OK, THIS THING WITH FANCY WORDS FOR STUFF IN THE NEWS HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. RIGHT NOW ON MSNBC THEY ARE SHOWING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON A DEATH THE DC MADAM, AND ON THE GRAPHIC IT READS "POLICE ARE GIVING A 'NEWSER'". GOD STOP IT ALREADY WITH THESE MADE UP WORDS, PEOPLE!!!!!!!