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Enlighten me... What's the issue?

Would be strange to hear Charlie there after their longtime voice of News 8, not only because the current announcer has voiced WFAA's newscasts for so long, but also it would be Charlie's *third* station (after KDFW and KTVT) if he were brought on at WFAA.

"That Sheriff and his deputies so close to those wildfires and evacuating all those scared residents"... It just doesn't sound correct. It's not even that's it's a different style of writing (I'm not sure just because the words make some sense together it becomes a style) so much as its the antithesis of like 70+ years of broadcast writing... Maybe because crime is half of what it was 20 years ago the news organizations feel the need to grab attention with overhyped and over sensationalized copy and stories that matter way less than they make them seem?

Lauren Johnson will also sometimes do the 9AM hr with Mike and Alex, but I think she's currently on vacation. Jenn Frederick did the 9AM hour at the desk today. Sue also does later weather hits on the hour. I don't know if they're pre-taped, but I've seen her do updates as late as 3PM. That's a long day.

I think we have another Jim Gardner reaction shot for the archives. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10156107947590094

Ok, so watching today's program, I've had some time to see how the show is doing and how each co-host is doing. First of all, Joy moderated on Friday and I think it went pretty well and will improve even more over time. It was REALLY nice to have the program without Whoopi. Whoopi was great when she started on the View but she really is just over powering and too much now. I hope that ratings on Friday's when Whoopi is off are better than the other days so executives can see that it's time for Whoopi to go. Michelle Collins needs to go, I feel like they added her to fill the "comedy spot" that Joy left, but now that Joy is back, they just need to ditch Michelle because she contributes nothing to the program and her comments are just off and most of her jokes are just bad. Someone put it best on Facebook, she brings the level of smart conversation to a low. Paula Farris is doing a great job, she is truly filling her role as the "news woman" on the program and she is doing great so far. Raven while not the brightest of the bunch adds that "pop culture" and younger generation to the table. So she shouldn't be on the politics segments and all but she does add something to the show. Sherri filled in today since Cameron is out until November and Whoopi doesn't do Fridays. Sherri did a good job, her contributions were great but since she left as a regular co-host, she just seems like she isn't contributing as much and sits there. Hopefully this changes as she is on more and more as a contributed. Finally, Anna Novarro was on the program today for a political segment and did a great job. She was funny and smart and it was a good part of today's program. The episode can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9ceCA91nQ If you ask me, an ideal set up would be Joy moderating with Sherri, Cameron, Raven and Paula. I'm sorry this post was so long, I hate long posts but I just wanted to break the show down to it's parts.