Eat News

...and in 6 months Toledo will be reduced to 1 or 2 MMJ's. Just wait and see.

If MSNBC thought Olbermann could generate even 1/100th of a ratings point then he would be on the air again with his tired shtick. He is a giant liability, and nobody wants to have to defend him publicly anymore. The only way he can get MSNBC to re-hire him would be under 2 conditions. *He has to work for free. * He has to keep his mouth shut.

It's a 4 day weekend and NBC did have someone ready....she was just on the west coast. You have talent, techs,producers and writers still on the clock in L.A. when the story broke....while NYC has maybe one person manning the phones at 2am on a Saturday morning. Money is tight now, so it means nothing special that a late breaking story is handled by L.A.

Local News Trash= LNT

How many 4g, 5g or 6g data and voice channels can be supported by that frequency allocation, in a very isolated cell market... that does not show much growth over the next 10-20 years? I don't know the answer to that, but I would think that has to be an equation being considered in all markets. Sure a big city will eat up all that spectrum, but what about smaller areas?

Thank you, That is what I wanted to know. Sometime stations get stupid and "try" strange stuff out.

Yes... Very aware of that. That's the reason I asked.

Does anyone(gn heads) know weather WGN was ever allowed to play with the "Worlds Greatest Network" moniker or branding? Ya, ya I know it's not a real network...but was it ever attempted?

Or even worse... a stock newsroom shot... ... from Getty Images...or ....Google royalty free.....

In San Diego it's called The Now... Just ad a few red noses that honk...and some scary digital clown drawings that scare the mommies....just like The Now. How many The Now/ Cracked spin-off's can YOU create?

If the media wants it's credibility back ...then ABC should lop-off a few heads. It's not like ABC hasn't been caught doing this in the past.... http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1994-02-16/news/9402160348_1_cokie-roberts-in-washington-capitol

Well Mendes has been shamed by FTVlive... http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2016/11/9/more-props-please

If it's about guns....I hope it's not a prop. (emoji banned)

It's a story about the Sheriffs dept wanting new vest, pretty straight forward story that just had to be "jazzed up" by a shaky shot sans tripod. I call it... "Mexican EarthQuake Cam".....the shot just wanders...and wanders.... Oh, and Matt looked just adorable in his friends vest.

I would honestly say something...but I don't need the FBI at my door later today. Previewing a stand-up...waste of electrons....and count Mendes as one of the crappy 10 latest hires.

Who decided to pull out the police line tape in the first place? Let's start there...and work thru the field producer, reporter, AND the show producer /ep back in the booth in NYC. The show producer knows where the reporter is, and what kind of access there is. If I as the producer see's that the reporter is in front of police line tape, then my next question is "can you give me a shot of some (police) activity?" If the reporter says "no" the there is some explaining to do because my next question is gonna be... "How far are you from the scene...where exactly is this police line???" If that reporter does not have the answer to that question , or the producer never ask...then we got major problems. *Fire the Reporter (probably a freelancer anyway)...she stood if front of it, and SHOULD have known better. *Fire the Field Producer(another freelancer) because she is paid to be smarter and wiser then the stupid reporter...and should have KNOWN better x10..... (Freelancers don't really ever get "fired" they just MIGHT not get called back.) Don't fire the crew... Even though it's probably the Photographer that had the yellow tape stashed in his goodie bag.. he gets a pass because the Field Producer and Reporter probably went ga-ga when they saw he had it. He can claim he was over-powered by the Reporter and the Producer and had no choice in the matter( he will work again)... Fire the Sat Truck operator... The truck operator is like a super hero at the live location...he is supposed to see and hear all. When shit goes sideways, he instantly steps up to save the day.....so that "all my work another day." As we can see in the picture...the poor Sat-Truck-Schmuk is ASLEEP in the truck! Bastard disrespected all live/ sat truck operators, field producers, engineers and photogs. Take no prisoners....eat news.

No, it's the Scripps "Stories That Matter" garbage. The ND and producers all follow the same mantra. Here is the text of a poster that is hanging in the KGTV conference room... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10 News Stories that matter *Drought (needs updating) *Crime in my Neighborhood *Quality of my kids education *Making Ends Meet *Making the most of my (limited time) *Being the hero of my own life *Feeling positive about my world. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What a wonderful inspirational poster. (gag) Be a friggin Hero?

First off ... Thank God they are in a hiring freeze because the last 10 on-air hires in San Diego have been complete DOGS! As in crappy reporters that chase dog bite and senseless garbage stories. It's the "Awe shucks" ...it's another stolen porch package with crappy suspect video..and a prop driven lamer stand-up. Stop the pain! Second.... They are rolling in the dough...and I expect a nice return on my media portfolio this quarter ,so they better kick-down for us "investors". I have NO shame.

And the coup de grace... Regional hubbing of local sales... Oh they wish!

For all you die hard Skilling heads, here is the link to those Little Skilling Halloween pics. Awwwwwwwww http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2016/11/1/and-another-one

Just love the live Don Pardo open announce.

Meanwhile back at the frozen banana stand.....

It's not an overreaction to hold so-called 'Journalist" to the "Ethics" they claim to subscribe to...or to have studied and fully understood . How about we give these Social Media Queens a basic test in Journalism and Ethics, instead of a piss / drug test as a condition of employment? These idiots were fired for all the right reasons. Live by Facebook... Die by Facebook...

Working Title... 2 to Crow About

It's not really an issue with the talent because it's already built into the contract or Personal Service Agreement(PSA) to stay late in most cases. The problem is that nobody wants to pay the tech crews(union mostly) overtime. NYC pays tech the most in the country, and so the bean counters with the pointy heads have to decide in advance where to budget O.T. Since all these shows now often run late...somebody has to decide where it's competitive to run a live late show, or run canned. Some idiot gets paid a lot of money...to keep those OT hours down to a minimum.