nynewsjunkie 13 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Watching a few broadcasts with Kristine reminds me of Lynda Baquero. I noticed that Lynda trips over her own words a lot- just like Kristine. What I don't understand is why they would allow that to happen. There are plenty of professsional anchors who very rarely flub. Lynda Baquero and Kristine Johnson flub a couple times each broadcast...or so it seems. Also, their tosses to the weather is usually horrid. Just my observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsWatcher 6 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I want to know why did they hire her, when in a couple of months she's going to go out on Matertiny leave. I wonder who will take that spot while she's gone...hmmmm maybe a new hire?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunditWannabe 0 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Well, Ann Curry screws up pretty much every day on Today. Guess flawlessly reading the TelePromTer is no longer a qualification for anchors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertywcbs 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I want to know why did they hire her, when in a couple of months she's going to go out on Matertiny leave. I wonder who will take that spot while she's gone...hmmmm maybe a new hire?!?! It would suck if Mary Calvi had to fill in, like odds are probable in my opinion. Dana and Mary lead fill ins, possibly Cindy if she is still there a couple times, and Kate a couple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canitgetanyworse 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I can't watch her. I don't know what it is....can't describe it but it's the way she speaks. Very deliberate, lingers on vowels and lingers on consonents that end words. Almost sounds like she's on valium. And based on her quick- witted tosses and retorts (NOT) I wonder if she is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newscopter7 200 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I just watched the first part of WCBS' noon news. It's hysterical. I can't believe that they think that their current team is in any way an improvement over Roz and Mary. I guess WCBS has just decided to give up. Nobody watches our news, so let's have nobodies deliver the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canitgetanyworse 0 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Chris and Krisitne tonight at 11:45 (ran late because of football) Too bad I stayed up. They are bad. She is AWFUL....nuff said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsWatcher 6 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 It's really a shame how bad she is...I just got finished watching the 11p broadcast with her filling in for Dana and she is horrible, she trips over her words, she's just over all Bad.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunditWannabe 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 There's something about this woman's voice and the way she reads that drives me nuts. Can't quite put my finger on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsWatcher 6 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 There's something about this woman's voice and the way she reads that drives me nuts. Can't quite put my finger on it... I know EXACTLY what u are talking about...She should have stayed on the over nights where no one was awake to watch her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertywcbs 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I'm surprised at how much better she did reading the news for Early Today. But she had horrible banter there as she still does. But really, she didn't stumble over words nearly as much as now. Granted, I usually watched the CBS Morning News over that and only saw her a couple times... but really.. she needs to fix her presentation for local news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2idiots 21 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 All i can say Kristine was a horrible fill in for Dana Tyler last night at 11. They should have chosen Mary Calvi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I wish they could have had Cindy Hsu fill in but I guess that isn't likely to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertywcbs 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 They are trying to promote Kristine's position by using their highest rated newscast, sadly, the 11pm news, to showcase her to get people to watch noon & 5 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYnewsFan 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Isn't it amazing that management would think that since viewership is higher at 11pm, maybe showcasing talent from an earlier newscast would translate into higher ratings elsewhere? Do they seriously think that if a viewer watches channel 2 at 11 they never put on channel 2 at noon or 5 - even once just to sample. If you watch channel 2 news at 11 you probably have seen channel 2 news at some other point as well and are at least mildly familiar with the talent. I think most viewers do check out the other stations at some point even during commercial breaks just to see what the other stations are doing. In this case we don't watch at 5 because she is no good, and putting her on at 11 just reinforces not to bother watching at noon and 5. We know when she anchors. There are enough commercials touting her arrival at the station. Just let Jim anchor solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morningnewsfan 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I think the strategy is to make Kristine more familiar to the viewers. They realized that nobody knows who she is. The more she anchors, the more familiar the viewers get with her (assuming that they don't change the channel first). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertywcbs 0 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Just let Jim anchor solo. They took your advice the past two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Just let Jim anchor solo. They took your advice the past two days. Until a few months ago, Dana and Jim tended to anchor solo when one was off. Now they really like to showcase Chris and Kristine. Earlier this week, when Dana was out, Kristine filled in. But now that Kristine is also out, they have been letting Jim anchor solo. This particularly annoyed me on Wednesday, when Cindy was at the desk with Chris at the end of the 5pm show. It would have been nice having her fill in. But, as I said, it isn't about helping Jim or Dana out. Doing a half-hour newscast solo isn't terribly difficult. It's about giving their new anchors more face time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canitgetanyworse 0 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 What were those 'things' dangling from her ears last night on the 11:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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