Mario500 3 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 On WKRG’s 6:00 PM newscast, investigative reporter Tiffany Craig announced from her automobile inside the station’s garage that starting tomorrow morning she will be leaving the car in park for an entire month. “Every night”, according to Tiffany, viewers will see how she goes from work, back home, and elsewhere by other means that don’t require gasoline. She won’t even ride in her cameraman’s van, as that is considered cheating by “the boss”, or station manager/vice president Joe Goleniowski, successor to the late D. H. ‘Buck’ Long and C. P. Persons from the era of the Giddens family’s ownership of TV5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 It turns out that the boss Tiffany Craig referred to earlier was news director Dan Cates, who appeared in a taped report for the 10:00 PM newscast. It was nice to see parts of the WKRG building that viewers rarely see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 On her first day of "keeping it in park", Tiffany Craig carpooled to work over seven miles with fellow reporter Jessica Taloney after contacting her on the previous day. There was no mention of how she returned to her West Mobile home from the WKRG building in midtown Mobile. The next report airs Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 On her first day of "keeping it in park", Tiffany Craig carpooled to work... That would constitute use of gasoline. This makes WKRG the newest addition to the notorious list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted July 6, 2008 Author Share Posted July 6, 2008 Since the reporter was not using her own gasoline in the carpool, she was not cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Since the reporter was not using her own gasoline in the carpool, she was not cheating. Can't have it both ways. She won’t even ride in her cameraman’s van, as that is considered cheating by “the boss”, or station manager/vice president Joe Goleniowski, successor to the late D. H. ‘Buck’ Long and C. P. Persons from the era of the Giddens family’s ownership of TV5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted July 6, 2008 Author Share Posted July 6, 2008 ^I'm still pondering that, but it will all become clear someday. The news director may not want her using a station van outside of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Two words: Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbhcity 3 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I've gone without gas for many years....I drive occasionally, but I also use mass transit to get to work (I live in Los Angeles, mind you, and we do have a nice growing mass transit system here) and ride a bike. I think what she is doing is wise, but let's face, there are tons of people who live without Gas....apparently some people have never been to New York or Chicago or Boston, not that I am encouraging relocation to those cities, but perhaps it might set an example, d'oh...oops, my mistake, I am taking a political stance here, I'd better stop. As for gas prices, well, others pay more elsewhere and they have done it for years. The prices may be dissappointing, but's lets face it, there must be quite a few slow days in the assignment desk for reactionary stories, On your side consumer segments, and reporters experimenting with such ideas, unless there is some drastic change or something significant, like a hurricane or a Black-Tuesday-esque stock market crash, we must stop here and get to real news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 In her first full week of "keeping it in park", Tiffany Craig and her cameraman Arnell Hamilton walked two miles to the main bus stop of Mobile's Wave transit system, but first she asked for permission to bring a camera on board a bus. Part two of them reaching the bus airs at 10:00 PM. Tomorrow she will try the neighborhood bus service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Why do you keep updating us? We don't care... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsie 11 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Al Gore probably cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Why do you keep updating us? We don't care... You are only speaking for yourself as someone not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Why do you keep updating us? We don't care... Finally! Someone said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Mario, instead of all these unnecessary decriptions (as it has nothing to do with TV), you could have just put this link in your first post--there is no reason to post daily about a sweeps stunt... Toodles, Nate in FLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Not everybody enjoys a viewer's chronology of TV newscast reports, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i3tvnt 3 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Not everybody enjoys a viewer's chronology of TV newscast reports, I suppose. Brilliant conclusion as always, Mario dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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