StudioTech 13 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Well if you're Sue Simmons, with almost 30 years in the business you believe so. That's how she read a story with Avenue N in it on tonight 11pm news, even with the map of Brooklyn on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 oh no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolitan 0 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Sue grew up in Harlem, graduated from Julia Richman High School at 67th and Second and lives on the East Side. Probably never ventures to the outer boroughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2idiots 21 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I dont know if I should have mercy on her or not. When I tell people about Avenue K, they are asking me if its Avenue K with a KAY. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellyGenic 32 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Perhaps Sue went for one of her "liquid" dinners between shows.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 With almost 30 years in NYC and a map on the screen....I think Sue deserves a..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNews 54 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Maybe she wasn't paying attention to the on screen map and it was written wrong as North on the prompter. These days, I find anchors rely on the prompter too heavily. I would prefer an anchor look at the script in front on them once in a while so that they'll be alert and ready if there is something wrong with the prompter. I would say Chuck does look over his script, because he rarely makes an error, even when the prompter goes, thus which makes him a strong anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertnyc 1 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I live in Manhattan and don't know squat about Brooklyn street names. So apparently there is not an Avenue North in Brooklyn, but what was she referring to? I'm not sure how she referred to it in the story, but not knowing about Brooklyn, she could have called it by any name and I would not have known the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l14dap 1 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Perhaps it was actually written as "Avenue N" in the prompter, and she just mistook the 'N' for north? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 288 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Perhaps it was actually written as "Avenue N" in the prompter, and she just mistook the 'N' for north? Yeah perhaps she misread and understood what the prompter said. Probably was not paying attention. And she very likely doesn't know anything about Brooklyn lol. There is is nothing wrong with that haha. Just because she's a NY native and is a veteran news anchor with 30+ years in the business doesn't mean she has to know NY from top to bottom. That's why we have GPSes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I can't believe there's a whole thread dedicated to an anchor slip up of very little importance...this sort of stuff happens all the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1846 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I can't believe there's a whole thread dedicated to... Welcome to the New York board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioTech 13 Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 I can't believe there's a whole thread dedicated to an anchor slip up of very little importance...this sort of stuff happens all the time... It was a crime story, either a rape or an attempted rape (don't remember exactly) and they were showing two locations of where similar attacks happened. Important enough for you now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 You're right, news anchors never mess up important stories. My mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsguy22 59 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 This just in: News anchors are humans. They make mistakes. Back to our regular program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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