TeleCine wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:44 pm

Brian would be great in TV car ads!

He did the Auto Show gig for a while, so you’re probably right.
Brian would be great at pretty much anything he decides to do.

sinklair wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:58 am

Herm: you do realize that most GMs don’t interview for anything other than department heads and maybe top anchors. Murri is a control freak.

I’ve told you this before, I do not trust uncorroborated information from anonymous sources.

Oh I don’t know Herm. Let’s start with Murri weighing in on — and frequently torpedoing — hiring decisions made by current and former department heads. You work there and could add context. But you won’t. Keep defending the bad practices that have led WXYZ to being third place in ratings for more t...

The problem is GM Mike Murri. He’s involved in newsroom decisions that are well below what a GM should be weighing in on. Plus the goals move depending on which way the wind blows. I agree that I don’t think the issue is with the journalism or talent. They just can never stick with a plan. Like it ...

Side note; I despise the stupid roundabouts at Auburn and Dequindre. Useless pieces of shit. I agree. The other day I was on Tienken Road in Rochester and traveled through 3 stupid roundabouts between Dequindre and Rochester Road. Would you have rather caught 3 red lights? There are 2 roundabouts o...

Side note; I despise the stupid roundabouts at Auburn and Dequindre. Useless pieces of shit. I agree. The other day I was on Tienken Road in Rochester and traveled through 3 stupid roundabouts between Dequindre and Rochester Road. Would you have rather caught 3 red lights? There are 2 roundabouts o...

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:47 am

I disagree. Failure to do proper due diligence is tantamount to dispensing fake news.

This was carelessness, not a simple mistake.

If the only error were the misspelling of Dobry, then I'd agree with you.

Opinions vary

Although you are correct that the information given was inaccurate, your use of the word fake is also inaccurate.
A mistake isn’t fakery and fakery isn’t a mistake.
This is obviously a mistake.

Luke wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:07 pm

I want you to respect me as a journalist, so check out my big a$$ in a thong on my Instagram.

Seriously what is it with these people?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx8TZcVOlRB ... Z0NjJhNnNp

Also, exactly what group of “these people” are you asking about?

Where does it say that a respectful journalist can’t be photographed wearing a somewhat revealing (what she’s wearing is tame compared to what you see on most public beaches) swimsuit? It does not call her credibility or objectivity into question. It doesn’t have any bearing on her story telling abi...

sinklair wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:15 pm

It apparently wasn’t even successful in those terms since they cancelled the show. Add that to LIST of ways to get cancelled.

Or… they found an even cheaper option.

Failure is dependent on what their goals were. They were attempting to fill time for less money than it would cost to buy a syndicated show. In that, they were successful! They don’t care about quality, because no one is watching anyway. All that matters is that it’s cheaper. No one was watching be...

Advertisers won't pay for hash marks, so they dumped the List and paid a few sheckles for Extra and Mario Lopez. Exactly! Like I said, no one is watching anyway. So if no one is watching, and no advertisers are buying time, might as well put the cheapest product possible in these spots. If the math...

Failure is dependent on what their goals were. They were attempting to fill time for less money than it would cost to buy a syndicated show. In that, they were successful! They don’t care about quality, because no one is watching anyway. All that matters is that it’s cheaper.

Once, while leading up to our noon show at the Qube, there must have been some kind of medical emergency in the building because there was an ambulance parked on the street outside. The ambulance was in the background of our anchor shots. We got a call in the control room from the ND. She asked us i...