The fate of aviator Steve Fossett is no longer news. But it was on the night I tivo’d a program on the local ABC channel. When I watched it days later, I was both appalled and annoyed by the information ticker that appeared with a story they would run with the late news. It reads: “Wreckage spotted? Steve Fossetts stuff found”.
Allow me to gripe!
First, let’s start with the smiling anchor team bringing the confirmation of someone’s death. Shouldn’t they have an alternate image on hand when the words they are posting onscreen aren’t so good? And is this really news worthy of a program interruption? It’s not like his remains were found in the Koolau Mountains here on Oahu. He was found where they’d been looking for him for a year. Next, the use of “stuff.” A little respect here, please! That “stuff” turned out to be his remains.
And finally, a grammar goof. More proof that the public schools here might be as bad as they say. I’m guessing that the affiliate has one person entering the ticker text and a second person does not proofread. But they should. It was all I could do to not take a Sharpie to our TV set and add that missing apostrophe. But as noted in a previous post, it’s our only set. Marking it up would not have gone over well with my better half.
Editor’s note: Sorry for that weird, orange glow donned by actor Peter Krauss. It's not a spray tan gone bad. When I’m too lazy to import photos into Lightroom, another editing tool does this when I crop images.
Allow me to gripe!
First, let’s start with the smiling anchor team bringing the confirmation of someone’s death. Shouldn’t they have an alternate image on hand when the words they are posting onscreen aren’t so good? And is this really news worthy of a program interruption? It’s not like his remains were found in the Koolau Mountains here on Oahu. He was found where they’d been looking for him for a year. Next, the use of “stuff.” A little respect here, please! That “stuff” turned out to be his remains.
And finally, a grammar goof. More proof that the public schools here might be as bad as they say. I’m guessing that the affiliate has one person entering the ticker text and a second person does not proofread. But they should. It was all I could do to not take a Sharpie to our TV set and add that missing apostrophe. But as noted in a previous post, it’s our only set. Marking it up would not have gone over well with my better half.
Editor’s note: Sorry for that weird, orange glow donned by actor Peter Krauss. It's not a spray tan gone bad. When I’m too lazy to import photos into Lightroom, another editing tool does this when I crop images.
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