1) Overreacting to the weather. Earlier today azcentral.com mentioned that we have a "light tornado watch" which is the equivalent of me receiving a letter that I am being considered for the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes and calling myself a winner.
2) Emphasizing all words hispanic or even hispanic sounding. I am pretty sure there is not a tilde over the letter "n" when mentioning Sedona.
3) Making all stories local. There is an earthquake in Haiti so we should interview someone who has been to Haiti before.
4) Prounoucing the name Sean as "Seen". Don't be so pretentious Sean McLaughlin, you're a weatherman.
5) Running old footage of the guy who had to be rescued while driving through a wash. Don't say "this happens all the time" if the footage is a decade old.
6) Ignoring grammar and spelling. My grammar and spelling are horrendous but I don't do this for a living.
7) "On your side" reporting. We get that customers sometimes are not pleased with businesses but some of what they report as "scams" seem more like a difference of opinions over services performed. They can go after a Chinese food restaurant that messed up an order with the same vigor as a reporter busting Enron for fraud.
8) The flirty banter. "Oh Lin Sue you are too much, ha, ha, ha"...."Oh Mark, you're so funny too."
9) Running goofy clips from the internet months after they became internet sensations.
10) Mark Curtis and his Burt Reynolds mustache.
A few more:
ReplyDelete1. Adopting nouns as verbs. As in Mark Curtis saying, "They Twittered this picture to us." Bleh! I hate it.
2. The teases. "It's deadly and it's in your home." Then it turns out to be a warning about being careful with knives.
3. The constant movement between happy and sad. Just tell me what happens without being depressed and peppy.
4. Slipping in advertisements as news. Yes, I'm impressed that you make enchiladas, but it's not newsworthy that Garcias (the nastiest place in town) is opening a new joint.
5. The combo of tease and ad. "Is your cell phone dangerous?" You think it's a warning about imploding phone and then it turns out to be an "interview" with a physical therapist who deals with carpal tunnel syndrome.
6. The human interest stories. Stop trying to make me feel bad or inspire me. I don't care that a man helped an elderly woman find her long lost sister. It's cool, but save that for the Ellen show. I want to know if someone got shot in my neighborhood.
7. Practical advice that I never asked for. I don't care about getting eyeliner to go on smoothly or how to reorganize my kitchen.
8. Condescending advice. You're not my mom, so don't tell me that I should bring an umbrella. Don't warn me about driving slower in the rain.