If You Did This, May You Rot in Hell!, Can’t See the Forest for the Trees and Spraypainting Dead Animals on the Road.

“May he rot in hell!“  That’s not something you normally hear from a news person on the TV or the radio.  But that’s basically what was proclaimed by a news type in St. Louis who was reporting on a local crime.  Here’s the story from St. Louis.  Granted, the crime was horrendous.   A six year [...]

Do You Know When You’re Watching a VNR on TeeVee News?

I would venture a guess that most people outside the TV news business DON’T know what a VNR is.  VNR stands for Video News Release.  Some are pretty straight forward and you have a really good idea of who it’s from and what they are pushing.  Others are more subtle and could pass for a [...]

Now I Know Where to Go for My Breaking News in Memphis

Anyone who knows me knows I do a fair job of keeping up with what’s going on in the news locally and nationally. Oh, I still have trouble saying the name of the president of Iran but I know his name and what he’s about. When news breaks and I’m around a computer, [...]

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

So I’m listening to a report on MSNBC with Mika Brzezinki about the president of Iran and his visit to the U-S.  She was talking with Joe Scarborough (no this wasn’t on the Morning Joe show) about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and how it appears that the U-S is on the path to war with Iran. 
Some [...]

News Channel 3’s Andy Wise Ends up On HIS Side!

Man, I leave town early for a weekend in Nashville and it turns out I missed all of the fireworks in Memphis.  It turns out that WREG’s Andy Wise whose aggressive reporting and bulldog tactics helped establish the station’s “On-Your-Side” slogan, was, according to Wise and witnesses, attacked by a man they were covering as [...]

The Show That had West Tennessee (and perhaps the rest of the country) Talking and What Happens in the Hood Should Stay in the Hood.

I’m no longer a virgin. I finally watched my first Oprah show. Of course it was TIVOed. But, what was the topic you ask? Oh come on folks. It was the topic that probably gave Oprah some of her biggest ratings of the summer season if not the year. [...]

How About That Expanded TODAY show, How to REALLY Imbed your Logo on Your Video and Why I Still Can’t Watch Anniversary Coverage of the 9-11 Attacks

I must have missed all of the hoopla about the Today show expanding another hour on most of your NBC stations. I was out of pocket and didn’t get to see what it looked like although I was told that Matt and Meredith don’t have to stick around for that hour. Maybe they [...]