Your correct one shooting after another. Now if one would take the map they always show and superimpose all those weekly, especially weekend shootings then we would see 90% seem to be within a 1/2 mile radius. Next one needs to ask just why the police are only in those neighborhoods AFTER the fact and never seem to be on any sort of patrol other than a donut patrol.
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You know, I used to really enjoy watching the 10PM News from KTVU-Oakland. Around 2001, 2002, they started losing their edge. Years later, I happened across a column from former anchor Leslie Griffith in HuffPo (this was like five years ago?) and she was making some points about the state of true journalism and mass media in our nation. In her column, she stated that she and editorial folks at FOX (who had recently taken over the news dept.) were not seeing eye to eye on a host of issues â but particularly Channel 2âs coverage of then-Pres. Bush, his war in Iraq, etc. She wanted to follow some leads and present other legitimate angles. They were having none of it. When her contract came up for renewal, they declined to renew. She said she was happy to be out of it. Besides the deliberate slanting, she was glad to not have to doll up and keep her weight so low. After reading her column, it all made sense to me about why I started feeling KTVU was slacking and going downhill. It also answered my wonderings about Griffith, herself, as I had always liked her reporting.
(Sigh).
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Same here!
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Speaking of âSighâ, I seem to recall that as soon as Leslie would say anything Dennis Richmond would loudly sigh and shuffle papers. Maybe it was just my mind playing tricks but it seemed he was pretty contemptuous of anybody besides him speakingâŚ
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I hear you.
The last time I watched local TV news, was when George Putnum [Said to one of the models for the MTM Showâs âTed Baxterâ character] was newscasting on KTLA, Los Angeles in the mid-1970âs.
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Thatâs what the current debate is centered on.
A film from the Eighties Broadcast News (hope you saw it) was about the trivialization of news and the prettification of the on-air talent. Very frustrating for journalists who could see the handwriting on the wall. They knew they were losing the battle and the larger war. Infotainment couldnât be stopped.
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LOL. Yeah, I think youâre right ⌠Dennis did seem to sigh quite a lot. Dennis also benefited a lot from Elaine Corral. Corral was very vocal when her and Richmondâs contracts were up for renewalâthis during height of KTVUâs ratings commandâshe was the much more vocal one, telling management that they deserved well more than they were receiving at that time. KTVU was an independent station, managerially/editorially-speaking, and was able to take advantage of it back then to basically let their news division to actually practice old-style journalism. Back then, they were whipping all the other stations in the news ratings â even KRON-4 in SF, themselves very good at local news.
(I was a bit of a news junkie back then as well). I really miss San Francisco, its people and its values. You canât beat the culture. I just wish I were more financially mobile. Well, at least I have those memories.
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Check your private messages.
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And, unfortunately, the corrupt governor in question was too smart and experienced to leave any written record of his criminal acts.
Two questions for Christie:
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Why do you look so unhappy with your balloons?
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Why are you such an asshole?
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Regarding Ted Baxter, I loved the moment on the Mary Tyler Moore show when he asked that episodeâs guest Walter Cronkite what words he had trouble pronouncing.
Another question: Can you see your shoes when youâre standing up?
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I didnât ask that one because I already knew the answer.
Thanks!
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Chris Christie can suffer no punishment, failure, or embarrassment too severe to satisfy me. He is as bad if not worse than Rudy Giuliani, who is one of the most despicable characters Iâve ever seen.
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What is the rationale to offer sanctuary to violent criminals? I donât see much room to debate that.
By no means am I defending treating a violent criminal with kid gloves, but this man had no record of violent felonies although heâd been deported repeatedly and snuck back in repeatedly., Hereâs a link to SF Chronicle coverage and there is a lot more all over the Web. Also, he stole the gun he used from a car owned by a BLM agent and the break in and the subsequent theft was never investigated only compounding the horror. The majority of the finger pointing is directed at the sheriff for not contacting ICE to come and get this guy and he contends he was following the outlines of the sanctuary city policy.
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I donât believe Mr. Sanchez did before this incident.
KrispyCreme to Kevin Sutherland: âSit down and shut up! Iâll exploit the corpse of your son any way I damned well please!â
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