tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post892118178791347570..comments2023-03-31T23:40:42.954-05:00Comments on Revolution 21's Blog for the People: Then. Now. Panic.The Mighty Favoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-2750598876399383802009-02-03T19:18:00.000-06:002009-02-03T19:18:00.000-06:00Not since I could watch WAFB online during Gustav....Not since I could watch WAFB online during Gustav. How to describe?<BR/><BR/>How about a folksy version of "If it bleeds, it leads"?<BR/><BR/>OTOH, by contemporary mid-market, local-TV standards, Channel 9 probably isn't so awful. Ah, the soft bigotry of low expectations!<BR/><BR/>What's notable to me anymore is how sloppy TV graphics are, full of rank misspellings and sheer unintelligibility. Just slightly less notable is how illiterate the news scripts are.<BR/><BR/>Go back on YouTube, find some of the oldest *local* news clips you can and note how much better written newscasts were then. It's striking.<BR/><BR/>Slowly but surely, we're becoming a nation of dopes.The Mighty Favoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-89856319522230311662009-02-03T14:49:00.000-06:002009-02-03T14:49:00.000-06:00Jeepers. But have you seen the newscasts on WAFB l...Jeepers. But have you seen the newscasts on WAFB lately?Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014245695974803652noreply@blogger.com