It’s absolutely comical. I’m sitting here watching WDIV’s morning newscast and pretty much laughing hysterically at the sad state of the mainstream media. They’re reporting the “breaking news” of Ford’s second quarter losses and appearing like a first-time circus act performing in the dark.
First they go to their business reporter, Rod Meloni, who is standing outside Ford headquarters with nothing to report. (Huh?) On the split screen you see Guy Gordon looking at a computer at his side. (Couldn’t I do that at home without turning on WDIV?) All of a sudden you see Gordon reading through the press releases. Meanwhile, Meloni is standing there with nothing to report.
If you’re reporting breaking news, shouldn’t it have broken????
I had lost all respect for television media a LOONNGG time ago. This morning’s debacle was ridiculous—all in an effort to get it first. WDIV basically saying they had it first without even having it.
I sat there and watched as it all unfolded. Eventually, they flipped through all the press release information and got out the facts. As they were doing it, they said something to the affect of “bear with us as we read through all this information.”
Don’t we watch the news to hear or see the news? It’s not to watch them put it all together. When you buy the newspaper you don’t see photos of the reporter typing up the story. It hasn’t broke until it’s in ink. It would be like the Free Press reporting in big bold headlines: Expecting Ford Press Release Any Minute.
This is why blogs and the online media is killing the traditional media.