THURSDAY QUICK START*Major kudos to KCBS' Holly Quan for outstanding work direct from the scene of the collapsed-balcony tragedy in Berkeley. Quan's calm reporting from the dismal locale was a welcome relief from some of the more lurid and frankly, unprofessional reports from others. I'll leave it at that.
*Major News dilemma: The grisly scene in Berkeley and the Warriors Championship aftermath began quite a dilemma for Bay Area News outlets. How do you keep to the ongoing story in Berkeley yet also cover the equally BIG and cheery Warriors' victory in the NBA Finals? A News Catch-22. Everyone did their best and it worked. Balancing acts galore.
*KTVU's Keba Arnold debuted on Thursday. First impression: B. She'll need to try to bury the cutesy persona but overall, so far, she looks and sounds perfectly FOXie.
*Friday will be dominated by the Warriors Parade in Downtown Oakland. Here's hoping the TV people get it right and get their scene-setter shots from Lake Merritt and beyond. Should be a great day. Comcast Sportsnet is going with SIX! straight hours of live programming from Oakland and Kaiser Convention Center. All other Bay TV outlets will broadcast live in addition to lots of radio stations. Welcome to the sunny side of the bay and for the moment, you can still find parking.
See ya later.
"*KTVU's Keba Arnold debuted on Thursday. First impression: B. She'll need to try to bury the cutesy persona but overall, so far, she looks and sounds perfectly FOXie."
ReplyDeleteThe type of misogynistic writing that makes this blog smell like shit often.
I happen to think it's refreshing.
DeleteOn the basis of your missive above, I checked out Keba Arnold. I like the fact that she's got just a little bit of meat on her, and she looks pretty damned hot. Keep up the great reporting, Rich!
Deleteyou get used to the smell after a few days
DeleteReferring to your own, 6:12?
DeleteI was looking at the ABC7 website and they had a headline on the Berkeley balcony collapse but used this: #BalconyCollapse
ReplyDeleteHow idiotic! First, must we reduce everything to a hashtag and second, this is a tragedy that they seem to be using to get 'clicks.' I didn't click. #BadTaste
Kgo has reduced themselves to a the laughing stock of the Bay. All orchestrated by the hens in the Web unit. Their social media account is a complete joke. 80% click bait full of puppy pictures and other nonsense. I'm sure they've convinced themselves. Their "numbers" are good but what they are really doing is destroying a once great brand. Ktvu.... Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Knock it off.
DeleteSo who the hell is this Keba Arnold bitch that warranted a Q&A in the SF Chronicle? No one is THAT good. Who's paying off who? Is this part of some ass kissing partnership?
ReplyDeleteTuesday night shortly after 11:00PM, while Pam was anchoring, KRON went off the air. Don't know how long they were down, but just before going to bed, at nearly 1AM, I checked and they were still off. And no one reported it the next day. So I guess aside from the people who work there, nobody even watches the damned thing.
ReplyDeleteHow did KGO do on the balcony collapse story? Who was lurid? It was a tough one to cover.
ReplyDeleteKeba Arnold?!? Hmph, sounds like a character from The Chappelle Show. Like what John Amos once said, "Season 4?!? Fuck You, I will not!!"
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