It was a tough week for KTVU as the Fox-infused version of what the news direction might look like took full effect. Some of it good, some, not so good.
Jana Katsuyama was covering the Oakland protests and doing a live shot. During her pre-recorded package you could hear, flush out of the blue, "Shoot, let's do that again, ...'3, 2, 1...ok...'" Awkward, incomprehensible and embarrassing for sure. I could only imagine what the occasionally surly, Katsuyama, was thinking.
From a station staffer: "This never happens in the old days. Now these mistakes take place non-stop--Just ridiculous."
From a station staffer: "This never happens in the old days. Now these mistakes take place non-stop--Just ridiculous."
On an editorial front, barely two months after Fox has taken over, the style and pace of the news is beginning to take shape.
There's a lot of touchy-feel-good stories. Much too much frankly.
Suddenly, KTVU has run a pair of couples-losing-their-ring and finding it later entrees. Two in barely a couple of weeks. Sure, heart-warming, cute and sentimental, but a little bizarre and out of place. At 10 'o-clock no less. A lot more feel-good stories. Are they playing to the Walnut Creek mom? Apparently so..
Meanwhile, the abundant weather teases carry on and although there's finally weather to talk and report on, KTVU's weather tease-fetish is foolish. No less than four Bill Martin teases took place on Friday night during the "10 o'clock News." One is legit. Two is tolerable. Three is ridiculous. Four is insane. How many times can you show Doppler radar? C'mon now! Get a grip.
*KCBS has become press headquarters for Kit Yarrow. Who's she? A consumer research psychologist. Sounds fancy. Apparently, KCBS is impressed since every time you hear the radio station, seems Yarrow is being interviewed, featured. In fact, she's once again the guest on this week's "In Depth" show.
*Prediction: In a couple of weeks you're going to see and hear about too much water in Marin and all the flooding and havoc affecting businesses in Mill Valley. Oh, and the usual owner complaining that the city doesn't provide enough sand bags and how its taking a toll on his/her livelihood --gut-wrenching, time to sell the extra Volvo in the garage.
*Yes, I know I'm beginning to kvetch and bitch and moan about the proliferation of weather reports about as much if not more than the usual suspects in town it just annoys the heck out of me in case you didn't know.
*KCBS just plugged Kit Yarrow yet again. Does she have stock in the company?
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