[GOP_Raider]

Most of us know this- but it’s unusual for us to hear from someone inside who is being HONEST about what they see..

It's not shocking to me as well--I work in the same industry that he does. Ordinarily I tend to bite my tongue on FR, because I never know when a coworker might get a wild hair and find out what I might say.

Quick story: one night we were in the middle of an afternoon newscast when our producer wrote a story that read "an SUV slammed into a telephone pole..." and then went on to the remainder of the story. At this point I'd had enough. Speaking while thinking, I said "could we quit saying that SUV's drive themselves into objects for once?" Our producer (who I know well enough to give him grief for his mistakes) was annoyed enough to say "yeah, and I'm going to take writing advice from an engineer."

Without missing a beat, I said "personification is for children's books, not newscasts."

[GOP_Raider]

one night day we were in the middle of an afternoon

[weegee]

Agitprop. Pure and simple. I can’t recall the last time I ever heard a newscast about a sedan hitting something or a Cooper mini. The make of the vehicle isn’t so important in those reports.

[randomhero97]

"yeah, and I'm going to take writing advice from an engineer."

Wow, I can't believe someone in the journalism industry would have the gall to say that. That individual must be too stupid to realize how much more intelligent engineers are.

[SE Mom]

ROFL! Bravo:)