You took a major in Communications and Liberal Arts, read the prompter with a big smile and be thrilled that someone actually employed you.
Posted on 08/11/2015 8:58:27 AM PDT by RightGeek
How many people do you know that would agree with the following statement? “I’ve had enough of the Kardashians…I’m sick of this family! (They’re) a non-story!” I believe most of us, including myself, would shout “amen” at the top of their lungs like it’s a Sunday in the South if we heard someone in the media utter those words. Well, get ready to holler.
The above exclamations are actually direct quotes spoken by Orlando-area news anchor John Brown during a live broadcast of “Good Day Orlando” on Friday.
After covering the usual local news, the show began to transition into a segment about one of the Kardashian daughters recently naming her new pet rabbit “Bruce.” (Just typing that sentence made me want to launch my fist into the computer screen where my pupils are currently fixated. Rest assured, I’m still typing, so I obviously mustered up all of the self-control in my being and refrained.) That’s when Brown interrupted the correspondent reporting the “story” in mid-sentence:
“I am having a good Friday, so I refuse to talk about the Kardashians today,” said Brown. “You are on your own, Amy. I can’t do it.”
As the program’s co-host storms off set, he can be heard off-screen shouting, “I’ve had enough Kardashians. I can’t take any more Kardashian stories on this show.”
After a replacement anchor rushes in to fill the void left on the morning show’s couch, the fed-up Brown — whose microphone stays on despite walking off set — can be heard continuing his rant away from the cameras: “I don’t care about this family. I’m sick of this family. It’s a non-story!”
The initial member of the news team that introduced the story agreed with Brown’s sentiments, but continued to talk about the Kardashians anyway.
Brown later posted video of his outburst on Facebook, saying, “Sorry I lost my mind a bit, although it was partially in jest!”
“I did feel better though after I was done though.”
All-in-all, I would say Mr. Brown kept his composure and handled the situation better than most people given the task of reading celebrity gossip disguised as news for a living.
You can watch the footage for yourself below:
Three useless Armenian chicks, one of them a porn star, who are only famous because their daddy was on the OJ Simpson Trial.
‘Nuff said.
It’s the only way to cover her big butt.
“I am having a good Friday, so I refuse to talk about the Kardashians today,” said Brown. “You are on your own, Amy. I can’t do it.”
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Poor slob. He’s probably thinking; “I did NOT go through 4 years of college and get my journalism degree just to speak about the KarTRASHians.”
Just turned 18, got a new Ferrari from some rapper.
You took a major in Communications and Liberal Arts, read the prompter with a big smile and be thrilled that someone actually employed you.
Not to mention that their mother married a guy who has decided to become a girl.
I am in disbelief at the wonder and awe American illiterates persist in fawning to the magic that is “Kardashian.”
I see that big butt girls (I suspect not her own) with collagen lips, plucked eyebrows and fake boobs and a brain like a slug and I think, “But for the grace of money and a conniving mother goes a genetically hairy fur ball of a fat ass.” If she didn’t have any of that, she’d look like a wookie.
The world of implants, liposuction, laser and electrolysis plus a sh!tload of money can do wonders. In the end, there is still nothing that cosmetic science can do for a pea brain and no education or real skills.
It's not just in American, America has spread this disease to the rest of the world.
ISIS kills girls for refusing to sexually submit to jihadis, blows up people as a new form of execution and posts videos, and the Kardashian kids’ pet name is the news story.
I keep having flash backs to Zaphod Beeblebrox, the President of the Galaxy in Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. His purpose was to be a distraction from the people who really decided everything and what they did.
I think the Kardashians are used / abused to fulfill the same purpose.
I have a dream, it’s not a big dream....but my dream is to have all of the Kardashians and Jenners together in one house, and a meteor strikes and wipes them all out, is that too much to ask?
Why is that news anchor trying to increase the ratings? He was hired to do vag-tv, not some serious news show!
A caller to a local radio talk show here made the almost identical point.
The host turned it into a five-minute rant against him for being a homophobe, as obviously the remark was aimed at Bruce Jenner.
‘Murica.
He’s thinking, “This is going to be awesome for ratings!”
Don Henley may be a flaming lib, but he nails the News Industry to a T
“Dirty Laundry”
I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something
Something I can use
People love it when you lose
They love dirty laundry
Well, I coulda been an actor
But I wound up here
I just have to look good
I don’t have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em all around
We got the bubble headed
Bleached blonde
Comes on at five
She can tell you ‘bout the plane crash
With a gleam in her eye
It’s interesting when people die
Give us dirty laundry
Can we film the operation
Is the head dead yet
You know the boys in the newsroom
Got a running bet
Get the widow on the set
We need dirty laundry
[Instrumental Interlude]
You don’t really need to find out
What’s going on
You don’t really want to know
Just how far it’s gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re stiff
Kick ‘em all around
(Kick ‘em when they’re up)
(Kick ‘em when they’re down)
(Kick ‘em when they’re up)
(Kick ‘em when they’re down)
(Kick ‘em when they’re up)
(Kick ‘em when they’re down)
(Kick ‘em when they’re stiff)
(Kick ‘em all around)
Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers
In everybody’s pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry
We can do the Innuendo
We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done
We haven’t told you a thing
We all know that Crap is King
Give us dirty laundry
I know another president who does the same thing.
The “news” IS ALL stories, very little reporting.
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