Our Honest Media Telling It Like It Is

SEVERE FLOODING-Oh My!
WATER RUSHED IN-REALLY MOVING! Oh My!
TOUGH TO CONROL BOAT-REALLY DEEP WATER! Oh?
...BUSTED! (Tip: Never try to stage a fake shot LIVE, you never know who will walk by.)
This is actually one of my pet peeves with American media: The more senior reporters may bust the chops of this junior neophyte, but I doubt they haven't done the same. They may just be a little better at it. Maybe its because I am a visual person, but the nightly news is so shallow and transparent it comes across as nothing but a waste of my time: the same video shots shown over and over - edited or cropped a little differently to stretch it out. What is the point of sending a crew somewhere if all they aren't going to go any further than the nearest parking lot of the 'on location' site. Our photographers and reporters have no interest in bringing the sights and sounds of the world to the people. They just look for a quick shot to back up their preconceived storyline. Flip over to BBC or some other MHz broadcast. The difference becomes obvious between who got out there with a real zoom lens and filmed live action, and who set up a camera and said 'Hey guys- wanna be on TV? Shoot your guns off over there and I'll film you..." How often on American news do you see insurgents/Palastinians/misc-news-subject actually taking cover from a funny thing you don't see much called return fire.
-Spoomonger (the Coconut ...a.k.a. the Right Wing Nut)