I've been thinking a lot about news anchors. Not because I want to be one. Oh no way. But because sometimes I think news anchors are on the edge of obnoxious. I was in my car listening to the radio when the 5 p.m. news came on. This is when I noticed what it was about the news that presses the wrong buttons. In this world of non-stop news reporting that repeats every thirty minutes, I think we should be able to ban certain words from the news anchor's vocabulary.
The word that bothers me the most is again.
This word "again" gives the news anchor a license, nay, a journalistic responsibility to repeat the news story in it's entirety. This completely surpasses the thirty minute waiting cycle before I have to hear it again. I'm sure journalists think they are doing us a favor by repeating the whole story, but lets be real. I heard you the first time. I'm no longer shocked by the news so much that I have to hear it twice. Again, I am no longer shocked by the news so much I have to hear it twice. Once again, I am no longer shocked by the news that I have to hear it three times.
Friday, May 11, 2007
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