Who knows what the future brings, but I hope our paths cross once again. I'm already missing it! Douglas is one of more than two dozen other TV anchors who have joined or left Houston stations so far this year. One of the more high profile departures included KHOU investigative reporter Scott Noll who announced his exit after six years with the station in late April. Follow him on Twitter at fernalfonso. Most Popular. I just roll my eyes and change the channels. Merriam-Webster lists humidities as a proper plural for humidity, so what do you mean by proper English?
If humidity is a noun, and it is, what is wrong with using the plural form to refer to humidity readings taken at numerous places around the area?
Well, gawwwlaay! I guess I should research before going-on-a-rant. For what it's worth, "internets" is also correct. The RFC documents upon which the internet was built frequently refer to "the internets.
But because the term sounded new and unusual to ignorant children, "the internets" became a "meme" representing ignorance when President Bush said it. My point is -- you can't fight linguistic ignorance. You can only do the right thing with your own spoken and written English.
Are you calling me ignorants? As someone who also misunderstood this story from the beginning, I think some clarification is in order. Darby is still very much employed by Metro.
Darby Douglas has been fired from Metro Networks. He worked there for 18 years and is now out of a job entirely. We have lots of media people on HAIF. If anyone knows of an opening that might work for him, let me know and I'll pass it on. I think KHOU is beginning to stink! Darby did a fine job with the traffic and I don't think you had any grounds to fire him which you did regardless of how you buttered it up to look like your were not at fault.
Uh, Janie, it's not wise to post your mailing address on a public internet forum. There's plenty of weirdos out there. I'm pretty sure "editor" will clean it up. The internet is full of all sorts of people. I agree with you on that. Lately, channel eleven anchors have been calling each other by cutesy names: Calling Courtney - Court, etc.
I find it quite annoying. I found it annoying when they started calling George R. Brown the GRB. I do find it to be unprofessional. I forget which channel I was watching, but they were doing a cover story on Dr. Edith Irby Jones a few weeks ago. In , Dr. Jones became the first black to graduate from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and she's received many different accolades since then.
She was also one of the first blacks to move into Riverside. Now, she's in her 80s and still practicing. However, the reporter kept on calling her "Edith" instead of "Dr.
Ch 11 is hardly the only media outlet in town that refers to the George R. Brown as the GRB. Everybody in town does it and it's been going on ever since the place was built. And being a member of the broadcast media, I can tell you we use it because it's handy shorthand for the full name, and it's shorter and easier than saying the full name every time you refer to it.
Good luck with that. No one is going to change the way they do things just to suit you, or stop doing something just because you "find it annoying. You may also be interested in knowing that most media members regard emails and communications like yours as one of the most annoying things about being in the news media.
GRB instead of the full name of the place is one thing, but I think that these individuals expressing criticism are noticing a pattern in our news media - first names to people news-reporter shave just met, and are talking to for whatever reason, deserve the respect of Mr. I have even heard "where they're at," "this is where he's at" in the reports.
On a different angle of critique or observation, this is not competitive for those same individuals possibly shooting for bigger markets, or national markets in their career. I don't see the debate. These have been valid observations. I am just saying that I find it annoying. I am sorry if that hurts your feelings. Just some simple honest feedback. Take it or leave it, but I see no reason for you to attack me.
And by the way, I am not posting to a media website. That there are members of the media here, that is just a coincidence. And further, I fully support the media. I am not generally a complainer of the media, I am occasionally a complainer of the management of the media, but not the reporters and journalists themselves.
It doesn't hurt my feelings and I'm not attacking you. I'm reminding you that YOU are the one with the power in this equation.
I'm saying there's a universe of news and information sources out there. Welcome to the brave new world of news and information. If a local TV news anchor does something that annoys you, switch to another station. And let the manager of the annoying station know why you left.
Now, having said that, I agree that local TV news is the pits. With only a few exceptions, watching local TV news is a terrible and painful way to waste thirty minutes. I've come to the conclusion that people who apply for jobs in TV news are given an IQ test, and the station hires from the bottom of the list.
I've covered countless local stories over four decades as a radio reporter, and I can't count the number of times I've been embarrassed at the outright brazen stupidity of the TV reporters. Long ago I reached the conclusion that as a species, TV reporters are the dumbest people on this planet.
I'm already missing it! Douglas is one of more than two dozen other TV anchors who have joined or left Houston stations so far this year. One of the more high profile departures included KHOU investigative reporter Scott Noll who announced his exit after six years with the station in late April. Follow him on Twitter at fernalfonso. While paying respects at a memorial outside of NRG Park, some attendees raised more questions about the chaotic scene not even 48 hours prior.
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