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HAHAHAHAHA! That might have been the funniest succession of jokes EVER put on this blog! I'm glad you all could share it with me. That'll be the segment that puts this blog on the Huffington Post!
Okay, on to the "not as funny" stuff:
If anyone knows me, they know I am NOT a fan of children. Especially the small ones (ages 18 and younger) who whine in the stores while I'm casually looking for printer toner to
I work in television news, and regardless of how it looks on air, it can be a VERY difficult job. From major technical problems (like losing audio and/or video) to airing RIDICULOUS excuses for "news" (like that stupid guy from North Carolina who shot his daughter's laptop...it's on YouTube...waste your OWN time looking for it), it's not always as pleasant as those plastic people who sit on our anchor desks make it look. But one of the biggest headaches? Dealing with the public. When you're out in public today, strike up a conversation at the store or Starbucks and when someone asks what you do, lie to them and tell them you work for your local television station. Then prepare to listen to 20 minutes of "oh, this happened to me/my relative/my baby-daddy" and "this story about puppies and babies would make a REALLY good news story." It can be even worse for reporters, who have to go out and speak to random people about random stories in the headlines. They're called "man on the street" pieces. Well, one station in Sacramento, California, has had ENOUGH! They're not going to put up with those fuckers on the street ANYMORE! Instead...they're asking what people who work FOR the station think...because Joe Viewer obviously gives a fuck what I think. Here's the link. Come on! Where's the fun in this??? Where's the chance I'll see someone who's DRUNK or missing twelve teeth giving what he thinks is an intelligent soundbite on the workout routines of highway patrol dogs (or something like that...I kinda zoned out at the beginning)??
Speaking of zoning out, working a morning show at a news station can be even tougher because it requires employees to walk IN anywhere from 11pm to 4am and proceed to work sometimes-twelve-hour days because managers just don't understand that even though THEY walk in at 8am, their employees have already worked at LEAST four hours (and sometimes 9). Plus, there's the chance we'll fall asleep at our desks. You think it's tough at 10am in your cubicle? It's MUCH worse in TV. Especially if you work on air. Of COURSE I have an example of this...
Though, to be fair, a lot of Fox News content puts me to sleep too. Which is why I turn to The Daily Show to get my dose of news of the day...wrapped up in 5-10 minute segments.
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Gross | ||||
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Of course, Rush knows nothing about prostitution...his "wife" gets an "allowance."
-B
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