PRESENTER BITS

Well everyone (almost) got a piece of the action on election day. We had lots of people that we would normally see in the evening out on the streets in the morning, like Curtis Williams, Naette Lee, Neil Beekhee and Satesh Mahabir. Keisha David was the only one out and about for TV6 in the morning, yet she was also out live for the evening results. Where was everyone else in the morning?

Later in the day, Sherwin Long of C News introduced us to a new style of reporting - the stand up, sot, stand up, sot, stand up story. Sherwin interviewed several people in Toco Sangre Grande and decided we should see him more than anything else. There was not even a shot of people entering or leaving the polling station. Steups! He probably told himself this is the night for the highest viewership for the next five years so he better make the most of it.

Then CNC sent Roger Sant to Balisier House. Eh? What's up with that Rosemarie? Nepotism stepping in? OK so you had Shelly on set coordinating things with the results and the live interviews and tossing back to the studio panellists (and shouting at the viewers). So what happened to Sampson? Media Watch is throwing out the question. Where is Sampson? Ok so we heard him on the Panday story, but he's not good enough for anything else? Don't you think he's suffered enough? Just shows up your lack of staff.

Then over at TV6, again we see Keisha David at the COP headquarters in the evening. Keisha we hope they at least let you get some rest during the day before you went to Chaguanas. But someone should have asked you to wear a jacket before you did your live reports.
And again as Media Watch predicted, there was no way the powers that be could leave out Bobbi Jeffrey Hicks. She handled the PNM at Balisier House. Charlene Stuart was in San Juan Barataria. Not sure why they pulled her off the PNM beat. But Bobbi now that the election is behind us, let's see what other uses they will put you to.

And there was a Freudian slip from Sasha Mohammed on more than one occasion when she said the UNC candidates were going to Rienzi Complex to celebrate victory. Then she caught herself and said they weren't going to celebrate winning the election just yet, but their individual victories. She did the same thing on Saturday at the Aranguez rally when she kept referring to it as the "Victory Rally" and not saying that this was what the UNC was calling it. Tut tut Sasha.

Oh, one person we wish we did not have to see was Judy Raymond on the TV6 set on Morning Edition. Andy, please do not subject us to her again. Judy we liked you better when we didn't have to see you sneering at us for the entire interview. Andy cajoled and smiled with you, even trying to make light of pulling you out of your bed early, but you just sneered throughout the interview and spoke in a nasal voice. Steups! Who held a gun to your head to keep you on the set? Well we'll think about reading your column from now on.
And Judy, we hear there's a flat iron over at 11A Maraval Road!