SUNDAY NEWS

Some interesting stories...PM Manning moved into his new mansion, a female coast guard officer allegedly killed her boyfriend, cane farmers demanding that the cabinet obey court orders, Christmas parties galore, etc.

One of TV6's first stories was that the PM had a simple ceremony to move into his new house. Good that we actually saw some shots of the PM inside the house. Cut to CNC 3's version...the PM arrives at the house, ceremony outside, guard of honour, flag unfurled, end of story. Whoa! Not even a shot inside the house? Nope! Steups.

We'll stick with CNC for now. Once again, here's a call for some voice training for Samuel McKnight. He had an interesting story on how high food prices are affecting shoppers at the markets, as well as vendors. But then he said something about "or-nions"! Oh gosh boy!
And later Shelly read the first few lines of a story about the PM.
"Disappointment at Balisier House as the Prime Minister failed to show. The event was the PNM's annual children's party...".
Drama queen, who wrote that script? The first thing that comes to mind is the man missed some important meeting with his party head honchos or with the opposition. You think the kids were really that disappointed? They saw Santa Claus. Maybe their parents were disappointed?

Onto CNMG. Golda Lee, please ask your amateurish cameraman or the person who did that interview for you at the St Jude's home not to say "uh huh" or "yeah" or "ok" after every sentence from the interviewee. It's very distracting, and you can't get a good soundbite without hearing those affirmations.

And finally, we'd like to recommend breathing lessons for the guy who sped through that package on the West Indies beating South Africa in the 20/20 cricket tournament. You know what he sounded like? He begged someone for a ride home to eat his Sunday lunch and they were parked out in the street with the engine running, so he had just one minute to get through his script or they would leave him behind.
He clearly did not listen to the final take before he sent it in for editing. Nor did the editor pay attention to the finished product.