Tsk tsk C News.
Your 'Worldview' scrolling bar at the bottom of the screen for the 7pm news on Friday: Persons who witness crimes in Jamaica will now view video of suspects on ID parade "in a undisclosed location."
Friday, April 4, 2008
HUH?
Sasha Mohammed at TV6, don't forget that public officials also include persons who are not members of the cabinet, such as members of the opposition and members of the protective services.
You might want to keep that in mind when doing your "Things that make you go 'Huh'?" segment, and pick up a copy of the Integrity in Public Life Act to get the full list of people who qualify as public officials.
You might want to keep that in mind when doing your "Things that make you go 'Huh'?" segment, and pick up a copy of the Integrity in Public Life Act to get the full list of people who qualify as public officials.
WHY SO LOW DOWN?
IETV, how is it possible that your producer waited until 4 minutes to seven, (26 minutes into your half hour newscast) to run that story by Ria Rambally telling us that the man who threw the bomb on George Street on Wednesday night has been caught and that he is a member of the protective services?
This was the story that led your newscast and every other in the country just 24 hours before. Steups!
TV6 led their newscast with the update on the lawman, while CNC 3 and C News led with the police stopping Basdeo Panday from entering the Parliament building.
This was the story that led your newscast and every other in the country just 24 hours before. Steups!
TV6 led their newscast with the update on the lawman, while CNC 3 and C News led with the police stopping Basdeo Panday from entering the Parliament building.
GOOD ESSAY
Thanks C News for giving us that reading from Kester Harper, the young man who was ordered by a magistrate to write an essay on why he should not smoke marijuana.
Hopefully some impressionable young people were watching and paying attention.
And please don't just forget about him. Follow him up in a week or a month, and let your viewers know if he makes any progress.
Hopefully some impressionable young people were watching and paying attention.
And please don't just forget about him. Follow him up in a week or a month, and let your viewers know if he makes any progress.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
EXPLOSION
Kudos to the Express for scooping everyone and actually printing Wednesday's late night explosion as their front page story on Thursday.
(http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161302558)
(http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161302558)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
ALL TIMES?
TV6, your Q&A question during the 7pm news was "Who is the most decorated footballer of all times?".
Shouldn't that be "of all time?"?
Shouldn't that be "of all time?"?
WHERE ARE THE DRUGS?
Sasha Mohammed over at TV6, your special report on the "drugs drop caught on tape" was anticlimactic.
For one thing, it was shot in the dark, so we really didn't see the actual drop off or pick up. But thanks for trying to describe it.
Then there were so many different graphics all over the screen that while we tried reading them, we also had to try listening to you, and we couldn't do both.
Then your editor used a feature that made it seem as if the video was jumping off the screen when the graphic bar to the right was removed. Very distracting.
And at the end of your story we heard a piece of music. Very faint. We are guessing you were going for a particular effect, but we couldn't hear the lyrics so it was lost on us.
Tsk tsk. Could have been a winner if only...
Oh and BTW, it's best to wear flat shoes when trekking through the bush looking for drugs.
For one thing, it was shot in the dark, so we really didn't see the actual drop off or pick up. But thanks for trying to describe it.
Then there were so many different graphics all over the screen that while we tried reading them, we also had to try listening to you, and we couldn't do both.
Then your editor used a feature that made it seem as if the video was jumping off the screen when the graphic bar to the right was removed. Very distracting.
And at the end of your story we heard a piece of music. Very faint. We are guessing you were going for a particular effect, but we couldn't hear the lyrics so it was lost on us.
Tsk tsk. Could have been a winner if only...
Oh and BTW, it's best to wear flat shoes when trekking through the bush looking for drugs.
WHAT SHORTAGE?
Lead story on Wednesday for the major stations: there's no food/flour/rice shortage.
A little digging would have shown that to all the reporters who were eager to tell the nation what supermarket owners were telling them. Of course this led to panic buying.
Nadilene Singh of CNC 3, after your report on Monday evening, we were expecting to see a follow up story on Tuesday from the same supermarket you went to which apparently did not have any flour, and all reporters as a matter of fact who covered the 'shortage'.
Were its shelves restocked on Tuesday? If they were, when did they receive fresh supplies? How much did they have to pay for the new stock? How much more was added on for the consumer? The Legal Affairs minister says 35%. Is this true?
So the minister and the suppliers say no shortage, but the supermarkets and chicken processors are saying something else.
Who is correct?
Which one of you enterprising reporters is going to get to the bottom of this riddle?
That's what you are being paid for - to provide answers for your viewers and to ask the hard questions of public officials that they will never get the chance to ask!
A little digging would have shown that to all the reporters who were eager to tell the nation what supermarket owners were telling them. Of course this led to panic buying.
Nadilene Singh of CNC 3, after your report on Monday evening, we were expecting to see a follow up story on Tuesday from the same supermarket you went to which apparently did not have any flour, and all reporters as a matter of fact who covered the 'shortage'.
Were its shelves restocked on Tuesday? If they were, when did they receive fresh supplies? How much did they have to pay for the new stock? How much more was added on for the consumer? The Legal Affairs minister says 35%. Is this true?
So the minister and the suppliers say no shortage, but the supermarkets and chicken processors are saying something else.
Who is correct?
Which one of you enterprising reporters is going to get to the bottom of this riddle?
That's what you are being paid for - to provide answers for your viewers and to ask the hard questions of public officials that they will never get the chance to ask!
USE OF LANGUAGE!
TV6 News at Noon: "Gayle: Positive and Focus"; should have been 'focussed'.
IETV, 6:30pm: Peter Taylor, Lagal Affairs Minister (this came up on the screen three times).
Maxine Maharaj, IETV: The legal affairs minister asked broadcasters "not to use the media to abuse.", and this was pronounced as in the sentence "The woman suffered physical abuse."
Jameila Constance, CNC 3: "moh-knee" for money.
Samantha John, TV6: Mr "Kuh-rim" instead of Karim (Kah-rim).
Steups!
IETV, 6:30pm: Peter Taylor, Lagal Affairs Minister (this came up on the screen three times).
Maxine Maharaj, IETV: The legal affairs minister asked broadcasters "not to use the media to abuse.", and this was pronounced as in the sentence "The woman suffered physical abuse."
Jameila Constance, CNC 3: "moh-knee" for money.
Samantha John, TV6: Mr "Kuh-rim" instead of Karim (Kah-rim).
Steups!
TRAIN THAT VOICE
Otto Carrington at CNC 3, we hate to say we told you so, but one of our readers also wants you to ask your bosses to provide you with voice training.
"I cringe every time this man begins a story. His voice and diction are horrible, pronunciation even worse (constantly saying 'poh-leese') but I heard a good one on tonight's (Tuesday's) newscast.
Wrapping up a story about the workers on strike at the port, Otto reported that the union and company leaders were 'in negotiations for approximately 33 months.'
Wouldn't it have been easier to say 'almost 3 years' or more than 2 and a half years instead? I don't want to have to struggle to figure out in more concrete terms how long the negotiations have been ongoing.
Doesn't anyone edit these stories before they are produced?
*sigh*....."
And Sampson, thanks for taking our advice to make a smaller knot in your tie. On Tuesday the knot was not overpowering or distracting.
But now we have to ask you to use less lip gloss. We know it's a necessary evil, but less is more.
"I cringe every time this man begins a story. His voice and diction are horrible, pronunciation even worse (constantly saying 'poh-leese') but I heard a good one on tonight's (Tuesday's) newscast.
Wrapping up a story about the workers on strike at the port, Otto reported that the union and company leaders were 'in negotiations for approximately 33 months.'
Wouldn't it have been easier to say 'almost 3 years' or more than 2 and a half years instead? I don't want to have to struggle to figure out in more concrete terms how long the negotiations have been ongoing.
Doesn't anyone edit these stories before they are produced?
*sigh*....."
And Sampson, thanks for taking our advice to make a smaller knot in your tie. On Tuesday the knot was not overpowering or distracting.
But now we have to ask you to use less lip gloss. We know it's a necessary evil, but less is more.
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