{"id":81,"date":"2004-02-14T16:58:05","date_gmt":"2004-02-14T21:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/?p=81"},"modified":"2008-01-20T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T00:39:12","slug":"non-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/2004\/02\/14\/non-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-events"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Mark Gallo:
\nI still can’t stand orientate<\/strong>, but now computate <\/strong>is popping
\nup. Hearing it in the US is one thing, but to hear it used at a professional
\nconference in England was somehow saddening. When did a sale become a sales event<\/strong>? It must have looked good
\nto somebody: now we have a made-for-television movie event<\/strong>. Shortly
\nafter the weatherman became the chief meteorologist he had to jump in
\nwith tornadic activity event<\/strong> and winter precipitation advisory
\nevent. <\/strong>I swear I am not making these up.<\/p>\n

There’s probably more of this kind of inane pretense at the local
\nstation level than the national–When Dan Rather leaves they’re going
\nto retire the trophy–but what’s the deal with the anchor (I prefer
\nthe technical term meat puppet) who says, “And now let’s go to the
\nnewsroom for a live report <\/strong>from WXXX’s Joe Dummy,” a wraps up with,
\n“Thanks, Joe–great job with that exclusive live report.” How exciting!
\nA live report from the next room! From an employee of the station who
\ndoesn’t moonlight on other stations! (Where I live the CBS and NBC affiliates
\ncontinually claim to be the news leader, and the number one news channel
\nin the area. The area is #172 in the US TV market ranking; the ABC affiliate
\ndoesn’t even bother to do news programs.)<\/p>\n

In the background there is a faint humming noise: the sound of Edward
\nR. Murrow spinning in his grave like a lathe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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