Car 54, Where are You?
by A look at four media gaffs during one morning of radio broadcasts.
By Jim Swettenham
(c) January 08, 2010
Remember the old TV sit-com “Car 54, Where Are You?”…well radio reporters in Winnipeg must think Winnpieg Police Service cars are as intelligent as Car 54.
Reports of gunshots being fired in downtown Winnipeg this morning…what else is new in the crime capital of Canada?
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced that at least “10 police cars are involved in the investigation”…sorry but police cars don’t investigate anything…police officers do the investigating…but then no saying that the police officers are any smarter than their cars!
A second story referred to a water main break and left residents “looking for sources of portable water”…sorry they don’t need “portable water” they will be better satisfied with “potable” water!!!
A subsequent national news story was talking about athletes trying to qualify for the Winter 2010 Olympics to be staged in Vancouver/Whistler in about a month. The national broadcaster said there would be more information “as athletes try to qualify to get to Vancouver at 6 p.m., tonight.” No, no, no…they aren’t trying to get to Vancouver at 6 p.m., tonight. It should be “Listen this evening at 6 p.m., for more on the story of athletes trying to qualify for Olympics 2010 in Vancouver.”
Then there is an investigation into the suspected tragic fire death last weekend of an 11-year-old boy who was in child care but was spending some time with his grandparents on an isolated First Nations Reserve in northern Manitoba. News reports earlier this week confirmed that the remains of two people were removed from the burned out remains of the home two or three days after the fire. This radio host was interviewing a child advocate this morning and kept asking about the investigation and why the child was left alone in the house and no one knew he was there.
If the remains of two bodies were removed from the house it is obvious the child wasn’t alone and it is obvious that someone else knew where he was.
Where are the editors when you need them? All these stupid litle gaffs make a mockery out of responsible radio journalism in what seems to be a sensational battle for listener ratings.
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Post Commentalbert1jemi
On January 9, 2010 at 2:03 pm
nice story
V rank
On January 9, 2010 at 5:56 pm
haha… i thought those kind of radio broadcasters are only present in my place… They are very irritating sometimes and they are who people who think they know everything… Bad thing, that is part of their job.. hehehe
LoveDoctor
On January 9, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Radio broadcasters make a lot of mistakes. You are right. This is so wrong. How can police cars be involved in an investigation? Thanks for clearing that up. Police. This is the correct way of saying it. Listen this evening at 6 p.m., for more on the story of athletes trying to qualify for Olympics 2010 in Vancouver.” Sounds good Jimbob1. And that’s good that you notice these details. Where are the editors? Great article.
tonywriter
On January 13, 2010 at 9:53 am
Thank you sir very well share and Nice write Thanx
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