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| Bashar Teg |
I was very unimpressed with Hi-Pitch Mike's attitude to news on the 6/20 wrapup show.
Teddy, the guy who fills ipods, was denying he had said something that reflected badly on him. The "Page 69" staff were being asked for a source for their claim and Penny from the news department was chiming in.
The initial claim was looking shakier and shakier. H-P Mike comes in and Teddy appeals to him to back him up. "You of all people, you know I didn't say this."
Mike evades this plea (he was almost certainly the one who made up the fake story) and instead, after a little build up, says the following:
Hi-Pitch Mike:"Gossip does not always have to be 100% factually correct."
Gary: "Turn his mike off."
Mike went on to argue that it's OK to make up a fake derogatory story. He cited godamn Page Six.
I think this is a very degraded attitude for a news person and is probably one of the things that lies at the bottom of the problems the news department has been having.
People want honesty. Don't take your template from fucking Page Six.
If you can't find any news, then resign or maybe work on editing the replays into suitable packages instead. Maybe a weekly news show would be enough.
People want real news! Look at how delighted the SFN posters have been today with Steve Langford's exposure of John Mainelli. If the news department could turn over a new leaf and make it a mark of honor to only give real news, I'm sure everyone would be thrilled.
I'm happy to listen to real gossip and news - but fake gossip and fake news grate on my ears and I just don't want to listen. |
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