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Nov 30th 2007, 10:30 AM
Remember, um, when, uh, CNN on-air, uh, talent was, ah, professional, uh, journalists who could, um, ad-lib during breaking, um, um, news?
Those days are apparently gone.
Watching the coverage of the rail accident in Chicago (video "provided by, um, one of our, uh, workers there") is painful. The anchors clearly have NO idea what to say without scripts.
The ad-libbing and cross-talk is worthy of market 120. Maybe not even that good.
This is why journalism is more than looking good and reading a teleprompter. There was a time when anchors had at least enough understanding of various subjects they might have to cover so they wouldn't embarrass themselves.
Those days are apparently gone.
Watching the coverage of the rail accident in Chicago (video "provided by, um, one of our, uh, workers there") is painful. The anchors clearly have NO idea what to say without scripts.
The ad-libbing and cross-talk is worthy of market 120. Maybe not even that good.
This is why journalism is more than looking good and reading a teleprompter. There was a time when anchors had at least enough understanding of various subjects they might have to cover so they wouldn't embarrass themselves.