Oh for pete's sake

[newschick]

I realize the tendency of journalists to try and make stories sound more impressive - I do it myself - but if that CNN guy (Walter somebody) traveling with the 7th Cavalry says "the giant wave of steel ever pushing northward" one more time I'm going to hurl.

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[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

it could be worse... he could have used "thrusting".

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[newschick.livejournal.com]

Very true!
I'm just so sick of the 'giant wave of steel' mostly - he says it every second sentence! If he's so damn imaginative, he should come up with a new phrase - like 'huge honkin convoy of tanks' :)

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[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

we just don't get enough use of "honkin'" on TV.

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[newschick.livejournal.com]

It's very true.

[marieofroumania.livejournal.com]

That's Walter Rodgers. He's just excited to be there. He's really in his element.

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[newschick.livejournal.com]

Oh I totally understand he's excited - I would be too. But I just wish he'd stop saying 'giant wave of steel'

[marieofroumania.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he does tend to lapse into cliche when he's having a good time. You should see him off the air. He says some funny ass shit. I'm always rolling tape on his live shots because you never know what he's going to come up with next. I think he goes into cliches because if he doesn't stick by them he'll start swearing.

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[newschick.livejournal.com]

I wish you could post that shit - there's nothing I love more than behind-the-scenes news people. We're fucked up. :)
Did you ever hear the story of a news anchor up here, Avery Haines, who got fired because she made some rather off-colour remarks in a taped segment? It wasn't the bit that supposed to air, but the switcher played the wrong tape. He got a reprimand, she got fired.

[marieofroumania.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love reporters. They are so fucked up. We are so fucked up. I would totally post some of the shit but I had to sign an agreement saying I wouldn't put up any "company secrets" in a public forum and plus I wouldn't do it anyway out of respect.

I don't think I heard about Avery Haines. What did she say?

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[newschick.livejournal.com]

It was a taped segment, and in the break while the clip was supposed to be playing, she was joking around with the producer and said "We've got a stuttering newscaster. We've got the black, we've got the woman, I could be a lesbian, folk-dancing, black woman stutterer...(laughing at the voice in her earphone) Yeah, in a wheelchair!"