Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Short post on the Sweet Sweet News here in H-town

Yes Folks, H-town... Home of Mike Jones, Swishahouse, The Rockets, Urban Sprawl and also home of channel 11 news. Man, I cannot believe what just happened. The big story tonight, the fireworks ban in the City and what it means. The reporter on location at any of the 1 million fireworks stands that are set up right off any of the main roads in town. As she is talking she turns and says, the fireworks stand pyrotechnics crew will demonstrate some of the fireworks. The camera pans over. I lean forward expecting to see highly trained professionals light off an awe inspiring display. However, 5 teenagers (the pyrotechnic crew) come out with lighters to start the display. They scurry off to a safe distance as our big time reporter continues to talk about the fireworks maybe 20 feet away. The fireworks start to go off. That's the last word you heard for the remaining 2 minutes of that sorry report. Its not that the reporter stopped talking .. You just could not hear her. Then enter in a neighborhood dog who is jumping all over the place. Then one of the fireworks tips over and shoots out across the road. The camera pans up to see the rest of the fireworks exploding into the main powerline for the fireworks store and countless of other businesses/homes on that street. Honestly, this comedy of errors is why the majority of news on TV and on radio sucks. Way to go Channel 11. You suck. F minus.

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