Former TV anchor sues KOIN
Renee Dauven
And I am so tired of hearing some "news person" whine "When are we
going to see the sun again?"... I don't care if they don't like the
rain...just tell me what the temp is and whether or not it is expected
to flood tonight.
Renee
David Zeit wrote:
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> PORTLAND - Former Portland TV
> news anchor Shirly Hancock is
> suing
> CBS affiliate KOIN, claiming
> management did not renew her
> contract because of her age.
>
> Hancock's lawsuit also alleges
> management discriminated
> against
> her by refusing to pay her as
> much as
> co-anchors, who were men.
>
> IMO, KOIN is making a mistake by not renewing her contract. I enjoyed
> her reporting. I hope they reconsider. But I believe this points out a
> deeper issue. News on television isn't really news by me. It's more of a
> tabloid, entertainment show with personalities as the talking heads.
> News seems to want younger people who fit a certain visual image. We get
> kitty cats who water ski and other human interest stories. We get fluff.
> OK, some may like fluff. Not me. I want hard news with the facts. I
> don't need the cute interaction and on screen hamming it up. More and
> more I find I watch tv news less and less. News should be infromative
> and NEW and not entertainment and ratings oriented fluff. My opinion
> will make no difference. TV news will continue to be just as bad as it
> is now. But, to use their phrase, will people continue to watch or
> change the channels? Learn the answer later.
>
> And have you ever noticed how they promote their news shows? It's done
> as entertainment and we are told of a story we will see only on 2 or 6
> or 8 and who cares? What I want is a simple concise news broadcast with
> facts on what's happening in the worlds of politics, weather and sports.
> I want NEWs about what's happening NOW.........not about a water skating
> cat from Minnesota with a time imprint from months ago. And I want the
> reporters to be unbiased and neutral. I don't want young and beautiful
> talking heads. Besides, beauty is in the eye of the holder. I want
> experienced people who can give me the facts and just the facts.
Bohdan Tashchuk
> PORTLAND - Former Portland TV news anchor Shirly Hancock is
> suing CBS affiliate KOIN, claiming management did not renew her
> contract because of her age.
What bullshit.
KOIN also got rid of Kelley Day, who was much younger and much better
looking than Shirley Hancock. They replaced Kelley with the older Karen
Adams. And Julie Emry is no spring chicken as far as TV anchors go.
Explain that as age discrimination.
It's a cruel, cruel world out there in local TV news. The "bubble-headed
bleach-blondes" should take the money while they can and not whine about
it when they're washed up and over the hill.
Tim Roberts
>...
>And have you ever noticed how they promote their news shows? It's done
>as entertainment and we are told of a story we will see only on 2 or 6
>or 8 and who cares?
Absolutely.
"Your television might be killing you! Don't miss the details at 11
o'clock."
Saturday Night Live did a killer parody of this earlier in the year.
--
- Tim Roberts, ti...@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Tim Roberts
>David Zeit wrote:
>
>> PORTLAND - Former Portland TV news anchor Shirly Hancock is
>> suing CBS affiliate KOIN, claiming management did not renew her
>> contract because of her age.
>
>What bullshit.
>
>KOIN also got rid of Kelley Day, who was much younger and much better
>looking than Shirley Hancock.
...and who also happened to be approximately as intelligent as the chair
upon which she perched. At least Shirley Hancock gets the occasional
delivery from the Clue Warehouse.
I will not dial up KOIN for news as long as "Smiling" Jeff Gianola is
taking up space on their anchor desk. I have never seen anyone deliver
tragic news with the glee that man shows. The worse the news, the better
the time he seems to have.
Bob Tiernan
Tim Roberts wrote:
> I will not dial up KOIN for news as long as "Smiling"
> Jeff Gianola is taking up space on their anchor desk.
I dismissed him back in the early 90's when he
did a week-long five-part series while
living in the streets with other transients
in order to see what it was like. These
were shown in November but filmed in
August, so he had to wear a coat and
pretend he was cold. He also lied about
available services in shelters in order to
paint as bad a picture as possible (thus
hiding from viewers the fact that these
people in some shelters could actually take
hot showers, get help setting up job
interviews, and get driven to the interviews.
Gianola claimed none of this existed.
Bob T
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Washed up and over the hill? You sound like part of the problem...