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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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sounds like the intern was is in the wrong business. he needs to be a writer for TV. That was quick thinking.
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Good laugh, shows news anchors don't read their stuff before their show.
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Good laugh, shows news anchors don't read their stuff before their show. It used to be that college students wanting to enter the journalism field studied journalism, writing and history. Now, the curriculum (in many schools) are oriented toward communication, presentation and appearance. They just look pretty and read the story; little effort is made in verifying the facts.
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Yeah DJS; add to that the race to be first on the story and you have anything from hilarity like this to tragic misinformation like what we got around Boston & Atlanta (Olympics) bombings that could easily result in delays capturing perps or worse yet get the wrong person on the hook.
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You would think they would want to read it first. If it was me I would want to make sure that I have an idea how to pronounce names. Granted with so different ethnic group it can be hard but I would hate to mispronounce someone name on TV.
This reminds me of back in high school they use to have a clip board in the office that people would put announcement on. They would announce different organizations having meetings. The principal would read the announcement without reading them first. So someone went in and wrote, "There will be an AA meeting Thursday at 7 PM at (a student's name) house." Then a few days later it was, "Monday evening at 6:30 PM Planned Parenthood will be meeting at the home of (name of a good looking girl)." After those two incidents the principal started to read everything before he made the announcement.
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It gets WAY better, Terry. The NTSA has apparently issued an "Apology" for this GREAT spoof. ........guess it originated there. God Bless America. GTC
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That's something right out of the Anchorman movie, "stay classy America"!
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It gets WAY better, Terry. The NTSA has apparently issued an "Apology" for this GREAT spoof. ........guess it originated there. God Bless America. GTC I believe it Sir, sounds like an insider joke.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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I can just imagine an intern coming to an busy older guy and asking for the names of the flight crew. SOOOOO, he makes up names to send the kid away.
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SOM TING WONG !!!!
LOL I almost busted a gut!
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That is hilarious.
Obviously shows how eager reporters are to get the "news" out no matter what.
Laughing!
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