Bad taste on FOX News
Oct. 25th, 2007 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tagrynNot that this should surprise anyone...
This morning, FOX had a reporter on location in San Diego reporting on the fires. Over video of a burned basketball hoop that had fallen to the ground, he declared that "you could say these fires were a SLAM DUNK for this neighborhood." bleah. Then he was standing in front of a burned-out house, with some clay pots and a sculpture of children's handprints in plaster carefully arranged in front of him as he explained that this was all that was left of the house. Gee, wonder how long the producers agonized over what items that the family salvaged would have the most emotional impact?
They did forget to pipe in the sad violins in the background, though. Well, maybe next time.
I hope they at least got the permission of the homeowners to use what was left of their belongings, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was just a target of opportunity.
This morning, FOX had a reporter on location in San Diego reporting on the fires. Over video of a burned basketball hoop that had fallen to the ground, he declared that "you could say these fires were a SLAM DUNK for this neighborhood." bleah. Then he was standing in front of a burned-out house, with some clay pots and a sculpture of children's handprints in plaster carefully arranged in front of him as he explained that this was all that was left of the house. Gee, wonder how long the producers agonized over what items that the family salvaged would have the most emotional impact?
They did forget to pipe in the sad violins in the background, though. Well, maybe next time.
I hope they at least got the permission of the homeowners to use what was left of their belongings, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was just a target of opportunity.
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Date: 2007-10-25 04:13 pm (UTC)Grrrrrrrr.
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Date: 2007-10-25 11:16 pm (UTC)