A Local TV News Producer blasts Local TV News
On January - 4 - 2009
NBC Chicago morning producer Ben Bowman rails against stupid, overblown weather coverage.
Duration : 0:3:48
Talk soon,
Joe Beaven
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Motionart13 Says:
I worked in local …
I worked in local news as well, can so relate to this…did they let him on the air just to bash them??
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
GlacierMF5 Says:
I work in news as …
I work in news as well. Ben is so correct on this one. 100%!!!
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
EdwoodCA Says:
Ben… you’re my …
Ben… you’re my new, favorite Farker.
Well, after JesterGirl, that is. She posts tons of pics of women, in appropriate threads.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
jacktr1pp1n Says:
That was GREAT. …
That was GREAT. This type of thing needs to happen at least once a week! You are my hero.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
just2w4tch Says:
yeah totally.
yeah totally.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
bandboy27 Says:
Ben, you are so …
Ben, you are so correct on this. I work in local news and you couldn’t be more right. And your anchors are restarded. They don’t know what it’s like out in the field. They must think your viewers are as dumb as they are, or at least it sounds it. Tell them the next snow storm you have, you want them to do the show outside in the storm and see what they think. Local news loves to scare people thinking the world is coming to an end and snow must be armageddon. Thanks for doing this!
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Chaoztaco Says:
thank god for a …
thank god for a sane man in news
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
soundofgeek Says:
Thank you, Ben …
Thank you, Ben Bowman, and good luck.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Bump1nTheNight Says:
*rofl* Awesome, …
*rofl* Awesome, this producer is a hero.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Molsan Says:
“Now we counter… …
“Now we counter…you say we are giving less relavent information, but we domminated the ratings.”
Um….that wasn’t the point how do ratings relate to actually informing people?
Thats the main problem that networks don’t seem to get.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
just2w4tch Says:
This guy is awesome
This guy is awesome
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
russsssman Says:
Thank YOU!!!!!!! We …
Thank YOU!!!!!!! We are all tired of ’sensationalist over hyped retard journalism’ Yeah ratings may come in because soccer moms buy into this. People still buy into the guys at every stop light as being homeless people too! Doesn’t make it right.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
jharper30 Says:
oh man, this guy is …
oh man, this guy is my hero of the month. he’ll probably get in trouble from some idiot network boss that isn’t used to so much truth about how ridiculous news is today. this is exactly the type of guy who gets fired for stuff like that, and yet this is exactly the type of producer who I will now follow to make sure I watch whatever program he works on after he gets fired:)
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
ZeroCorpse Says:
He’s right. The …
He’s right. The news bunnies don’t seem to get it. What a bunch of vapid talking heads!
I feel for you having to work with these dimwits, Mr. Producer, dude.
There’s a reason you’re the producer and they’re replaceable. Tell me something: Do News Anchors have to fail an IQ test to get the job, or do you just hire them based on their general appearance of not having a clue?
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
bnvn1 Says:
Great, it’s a start …
Great, it’s a start to get news back to being THE NEWS and not some political left wing love fest.
Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am