No, this time it’s not about Sarah Palin.\u00a0 This is about our local television station, WLOS, and whoever the hack is who edits their news segments.<\/p>\n
(I apologize in advance for the links — WLOS forces you to watch a commercial before they play the news clip.\u00a0 But I have no other way to tell the story, so please bear with.)<\/p>\n
I don’t know what they call the technique used here<\/a> (interlacing?) but yes, when I watch it, it drives me nuts.\u00a0 The editor seems to think it is the height of creativity when the subject is only allowed to deliver one sentence<\/a> (more often, a phrase) before he\/she is interrupted by the reporter, who also utters one sentence or fragment thereof, then back-and-forth they go, in this mad game of narrative ping-pong until the story ends.<\/p>\n Nuts?\u00a0 You want nuts?\u00a0 Then watch this one<\/a>.\u00a0 Warning: you may get a concussion just sitting there, as your brain bounces with ever-increasing speed inside your skull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No, this time it’s not about Sarah Palin.\u00a0 This is about our local television station, WLOS, and whoever the hack is who edits their news segments. (I apologize in advance for the links — WLOS forces you to watch a … Continue reading