Dave Huddleston to leave FOX29 WTXF

[imhomerjay]

I'm almost surprised people here didn't march in protest that the news director didn't drive in and fire her live on the air for a mistaken name.    Anyone consider the possibility that it was discussed with her after the broadcast? 

Talk about blowing things waaaaaay out of proportion. 

[cyber]

Blowing things out of proportion. Are you kidding me?

You're really excusing someone pretending to be a TV newscaster from a glaring error? I realize from spot listening to radio and TV that there's no such thing as quality control anymore, but to excuse carelessness and downright stupidity is the root cause of the problem.

Okay. Saying "High Light" isn't the end of the world, but it does point out that alledged newscasters, editors, producers and what passes for news directors don't have a clue, let alone any pride in the sloppy product they continue to put out.

Viewers have been trained over the years to expect nothing and that's exactly what they get.

[imhomerjay]

My second sentence pointed out that none of us know if the error was something discussed off-air, say, for instance, as part of an annual review or something similar. 

I'd like to meet the person who has made no errors in their work.  Seriously.

God knows I wouldn't want every single thing I do in my job to be open to public review because, being human, mistakes happen.  It's not the end of the world.  Sometimes mistakes happen, and they're not all signs of some horrid lack of quality--sometimes they're nothing more than a slip up.

[cyber]

No question mistakes happen. Also no question that it shouldn't be a given that everyone is expected to be perfect all the time. The problem I have is that mistakes are taken for granted or just laughed off. I can't begin to list all of the mispronunciations on local alledged news. There are reasons for mistakes but no reasons for CONSTANT mistakes.

Newspeople on TV and radio are held to higher standards..and they should be. When someone reaches that level, they are supposed to be a cut above. News isn't supposed to be a comedy of errors.

I'm not a constant watcher or listener but almost everytime I watch or listen, no matter how briefly, it's the same old carelessness. No one is held to standards and as always, I feel the blame lies with the viewer and listener. The more global communications becomes, the dumber the world population.