I find it odd that the floor director's headset wasn't working during the incident
I use to be a floor director for a newscast in another state (thank god I got out of it,) but, what about the anchor's IFB? Did she have it in? Did she hear the director say "Cue" in her IFB?
I know that all directors that I've worked for, tell the anchor in their IFB "cue" or "your up!"
Always blame the production people when you make a mistake...yeap, that's an anchor for you!
I was a former floor director for CBS46, and I can assure you that the director does not say "Cue" in the anchor's ear. The director does give minute cues to everyone on headsets(everyone can hear Master Control most of the time giving same cues). It depends on the FD, if they did give any time cues while in the break. They almost had to of give at least one time cue. What anchors and reporters need to relize that they are wearing live mics... at anytime, those mics can go live, over the air. Cari should of used different wording while on set during the breaks.
But it seems to be an industry standard to blame the floor director when something goes bad. But for the floor director, he has the camera op to back him up.
