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Channel 9’s Echols helping cancer patients

October 21, 2008

WFTV morning and noon anchor Vanessa Echols went through a very public battle with breast cancer four years ago. Today, she’s healthy, in remission and giving something back. She has founded the Compassionate Hands and Hearts Breast Cancer Outreach, a volunteer group that helps breast-cancer patients with errands, visits to the doctor and…

E.T. Phone Home — 13’s Space-Age Oops

March 10, 2006

I put up a post Thursday morning about a big NASA announcement that Central Florida News 13 was promoting on its web site. "An Exclusive E.T. Scoop for CFN 13?," I asked in the headline. It was indeed a scoop — just a wrong one. And it ignited a series…

Was Jim Van Fleet criticizing Orlando, Fox 35 in interview?

December 7, 2011

I guess this one depends on your point of view. You can take some comments made by former WOFL-Fox 35 morning meteorologist Jim Van Fleet as either a diss at Orlando TV news or someone who’s just telling it like it is. In an interview with St. Petersburg Times TV writer…

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