Birds, Words, Pics + TV
Came across this on YouTube. It’s a report that aired on Fox 35 News at 10 over the weekend — an account from the Tea Party tour out West.
In it, the reporter refers to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as “former vice president Sarah Palin.” Of course, he meant to say, “former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.”
Now, from what I can tell, this was a report fed to WOFL by Fox — not national video with a local voice over.
It worked with departing morning anchor Erick Weber — hiring a sports anchor to make the transition to news anchor. So, Local 6 is going to do it again. NewsBlues.com and OrlandoSentinel.com report that WKMG is hiring Gaard Swanson as its new main male anchor. Starting Feb. 3, he will…
Orlando TV viewers didn’t see it — since the local stations were in wall-to-wall coverage — but three of the big four national networks broke into programming for the Casey Anthony trial verdict. ABC News aired a special report from 2:15 to 2:24 p.m., anchored by George Stephanopoulos with legal…
Fox 35 sportscaster Thomas Forester may be having second thoughts about seeking the arrest of his boss, news director Bob Clinkingbeard on battery charges. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Lake Mary police did not finish their investigation Tuesday into a complaint by Forester that his boss pushed him. “That’s because…