Tune in at 11!

Published on August 9, 2007 By JillUser In Entertainment

I remember watching SNL and they would often spoof the evening news with stories like: "A common household cleaner that might be in your home right now might be killing you!...Find out which one at 11!"

Well, our local news had something so similar I laughed out loud. It was something like "Two common brands being recalled from store shelves. Find out which ones and what danger they present at 11!"

Come on! If something is common and dangerous, just tell me! Should news people be toying with our lives, baiting us for ratings or should they simply provide a service as soon as possible? I usually here something like that and think "Screw watching at 11, I'm hopping on the internet right now."

Comments

stubbyfinger

on Aug 09, 2007

Yep, the only time I watch broadcast news anymore is if something big happens and I want to see it live on the big screen.

A couple of news feeds and I stay informed on the things I need to know. Living blissfully ignorant of Lindsay Lohan’s legal problems.

Locamama

on Aug 10, 2007

The local news are the worst fear mongers there are. I do think part of the reason that people ignore hurricane warnings is because they have become jaded by all the false alarms. I know when I moved to Florida at first I would freak out whenever there was a hurricane anywhere nearby. Then after a while you figure out that the local news just pimps any slight and remote chance that a hurricane could come to the area, why? so you watch the news. It's become about as cliche as the reporter standing out in the storm reporting on how bad the storm is. Look I'm getting wet, my hair is blowing all over the place. I could be in the studio but I'm out in the storm. Ridiculous.

Dr Guy

on Aug 10, 2007

Must be sweeps month. They do that all the time during the ratings months.

foreverserenity

on Aug 10, 2007

"Screw watching at 11, I'm hopping on the internet right now."

LOL! They forget that we lowly humans can do this! I hate when they do that too and most times, they don't get to the story until 11:30! They really need to quit doing that!

Jythier

on Aug 10, 2007

Then you find out that it's a .00001 % chance of actually harming anything...

Or it's peanut butter.

Jythier

on Aug 10, 2007

"A serial killer on the loose may be coming to kill you right now - find out what he looks like at 11."

-Ding dong-

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