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KOMO Sports Director Niko Tamurian threw out an idea today.  "Can I just put the petition out there now? PLEASE (to both the Seahawks and Patriots) Wear the throwbacks for the season opener!" Yesssssss. Maybe Chris Daniels could wear a throwback KING yellow jacket during coverage to get his nose in.  Lol

I posted the other day about a KOMO promo for a Storm Watch segment at 6pm Wednesday as if it were something special.  Well, It wasn't special, it was only a paltry 1:00 highlight segment??  What a joke. Embarrassing. I guess I fell for it, but I was expecting a long segment, something in-depth or even a full block  about the team based on the promo, but was fooled into waiting until the show was almost over at 55:00 after the hour for nothing.  Shameful bait and switch.  I won't be fooled again.  Tell me that promo slide is not misleading.  When a viewer sees a promo for the first time, there are expectations.  Not a throwaway.

I have had some comments about a beef I have with Brandi Kruse. Here's the truth. When she started The Divide on Fox 13 in 2019, I heavily criticized the first show about Fake News. Her guests were her compadre/buddy Jason Rantz (pictured), who spreads such news himself on the low rated KTTH, and two familiar Fox 13 colleagues who were also clueless. No expert, and there was one available had she asked, Kate Starbird of UW, who might have joined if invited. She railed strongly against my critique, which included a urge to smile on show promos, to welcome viewers, instead of being grim, which I advised male anchors to do for years, including Seattle talent.  She was able to, as usual, dish it out, but not take it, and I sarcastically called her 'Miss Fragile' to chide her, calling out her self-marketed 'iron' persona, which I did, BTW, on my personal email.  My opinion.  She proceeded to doxx me with an employer, which was totally ridiculous given the context, even ...

...Connected to TikTok.  Wonderful for one and all, right?  TikTok, that bastion of factual, clear, attributed information and, more often, news anchors dancing in their studios. Desperate station, trying to be what it's not. 

Former King 5 Evening co-host jim Dever gives us a FREE, yes FREE, parking nugget for downtown Seattle visitors.     It's a bit of an Amazon building secret unveiled for nights and weekends. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1G82tMqe8b/

Looks like the Seahawks and Patriots will meet in a Super Bowl rematch for opening Day in September.  It will draw media from everywhere, including TMZ, and the ratings will be huge because of the Vrabel-Russini affair story likely to bubble up yet again at that point.  NFL takes advantage of the hype if this happens.   Gonna be a wild Wednesday.   Full schedule out tomorrow.