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Oh, the irony as the two giddy KIRO morning news anchors wear Sonics apparel waiting for the NBA presser. And a pentabox with Horcher (far right) wearing some, too, not to mention Chapman (lower left). Brandon Thompson (lower right) apparently didn't get the memo. Of course KIRO sent no one to cover the New York event. But boosterism overkill prevails. Credibility takes another hit.
Kudos to KING for playing it straight on set with Two, count em TWO sports anchors.
Fox 13 did not break in for the presser, staying with a game show on the flagship, while shifting coverage to its duopoly station
Meanwhile the competition got to see KOMO reporter Chris Daniels introduce himself and ask a question of the Commish.
KOMO is airing the coverage live but KIRO management, what are they thinking. Full stop. A sale of that station can not come soon enough
ReplyDeleteI did see KIRO take at least some of the Adam Silver live presser when I switched around. They broke in with the studio coverage at 11:30, interrupting a soap.
ReplyDeleteThompson may not have gotten the memo on wearing Sonics attire, but at least he maintained his journalistic credibility, and lessened the hit to KIRO's journalistic credibility, today by missing the memo, so good on him for that.
ReplyDeleteKING's studio looks really good with that green, gold, and blue backdrop. I hope that, when the time comes for Sonics games to air on local TV, KING puts in a bid for them.
Nexstar would make that call. Hmm
DeleteIn full agreement with IDC9. The lengths KIRO seemed to go to yesterday to try to make themselves credible were off the charts. They stayed with the presser until it ended and on the other side was Horcher with a bunch of Sonics legends including Kemp. As for KING, that was a real good use of the sports talent there with Pae. Egan probably gave both she and Arielle an education on the set during their coverage about this subject
DeleteKIRO barely has a news department anymore, so no surprise its sports effort is so pathetic. Are Apollo/Cox still looking to sell? I’ve lost track but the cost cutting would seem to indicate someone, somewhere is looking to goose the financial performance by squeezing out every last buck.
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