Recovering Mariners broadcaster takes heat for seeking AI help?

Angie Mentink has been recovering from a debilitating stroke but has returned to the broadcast booth after a tough rehab. She was called out by a Twitter poster for asking AI help to get some post game interview questions. She did respond with her own post, chuckling a bit.

"Currently asking AI how to handle going viral for using AI. 😅

In all seriousness, I'm late to the AI party. Earlier this season I experimented with AI to see if it had any questions to add to my list for my postgame coverage. We've come a long way from pen and paper when I started in 1997.

Always learning."

Here's the X post that started the trouble from a Jim Root. Who? Hmmm:

"Seattle Mariners broadcaster Angie Mentink was caught asking AI for “Good questions after a tough loss in baseball”…"

She's getting lots of support for sure on social.

Colleague Brad Adam responded:

Here’s my response, and I asked AI for help because I use the tools available to me-

Brad Adam: " That person who posted the video of Angie knows nothing about her, what it takes to do her job, or what she is going through. This situation is hurtful and unnecessary. Be better."

Comments

Rebecca Stevenson has left KOMO

"I am no longer at Komo 4." Thanks. Longtime Weather Anchor Rebecca Stevenson confirms that she left the station just before Christmas. Her last Facebook posts are 12/17. She has the Seattle station Quintafecta, having worked at the old NWCN, KING, KIRO, KCPQ and KOMO. Looks like her decision. Wants a new chapter. She was doing mainly weekend evenings for KOMO. Perhaps Stella Sun will move there. She has been sharing weekend mornings with Theron Zahn.

Where is Frankie?

Many have missed KIRO 7's weekend PM weather anchor, Frankie Katafias, so I reached out to some of my sources to find an answer. She is apparently taking a few months of leave, but not known specifically what the reason may be. Although there is uncertainty, it could be a personal or family matter. I am told she is expected back at some point in the new year. She is a great asset to what has become a troubled station. Meanwhile former KOIN Portland chief met holds down the fort.

Frankie Flees KIRO7

UPDATE: Frankie got married!!! Acting on tips from two of my loyal readers, I see that Weekend Weather Wizard Frankie Katafias is indeed missing from the KIRO 7 website. Freelancer Scott Haveson filled in this past Sunday and we know that reporter Brandon Thompson has hit the weather wall in the past as a fill-in. No word on if Frankie fled on her own or was told to. She came to Seattle in 2022, so maybe it was a three-year deal that ended?

MediaMaven

Search This Blog