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Talk about being 'on camera!'


KING morning anchors turned to the magic window where a reporter was about to break some exclusive video on a story, when, lo and behold, a studio camera was wayyy in the way.  He then actually could be seen walking behind it to get into full position.   Well, it was at 6:02 so no one was awake anyway, right?   It continues to be an odd week at K5.

Weather wizard Ashley Ruiz took on traffic this morning, BTW.   Also, on the Dusty Baker fabricated social post and his subsequent CYA post, hearing that the internal fallout is mostly just 'bad first impression.'.  I did not see him in studio on the new sports show this morning after his debut Weds., a show with The 700 Club as its lead-in.


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  1. This has been a bad week for KING. I don't recall a week that was worse since the 2016 buyouts, which shows how rare it is for KING to be in such a position.

    In this case, I don't fault the reporter for having to work around the studio camera. The camera was in the way, and should have been positioned correctly.

    Baker's social media posts are definitely a bad first impression. It doesn't sound like Frame is handling it well.

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