David Rose, Fox 13 lead male anchor and longtime crime reporter and Spotlight hos there, tells me he was home working the phones during the shooting incident Sunday evening at Seattle Center. Said he was helping to get suspect info. All well and good, however Fox reported nothing on TV that I saw till 10. Hmm. I appreciate him responding to my inquiry, but IMHO, he should have been on site going live by 7 pm as the face of the station's news franchise. Period. ND dropped the ball, too. Can't depend only on web and streaming on a big story like this. Has to be on good old TV.
Can't imagine being in that newsroom watching the competition crush them. How about switching to the vaunted LIVE DESK? Nah, that's hype to counter their news reruns.
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Q13 embarrassed themselves on Sunday.
Its good to hear that Rose was helping to cover the story for Fox 13. But I agree that his presence was needed on TV.
ReplyDeleteSeattle itself embarrassed themselves on Sunday and I think it was Mark Felt stating awhile back that something was going to happen that was going to truly test the new leadership of this city and they were right on the money. I am saddened by this senseless tragedy, but even more frustrated that something like this could have been avoided altogether.
ReplyDeleteDay one Fox was bad. But I do think since then, Hannah Kim and Dan Griffin have been at the forefront of the follow up on the issues with getting information out to the public and holding the Mayor and chief accountable.
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ReplyDeleteDavid's bombastic presence and delivery do not appeal to me at all.