AFTER A RESPITE,THEY DONE DID IT AGAIN

[edwardrmurrow]

WFAA_ -10:13p Gloria: "Truth in a spray?"(Video shows overweight people )
John:' The CDC in Atlanta has changed their minds about being overweight(Video; a person inhaling nasal spray)John: Well that is the <deep voice>WRONGGG,video,we'll have those two stories when we come back in one minute." John is starting to get ticked. Who can blame him?

 

[sluggmunki]

> WFAA_ -10:13p Gloria: "Truth in a spray?"(Video shows
> overweight people )
> John:' The CDC in Atlanta has changed their minds about
> being overweight(Video; a person inhaling nasal spray)John:
> Well that is the WRONGGG,video,we'll have those two stories
> when we come back in one minute." John is starting to get
> ticked. Who can blame him?
>

Yesterday (6/2) during Midday News, they mentioned a story about a building in downtown Dallas. Didn't pay attention to the story or what it was about but on the caption the word 'building' was misspelled. It was spelled 'buildding.' So much for spell check.<P ID="signature">______________
FCC=Freakin' Clear Channel</P>

 

[houstonradiogeek]

geez . . .

> > WFAA_ -10:13p Gloria: "Truth in a spray?"(Video shows
> > overweight people )
> > John:' The CDC in Atlanta has changed their minds about
> > being overweight(Video; a person inhaling nasal
> spray)John:
> > Well that is the WRONGGG,video,we'll have those two
> stories
> > when we come back in one minute." John is starting to get
> > ticked. Who can blame him?
> >
>
> Yesterday (6/2) during Midday News, they mentioned a story
> about a building in downtown Dallas. Didn't pay attention to
> the story or what it was about but on the caption the word
> 'building' was misspelled. It was spelled 'buildding.' So
> much for spell check.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
I listen to what I like.
Ratings be Damned.</P>

 

[nuzguy]

> WFAA_ -10:13p Gloria: "Truth in a spray?"(Video shows
> overweight people )
> John:' The CDC in Atlanta has changed their minds about
> being overweight(Video; a person inhaling nasal spray)John:
> Well that is the WRONGGG,video,we'll have those two stories
> when we come back in one minute." John is starting to get
> ticked. Who can blame him?


A side effect of the spray could be that over weight folks would be truthful about how much they actually weigh. (Just trying to help make some kind of sense over what takes place on their newscasts.)
>

 

[coolcat713]

> geez . . .
>
> > > WFAA_ -10:13p Gloria: "Truth in a spray?"(Video shows
> > > overweight people )
> > > John:' The CDC in Atlanta has changed their minds about
> > > being overweight(Video; a person inhaling nasal
> > spray)John:
> > > Well that is the WRONGGG,video,we'll have those two
> > stories
> > > when we come back in one minute." John is starting to
> get
> > > ticked. Who can blame him?
> > >
> >
> > Yesterday (6/2) during Midday News, they mentioned a story
>
> > about a building in downtown Dallas. Didn't pay attention
> to
> > the story or what it was about but on the caption the word
>
> > 'building' was misspelled. It was spelled 'buildding.' So
> > much for spell check.
> >
>
sounds like they need to put the crack pipe away!

 

[nuzguy]

> > geez . . .
> >
> > > > WFAA_ -10:13p Gloria: "Truth in a spray?"(Video shows
>
> > > > overweight people )
> > > > John:' The CDC in Atlanta has changed their minds
> about
> > > > being overweight(Video; a person inhaling nasal
> > > spray)John:
> > > > Well that is the WRONGGG,video,we'll have those two
> > > stories
> > > > when we come back in one minute." John is starting to
> > get
> > > > ticked. Who can blame him?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yesterday (6/2) during Midday News, they mentioned a
> story
> >
> > > about a building in downtown Dallas. Didn't pay
> attention
> > to
> > > the story or what it was about but on the caption the
> word
> >
> > > 'building' was misspelled. It was spelled 'buildding.'
> So
> > > much for spell check.
> > >
> >
> sounds like they need to put the crack pipe away!
>
If only it were that simple.

 

[Robert Bass]

Misspellings on “live programming” closed captioning are common across every network (and even some cable TV channels). It has to do with the technology used. The keyboards the operator uses are basically similar to what you find in courts. Don’t blame WFAA for a misspelled word in the closed captioning. It’s not necessarily their fault.

R

> Yesterday (6/2) during Midday News, they mentioned a story
> about a building in downtown Dallas. Didn't pay attention to
> the story or what it was about but on the caption the word
> 'building' was misspelled. It was spelled 'buildding.' So
> much for spell check.

 

[nuzguy]

> Misspellings on “live programming” closed captioning are
> common across every network (and even some cable TV
> channels). It has to do with the technology used. The
> keyboards the operator uses are basically similar to what
> you find in courts. Don’t blame WFAA for a misspelled word
> in the closed captioning. It’s not necessarily their fault.
>
>
> R
>
> > Yesterday (6/2) during Midday News, they mentioned a story
>
> > about a building in downtown Dallas. Didn't pay attention
> to
> > the story or what it was about but on the caption the word
>
> > 'building' was misspelled. It was spelled 'buildding.' So
> > much for spell check.
>
Yes, typos in closed captioning often result from technological issues rather than human error. Nonetheless, the declining spelling/grammar skills of some television graphics people are oftentimes painfully obvious, and not at just the local level. While one East Texas station supered a doctor as being a "Brest Cancer Surgeon," the Discovery Channel gave the title "Chaplin" to a minister serving in the Army. Couldn't help but wonder if he is perhaps kin to Charlie.