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October 11, 2006
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(WEDNESDAY)
(By basic, I would point to Colleen Williams, Michelle Tuzee and many others.-Ron)
Dixie Wyborney
(TUESDAY)
(FRIDAY)
I read recently of the passing of an LA tv icon...Ralph Story.
Mr.
Story was truly a man who could tell a story like no one else. I
loved
his Ralph Story's Los Angeles on KNXT and latter on his morning show
over at KABC.
I was priviledged to be able to "hang out" in the control
room at KNXT
during many broadcasts of "The Big News", and Ralph
always had a kind
word directed to me. It truly was magic sitting in that control
room
(it was there I learned what B-roll was among many things). Guess
that's why I'm still in the business.
Alan Maretsky
Murrieta, CA
p.s. My thoughts are with you as your battle continues.
Hi Ron --
For some reason, I never knew what happened to Howard Rosenberg of the
Los
Angeles Times. Glad to see him in the classroom working with
future
journalists, looks like you enjoyed yourself at the lectern.
I wish the news was better about your health, yet to quote Monty Python
and the Holy Grail, you can use as your rallying cry "I'm not dead
yet!"
Since you keep beating the odds, I expect that you'll be sending me
renewal requests for OTR for the next couple of decades.
I just had a very close friend receive a diagnosis of stage IV
inoperable
lung cancer, someone who never smoked a day in her life. Yet I
know I'll
see miracles through her life as the days progress. Telling her
your
story to her has been quite encouraging, particularly in seeing the
miracles that we've witnessed with your journey. As always,
prayers and
good thoughts to you and family continue.
Sincerely,
Alan Oda
Correspondent, LARadio.com
(THURSDAY)
(WEDNESDAY)
Ron,I am writing to express my disappointment in the delivery of recent story of 18-year old Parees Ghassemian who was illegally street racing in Laguna Hills and lost his life, not to mention put his 2 friends in the hospital with critical injuries. What bothers me is that the focus of KTLA, KCAL and KTTV was not the fact that he made an irresponsible decision to street race and paid with his life, but more on the hysterical mourning friends and family at the crash site. These news outlets could have used this story to show the dangers of racing on a public street but rather it was a sensational piece on people crying. Why is it that they have to show clips of friends and family saying "he was such a good person, he didn't deserve this..." when in reality he created the situation in the first place? Now, don't consider me insensitive, I totally understand that this was a tragic event, but the delivery from these 3 outlets was nothing more than a ratings booster in my opinion. It should have been delivered more factual on the actual crash and less on the people mourning. That's my two cents.
A sidenote: I only saw the 3 outlets I mentioned above, that is why I didn't make a blanket statement for all L.A. news stations.
Sincerely,
Scott Phillips
Ron,
Your comments on how LA television news seemed to come up a day late
and a
dollar short on the King-Drew story inspires this note. That's
been one of
my many pet peeves about television news in general, but about LA
TV news
in particular. They ALL seem too willing to let somebody
else do the
legwork. Then regurgitate on air as their own reportage parts of
the
stories they've lifted. Since all the LA stations work so hard to
impart
the impression that they are on top of everything and
investigative, maybe
it's time they actually do some original work. Otherwise, why
should any of
us even bother to tune them in, especially if we can get the story
earlier,
in greater detail, without all the phony posturing, and with better
accuracy by reading the newspaper?
Best Regards,
Ed Hain
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