I don’t think I could do this graphics job…
Read this rant from DCRTV:
Tune in Fox News Channel, or some local newscast, and you’ll be treated to swooshes, metallic clunking sounds, way overhyped or scary music, and eye-popping graphic “titles” for the accompanying “news” story – “War On Terror,” “Missing Beauty Queen,” “Where’s Laci?,” etc. Well, the NY Daily News reports that a fire broke out in NYC the other day and that city’s Channel 9/WWOR filled the screen with the words “Fatal Fire,” accompanied by a loud zooming sound. “As if that weren’t enough, the graphics whizzes at the station added flames licking the edges of the screen to drive the point home. It was better suited to sell Burger King’s flame-broiled beef than it was a story about a family ravaged by a deadly fire.” By the way, that TV station is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News…..
There’s just no such thing as non-tabloid news these days, is there? Heck, Tom Shales, in reviewing the wall-to-wall coverage of the Rice testimony yesterday even mentions the various tickers and promos that covered the screen.
What’s scariest of all is that people seem to respond favorably to it, otherwise the news channels wouldn’t do it.
