Last night, the meeting went from 6 pm – 8 pm. The news truck was out front by 5, in time for the 5 o’clock news. They were interviewing people, they were taping live. I get that.
What I don’t get is why they were still out there, broadcasting live for the 10 o’clock news. By 10, no one was around. The meeting had been over for 2 hours. What is the point of being live if there’s nothing going on? I guess it was a slow news night?
I knew they’d be doing that because the truck was still outside. As it crept close to 10, we took a peek out the window. Sure enough, they had that poor woman standing there in the cold drizzle, lights shining on her, just so she could do the news spot on location. It was just weird to me that they made the crew hang out here doing nothing for 2 hours just to have a live broadcast.
One interesting thing – they said people who attended the meeting afterwards said it was a waste of time. Gee, did I call that one?
Well we’re off now to drive up to Connecticut. We have a Keith Urban concert tonight.
Have a good time! I’m going to a mother/daughter tea. I am not complaining because I am happy to still have a mom to do these things with, but I would like to see Keith.
Keith was good.
This afternoon I spoke to a friend who used to be a newscaster. She, too, was left sitting around for hours just to air ‘Live! On Location!’ I asked her what was the point of that. Her answer, “Because they are stupid.” (‘They’ being the ones in charge who tell the reporters to stand around for hours.) So there you have it.