Today, I saw a newscast about the approaching hurricane, and this reporter (who looked like the non-Jim-Carey guy from "Dumb and Dumber") was just about the biggest idiot. Ever.
First offense: "We are watching as residents are straggling and staggering towards the buses..." Really? I understand they are straggling. But staggering? What are they, totally loaded? Hung over? Drunk? Zombies? Wouldn't 'walking' be more appropriate? Or are they actually staggering? And if so, why are they already staggering? They are beating the hurricane at this point. They are winning. Well, kind of. As much as they can be. At least they should not be in physical harm.
Second offense: (speaking to a man who obviously didn't want to be speaking with him) "Who do we have here?" (about a baby the man carried). The man told him the baby's name and dumb reporter says, "oh, how old is he?" The man answered "19 months." "So, this would be his first evacuation..." Umm, dumb reporter, it's not his first tooth or first step. I'm betting this won't make it into the baby book. Moron.
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"So, this would be his first evacuation..."
Wow. How did he pass the IQ test they gave him before putting him on the air? Oh, wait, they waived the IQ test requirement after reality television took over the air. My bad.
Don't reporters have some kind of description/question etiquette test they have to pass in order to cover big stories? And I love how incredibly paranoid we have made ourselves now about things like hurricanes and tornadoes, etc. I wonder how long it will last until people forget and become apathetic again.
His first evacuation...a truly momentous occasion.
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