How Big Was It?
A MSNBC anchor, Saturday morning, teasing a post-commercial story:
"A small earthquake shakes Southern California. After the break, we'll tell you how big it was."
Was it...small?
Comments
I didn't feel a thing...
Posted by: Paul at February 22, 2003 2:29 PM
OK...I checked Yahoo for the news...a 5.4 isn't that small of a quake and I should've felt it but it didn't jar me awake...hmmm, strange...I usually feel them all...
Posted by: Paul (again)... at February 22, 2003 2:33 PM
I actually woke up about 30 seconds before it started. Kind of eerie actually - but it wasn't much of one. The bed shook and then I went back to sleep.
Posted by: Sean at February 22, 2003 3:08 PM
I am only a couple miles from downtown and i did not feel anything.
Posted by: peter at February 22, 2003 3:56 PM
Woke me up in Pasadena, you could tell it wasn't too big tho — I went back to sleep.
Posted by: Dolan at February 22, 2003 7:20 PM
A cool place to go for quake info is the US Geological Survey website:
About five minutes after the quake happened, I submitted a report and found out that 17 people had already submitted. At 4 in the morning!
Posted by: Micah at February 22, 2003 8:25 PM
5.n is small. Nothing really gets rocking until it reaches 6.n.
Posted by: Greg at February 22, 2003 8:42 PM
The funny thing about news show "teasers" is that I can usually pop open my iBook and know the entire story before the first commercial is even over.
So, listen up news programmers: I'm in charge in now. I will determine how and when I get my news. "Teasers" are old hat. Wake up.
;-)
Posted by: Ryan at February 22, 2003 10:23 PM
That is as bad as morning edition NPR intro:
>"Bomb blast kills ten in Gaza Strip, US on verge of war. Good morning, I'm you r host Bob Edwards."
If anything is newsworthy and a station is a legitimate news organization how could they ever stoop to such levels? Teasers are for sitcoms and drama series. News stations can tease editorials or special feature stories, but not the news.
Posted by: Jonathan at February 23, 2003 5:06 PM
In Denmark we fortunately have two national networks financed partly by required license payments. This means, that they dont have to sell their soul to companies.. which again means: we get the best from both worlds: good quality programming, not interrupted all the time, and the also danish commercial stations, looking very much like american.
But your comment was funny Todd. Lovely.
Posted by: Jesper at February 27, 2003 4:40 AM
I slept right through it. Nice slip up by MSNBC live on the air though.
Posted by: webspiffy at March 3, 2003 12:00 PM
