I watched some news coverage about the EHV this morning on TV. The script was basically the same, probably a press release from a state veterinarian converted into a short news story.
The story on Good Morning America was filmed at the LA Equestrian Center and had a hunter show as a backdrop and lots of nice looking horses peering over stall doors. It included a short interview with a veterinarian.
The local news was basically the same story but the backdrop video was of a rodeo and featured bull riders. I don't think there was a picture of a horse anywhere in the story.
And people wonder why I say I think the local news is really really bad. Like One-Whistle-Stop-Town bad.
The story on Good Morning America was filmed at the LA Equestrian Center and had a hunter show as a backdrop and lots of nice looking horses peering over stall doors. It included a short interview with a veterinarian.
The local news was basically the same story but the backdrop video was of a rodeo and featured bull riders. I don't think there was a picture of a horse anywhere in the story.
And people wonder why I say I think the local news is really really bad. Like One-Whistle-Stop-Town bad.
A bull rider??!! Yup! That's pretty poor journalism. (I'm being polite here.)
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Good Morning America did. The locals were just reading the cue cards with no comprehension - which is usual for them.
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