Comments for Bill Roehl http://www.lazylightning.org http://www.lazylightning.org - The South Metro News Source! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:12:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Local TV News Not Living Up To The FCC’s Expectations? by Jason DeRusha http://www.lazylightning.org/local-tv-news-not-living-up-to-the-fccs-expectations#comment-48130 Jason DeRusha Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:12:19 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4697#comment-48130 Interesting, as always Bill. Kessler is in our 5 and/or 6 almost every day, with 2 minutes of content there. He had a reality check that ran 2:30 Monday at ten, so obviously your results vary based on the day and on what's going on. This community has full-time Capitol reporters at every TV station, and that's a rarity. I'm glad because of the work those guys do, but also because they are internal advocates for those important stories. My Good Questions are public affairsy probably 1 or 2 out of 5 nights. Depending on the season. During election season, it's maybe more like 3 of 5. I would say if we don't have anything of a public/governmental interest in a newscast, that's a bit of a failure. (to nit pick a bit, I would say last night's story on the new policy and problems related to 1st Avenue - which was about 2:25 minutes of the newscast) is a government story. Interesting, as always Bill. Kessler is in our 5 and/or 6 almost every day, with 2 minutes of content there. He had a reality check that ran 2:30 Monday at ten, so obviously your results vary based on the day and on what’s going on.

This community has full-time Capitol reporters at every TV station, and that’s a rarity. I’m glad because of the work those guys do, but also because they are internal advocates for those important stories.

My Good Questions are public affairsy probably 1 or 2 out of 5 nights. Depending on the season. During election season, it’s maybe more like 3 of 5.

I would say if we don’t have anything of a public/governmental interest in a newscast, that’s a bit of a failure. (to nit pick a bit, I would say last night’s story on the new policy and problems related to 1st Avenue – which was about 2:25 minutes of the newscast) is a government story.

]]> Comment on Casa Nostra Pizzeria & Ristorante Italiano: Lakeville, MN by MSPD http://www.lazylightning.org/casa-nostra-pizzeria-ristorante-italiano-lakeville-mn#comment-48129 MSPD Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:57:38 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4573#comment-48129 "All the recipes are from our family" "her recipes are family recipes" "straight from Italy" "Pelagalli’s father is Italian" "The recipe for her lasagna and homemade red sauce all come from her father’s homeland" "His parents are from Italy, too, and so are their Italian food sensibilities" "They’re from Italy and they said it tastes like it came from Italy" "Italian food was the only food she learned to cook" "all we ate at home – homemade Italian food" "...all recipes from Italy" "it’s tough to replicate authentic Italian food, even with traditional recipes" "We can qualify any Italian food. But when we say authentic, we make it as close to Italy as possible" "We can’t bring a real true taste of Italy" "recipes we use will make it as close as possible" "Our food is traditional Italian food" "Casa Nostra, which means “our house” in Italian" “All the recipes are from our family”
“her recipes are family recipes”
“straight from Italy”
“Pelagalli’s father is Italian”
“The recipe for her lasagna and homemade red sauce all come from her father’s homeland”
“His parents are from Italy, too, and so are their Italian food sensibilities”
“They’re from Italy and they said it tastes like it came from Italy”
“Italian food was the only food she learned to cook”
“all we ate at home – homemade Italian food”
“…all recipes from Italy”
“it’s tough to replicate authentic Italian food, even with traditional recipes”
“We can qualify any Italian food. But when we say authentic, we make it as close to Italy as possible”
“We can’t bring a real true taste of Italy”
“recipes we use will make it as close as possible”
“Our food is traditional Italian food”
“Casa Nostra, which means “our house” in Italian”

]]> Comment on Local TV News Not Living Up To The FCC’s Expectations? by Joey http://www.lazylightning.org/local-tv-news-not-living-up-to-the-fccs-expectations#comment-48126 Joey Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:40:03 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4697#comment-48126 I rarely watch CBS for anything else so news isn't an exception and I've never been able to get into watching Don Shelby, which doesn't help. If I ever do watch any TV it's typically NBC (guess I'm a rarity), so KARE gets far more viewership from me than their fluff deserves. I guess KSTP would be my first choice, but at the end of the day, none of them are what I'd like to see. A bunch of 30-second blips about the latest fire or burglary are way too easy and get old really fast. I rarely watch CBS for anything else so news isn’t an exception and I’ve never been able to get into watching Don Shelby, which doesn’t help. If I ever do watch any TV it’s typically NBC (guess I’m a rarity), so KARE gets far more viewership from me than their fluff deserves. I guess KSTP would be my first choice, but at the end of the day, none of them are what I’d like to see. A bunch of 30-second blips about the latest fire or burglary are way too easy and get old really fast.

]]> Comment on Local TV News Not Living Up To The FCC’s Expectations? by Sornie http://www.lazylightning.org/local-tv-news-not-living-up-to-the-fccs-expectations#comment-48121 Sornie Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:56:19 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4697#comment-48121 Local news (on TV) seems to have evolved (or devolved) in to more of a story-telling format rather than "legit" news. The "hard news" (gov't., crime, etc.) almost seems to be a turn-off for TV viewers (check out KSTP-TV's ratings). Evan with the shape of newspapers, they are still (and their websites) the place to go for government news. And more government officials have taken to blogging and tweeting to get their news out ot people who care. It's basically catering to your audience. TV viewers (locally) don't care so much about government news so V doesn't cover it as much as they did or should. On the flip side, Pat Kessler - when he's on - does a good job of covering government on WCCO-TV. His approach of cutting through the bullshit of political TV ads is worth far more than the hard details of what local government is doing/not doing. Local news (on TV) seems to have evolved (or devolved) in to more of a story-telling format rather than “legit” news. The “hard news” (gov’t., crime, etc.) almost seems to be a turn-off for TV viewers (check out KSTP-TV’s ratings). Evan with the shape of newspapers, they are still (and their websites) the place to go for government news. And more government officials have taken to blogging and tweeting to get their news out ot people who care. It’s basically catering to your audience. TV viewers (locally) don’t care so much about government news so V doesn’t cover it as much as they did or should. On the flip side, Pat Kessler – when he’s on – does a good job of covering government on WCCO-TV. His approach of cutting through the bullshit of political TV ads is worth far more than the hard details of what local government is doing/not doing.

]]> Comment on Local TV News Not Living Up To The FCC’s Expectations? by Crystal http://www.lazylightning.org/local-tv-news-not-living-up-to-the-fccs-expectations#comment-48120 Crystal Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:51:03 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4697#comment-48120 This reminds me of a Mass Communications assignment from high school. I recall sitting in front of the TV with a stopwatch and timing something (yeah, can't remember what that something was). This reminds me of a Mass Communications assignment from high school. I recall sitting in front of the TV with a stopwatch and timing something (yeah, can’t remember what that something was).

]]> Comment on Local TV News Not Living Up To The FCC’s Expectations? by Bill http://www.lazylightning.org/local-tv-news-not-living-up-to-the-fccs-expectations#comment-48119 Bill Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:51:01 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4697#comment-48119 <blockquote>I would take an uneducated guess that there isn’t anything exciting aside from health care in the gov’t these days? </blockquote> *local* government, not national.

I would take an uneducated guess that there isn’t anything exciting aside from health care in the gov’t these days?

*local* government, not national.

]]> Comment on Local TV News Not Living Up To The FCC’s Expectations? by w00dz http://www.lazylightning.org/local-tv-news-not-living-up-to-the-fccs-expectations#comment-48118 w00dz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:48:52 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4697#comment-48118 Not caring to watch most news for your similar logic, I would take an uneducated guess that there isn't anything exciting aside from health care in the gov't these days? that is a broken record in itself.. Otherwise, Local news somewhat is interesting to me, mainly for the weather (which I can get on my phone, laptop, email, TXT, billboard to name a few other places, and sometimes I like to keep up on flooding situations around the region, as I try and volunteer time to help battle that.. My biggest turn off to news is all the national shit that never seems to change "yup, still in a war", "yup, housing market blows, people are jobless, and gas is expensive" "yup somebody's been shot, somebody's been abused" - I don't care what celeb is in rehab or re-marrying this week. I want to see solid action, and a plan, and until you have that in place to solve problem 'X' I don't really give a shit, because nothing I say or think will change it anyways. While your research was slightly less than scientific, it gives me a good chance to bitch and whine about something, which, I'm starting to enjoy doing more in my old age. Not caring to watch most news for your similar logic, I would take an uneducated guess that there isn’t anything exciting aside from health care in the gov’t these days? that is a broken record in itself..

Otherwise, Local news somewhat is interesting to me, mainly for the weather (which I can get on my phone, laptop, email, TXT, billboard to name a few other places, and sometimes I like to keep up on flooding situations around the region, as I try and volunteer time to help battle that..

My biggest turn off to news is all the national shit that never seems to change “yup, still in a war”, “yup, housing market blows, people are jobless, and gas is expensive” “yup somebody’s been shot, somebody’s been abused” – I don’t care what celeb is in rehab or re-marrying this week. I want to see solid action, and a plan, and until you have that in place to solve problem ‘X’ I don’t really give a shit, because nothing I say or think will change it anyways.

While your research was slightly less than scientific, it gives me a good chance to bitch and whine about something, which, I’m starting to enjoy doing more in my old age.

]]> Comment on Casa Nostra Pizzeria & Ristorante Italiano: Lakeville, MN by Bill http://www.lazylightning.org/casa-nostra-pizzeria-ristorante-italiano-lakeville-mn#comment-48117 Bill Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:47:32 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4573#comment-48117 Fluff from Thisweek: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thisweeklivecom/~3/_sk_Tn_9jOk/index.php Fluff from Thisweek: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thisweeklivecom/~3/_sk_Tn_9jOk/index.php

]]> Comment on Dakota County Employees Want More in Tough Times?! by Bill http://www.lazylightning.org/dakota-county-employees-want-more-in-tough-times#comment-48113 Bill Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:55:37 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4696#comment-48113 Being that I was a white collar worker in a white collar union (AFSCME), I just never saw their purpose other than taking more money away from me every month than they ever put into my pockets. Being that I was a white collar worker in a white collar union (AFSCME), I just never saw their purpose other than taking more money away from me every month than they ever put into my pockets.

]]> Comment on Dakota County Employees Want More in Tough Times?! by Joey http://www.lazylightning.org/dakota-county-employees-want-more-in-tough-times#comment-48111 Joey Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:38:16 +0000 http://www.lazylightning.org/?p=4696#comment-48111 I agree with Greg. Where I work, they could fire me at any time for any reason (or no reason) and frankly, I think that's how it should be. I have no right to a job and the employer has no obligation to give me a job. Unions have had their place in the past and I think could continue to be helpful if they exercised a little more common sense. Unfortunately, I don't seem to seem to observe much of that. I agree with Greg. Where I work, they could fire me at any time for any reason (or no reason) and frankly, I think that’s how it should be. I have no right to a job and the employer has no obligation to give me a job.

Unions have had their place in the past and I think could continue to be helpful if they exercised a little more common sense. Unfortunately, I don’t seem to seem to observe much of that.

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