In an "I-Team" investigation Thursday night, veteran KETV (Cox Channel 9) reporter Carol Kloss shared the story of two cars registered in Douglas County that were mistakenly assigned the same license plate number.
Kloss referred to the license plate in question (PKI 608) as being "P-K-I six-oh-eight."
In a story about a minor detail that meant the difference between accuracy and a mistake, Kloss herself mistakenly kept referring to the second part of the license plate as a letter, rather than a number.
11 comments:
That's just how sojme people in Omaha say "zero." My parents have had the same phone number my entire life and they say "oh" for the zero. Aren't we getting a little picky... like pointing out every little mis-pronunciation and stupid screw-up on a Chyron?!This stuff even happens on network TV, and let's not forget this is a smallish-medium market. And they're human!
Chyron huh?!? Sounds like someone works for a TV station. Shouldn't we expect our TV reporters to be accurate? Let's also not forget, market 75 is not smallish-medium.
Yes, it is I, Carol Kloss! I have nothing better to do than read this and I am super offended.
Jackass...
Pretty sure ANYONE reading MEDIA notes knows something about journalism, and a CHYRON! YOU as well seem to know what it is! Find something better to do than nit-picking reporters! Kloss was not inaccurate, I was merely stating a nuance in how native Omahans speak.
Kloss is wrong. A zero is a number. An O is a letter. The whole story was about a license number. If the reporter can't get her facts straight on what the license number was, isn't that a mistake?
The fact that both of you idots are even sayong "Chyron" is laughable. Nobody in broadcasting has been using "Chyron" for years. Chyron is a brand name like "Kleenex". Call it CG or just call it a graphic. You fellas are showing your age and ignorance.
R.I.P. Chyron
All of you are idiots for making such a big deal out of a little mistake. Quit nit-picking and analyzing the market. Don't you guys have something better to do than constantly pick on people in television. They're human. They make mistakes! Grow up! Get a life! And find something better to do you no-good wannabee media haters! Good grief! Give me a break!
Come on Sean, we only have one Brockman in this town... I come to this blog to get away from the negativity. Clean it up please...
Perhaps the original story did not express this very clearly:
A reporter with more than 20 years of experience in Omaha, working at the No. 1 station (depending upon who you ask, of course), reports on a problem with a license plate.
The license plate was mistakenly assigned to two vehicles. An investigation by Kloss determines that the mistake was a clerical error - a lapse in attention to detail.
This same lack of attention to detail is apparent in the story itself when Kloss continually refers to the license plate in question inaccurately (saying "O" instead of "zero"). After all, there is a big difference between a letter and a number.
If I wanted to start "nit-picking" things, I would start with KMTV's "exclusive" banner on a story Thursday night that I read about in last Saturday's Omaha World-Herald.
And the last comment is correct. "Media Notes" (both the print and the online versions) is a column. It is labeled as such, and thus affords me the opportunity to express my opinion. I welcome you to share yours as well.
Boo-Yah! Way to talk 'em down, Sean.
I think it's fun to nit-pick tv people, hell, I think it's fun to nit-pick anyone.
Question: How many of you, when you heard or read what Carol said, thought of the letter? How many of you thought of the number? Just wondering.
As an Omaha car owner I pretty much thought of the number, since -- and please do correct me if I'm wrong -- every Omaha license plate made these days is three letters followed by three numbers.
Yeah Melanie. Im sure you'd enjoy a blog that nitpicks your public performances in the opera and on the stage.
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