During the coverage of this year's Fair St. Louis, there was little mention from local TV stations about how many people attended. Fair officials later estimated some 250,000 people came to the two and one-half day event. But there was perhaps a shot at the lower attendance at the parade fired by Channel 5. A graphic noted "dozens turn out for 132nd VP parade." Clearly, … [Read more...] about Channel 5 captions leave room for improvement
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Miscellaneous observations from a media critic
A criticism of media critics: Brian Stelter, formerly of the New York Times, has taken over the host role of CNN’s Reliable Sources. Former host Howard Kurtz has moved to Fox where he hosts MediaBuzz (ironically competing against his old CNN show – both airing Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. CST). First, Brian Stelter is doing an adequate job so far (he has only been doing … [Read more...] about Miscellaneous observations from a media critic