While we were all out for drinks last night, I yelled in a pre-alcholic induced state at the news director for our local Time Warner Cable news station that it absolutely drives me nuts whenever he writes in the phrase, "As you may recall..." into a news story. That phrase was in two of the stories from last night's newscast.
Seriously. The phrase assumes the viewer has paid attention to the news over the past however many months, while at the same time almost mocks the viewer who doesn't recall what the hell the story is about. Never assume the person watching, listening, or reading the news has any clue about anything that's happening in your local area.
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Ok, you're nuts! I, on the other hand, have no problems with that phrase whatsoever. I think it's a nice segway into an update of a previous story. I see it as a gentle reminder of what was reported on in the past, so that they don't look stupid for bringing up something from the past. I guess I'm trying to say that it covers them from looking bad...as if they hadn't reported on it when it first happened.
But then again, this is coming from someone NOT in the news industry who actually does watch and pay attention to the news!
My two cents :)
-court
Yeah....well....I'm just a news-watching member of society with no experience in media whatsoever!!!
I didn't know such a phrase was bad. I don't think it is, but now I know!
Any now everytime I watch the news and hear that, I'm gonna say "You suck because you aren't supposed to say that!!"
-court
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