# A funny thing happened on the local news tonight... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-local-news-tonight/198337 "2003-08-29T01:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-local-news-tonight/198337/1 "2003-08-29T01:22:56Z")
…well, not really, in the case of the coverage. There’s a bad brushfire in the outskirts of my city. Houses are threatened, it’s not too near any fire hydrants, etc. It’s an overall Bad Thing, and I hope there are no victims. But, the helicopter that was covering the event for the news channel I was watching managed to mistakenly get a shot of the helicopter from the competing station beofre it zoomed out upon realizing this error. The competing helicopter was closer to the fire and moving faster. There was a big white ‘9’ on the side of the other helicopter (which is painted crimson), so there was no mistaking who this was. So, I turned it to channel 9, where there was non-stop coverage (the other channel had ceased coverage to give the weather forecast) and an overall better view of this bad situation. I should have been there anyway; it’s a better station in general. I continued to watch this better coverage, thanks to the clue-in from the good folks at 4. It was all kind of weird, really. I wonder if this mistake was taken seriously by the station manager. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-local-news-tonight/198337/2 "2003-08-29T01:28:34Z")
Kelly Ogle and Gary England beat Linda Cavanaugh and Mike Morgan any day! Is Channel 5 still on the air even? ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-local-news-tonight/198337/3 "2003-08-29T01:32:37Z")
Heh, you wouldn’t think. They even lost their helicopter a few years ago due to bad ratings; they rent one during sweeps. Have you noticed how close the anchors sit on 5? That’s quite a budget minded set. They don’t even have cameramen; the cameras are automated. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-local-news-tonight/198337/4 "2003-08-29T01:32:44Z")
Kelly Ogle. There’s a “Who’s Line” news co-anchor name if I’ve ever heard one. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-local-news-tonight/198337/5 "2003-08-29T01:32:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joe K \* > \*\*… I wonder if this mistake was taken seriously by the station manager. \*\* It will be if they read your post!