tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post5672503056402951414..comments2023-12-07T00:30:22.079-08:00Comments on Omaha City Weekly Media Watch: New Baseball Stadium Is 'News' to WOWT ViewersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350551838612936096noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-88287287521572963582007-06-04T14:37:00.000-07:002007-06-04T14:37:00.000-07:001:31 and William Benson:Thank you for your support...1:31 and William Benson:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your support; however, I can fight my own battles. Sadly, it is because of the misinformed above poster that the media is in the poor shape that it is in. They actually believe that they can do no wrong and instead of seeking the news, they have decided to make the news, or be a part of the news. Unfortunately it is now more about entertainment than information. It is now more about personal attacks than it is about dignified conversation. Sadly, it is the mentality exhibited by the above poster that has contributed to the demise of the media.<BR/><BR/>Alan M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-68075903893241542012007-06-04T14:31:00.000-07:002007-06-04T14:31:00.000-07:006:56 AMWhy are you so angry? Why are you attackin...6:56 AM<BR/><BR/>Why are you so angry? Why are you attacking Alan M.? At least he has the guts to put his name to his mouth. If you are such a media authority; why don't you put a name to your posts? Take credit for what you post. You seem to know so much more than the rest of here. I'm calling you out; give us your name if you aren't a coward. Then, perhaps we will see how you can be such an authority on the media. See...I'm not afraid to post my name.<BR/><BR/>William BensonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-39191449109013154242007-06-04T13:31:00.000-07:002007-06-04T13:31:00.000-07:006:56 AMDo you media people just work at being DH's...6:56 AM<BR/><BR/>Do you media people just work at being DH's, or does it come naturally? At least I would pay more mind to Alan M. than I would your senseless idiocy. Go back to your hole and find some mind numbing story to placate your befuddled masses with. Or perhaps you would like to give us a resume of your limited journalistic experience. I don't call any of the stations in Omaha big time experience. So perhaps as you so succinctly put it, YOU should close your claptrap and take a nice warm glass of shut the hell up. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-57834185658505726352007-06-03T06:56:00.000-07:002007-06-03T06:56:00.000-07:00Alan M. Give me a break. You Westside Warrior you....Alan M. Give me a break. You Westside Warrior you. Your bashing and defensive writings only make you seem superior to others which you are definitely not. I cannot stand how people who claim to work or have worked in the media act like they are above everyone else. Just because you may have inside information from working in the media does not give you a badge of honor to strutt your stuff. People like you fit the definition of complete moron. Close your claptrap and do us all a favor and shut up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-85671948524743314142007-05-25T09:38:00.000-07:002007-05-25T09:38:00.000-07:00PhfftPhfftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-19030295918495948332007-05-25T06:25:00.000-07:002007-05-25T06:25:00.000-07:00Everyone THINKS they're a comedian nowdays, don't ...Everyone THINKS they're a comedian nowdays, don't they 2:51 PM. Go back to your sugar coated stories and the mind numbing claptrap you call news and turn the computer off, kay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-12274825685160841992007-05-25T06:23:00.000-07:002007-05-25T06:23:00.000-07:00Just to set the record straight 2:51 PM. I worked...Just to set the record straight 2:51 PM. I worked for all three major NETWORK stations in this town some time ago. So yes, that does give me insight into the media in this city, and quite frankly, jounralistic integrity and work ethic have gone completely down hill. I blame this more on the consultants and the producers than I do the news folks just following orders.<BR/><BR/>Alan M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-11500863521573030372007-05-24T14:51:00.000-07:002007-05-24T14:51:00.000-07:00Westside TV doesnt count Alan MWestside TV doesnt count Alan MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-55395210522859063302007-05-22T12:39:00.000-07:002007-05-22T12:39:00.000-07:006:55 AMFYI I was in the media for several years an...6:55 AM<BR/><BR/>FYI I was in the media for several years and therefore it gives me a better viewpoint than most. Watch who you insult by shooting off your mouth. You haven't a clue who might be posting on this blog and what their background is.<BR/><BR/>Alan M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-17002586508545924772007-05-21T09:44:00.000-07:002007-05-21T09:44:00.000-07:006:55 AM:If you don't like the drivel that's on thi...6:55 AM:<BR/><BR/>If you don't like the drivel that's on this post; why are you reading it? I'll answer for you; because you enjoy getting your dander up. If you don't like the drivel being splashed across this blog, don't read it. Hell; I don't like half the crap that comes from my idiot box that people like you spout. Guess what? I don't watch! Why don't you do the same. Fool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-18685896942888937822007-05-19T06:55:00.000-07:002007-05-19T06:55:00.000-07:00If you don't like what you see, move to a differen...If you don't like what you see, move to a different city, Alan M. I'm tired of your drivel that continues to assault the local news media. If you think you can do a better job, why don't you get a college degree and break into the profession. <BR/><BR/>I love it how people like you who have no understanding of the profession sit back and make uninformed comments and opinions, it's great to have an opinion--but know why you have it. Give me a break people, grow up and get a life! Sean Weide needs a life, other than the one he has at the moment. Quit your PR mumbling and find something more productive to do! Good grief!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-30260059429893182442007-05-15T12:17:00.000-07:002007-05-15T12:17:00.000-07:00Or maybe we do it to irritate people like you tedb...Or maybe we do it to irritate people like you tedbaxter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-86232461329449263982007-05-15T10:18:00.000-07:002007-05-15T10:18:00.000-07:00Tedbaxter:Apparently there are a lot of people out...Tedbaxter:<BR/><BR/>Apparently there are a lot of people out here that are as "obsessed" with the media as much as you claim Sean is. Most of us just want our voices to be heard because we are tiring of the drivel that continues to assault our senses night after night and Sean gives us an outlet to let our discontent out. Thanks for the outlet Sean.<BR/><BR/>Alan M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-86945958304543589442007-05-14T08:46:00.000-07:002007-05-14T08:46:00.000-07:00Sean, I think the comparisons to Ted come because ...Sean, I think the comparisons to Ted come because of your obvious obsession with local media. Ask yourself why someone with the responsibilities of 5 young children would devote so much time to this. Not only do you write the columns but you must be TVO'ing and watching newscasts to critique.<BR/>Spend some time with the kids and forget this blog stuff. I don't know if you are "Ted" or not, but your explanation of why you are not has the same impact of "Ted's" frequent protests that he had never worked in the business.Something just ain't right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-89676752196604079032007-05-14T08:27:00.000-07:002007-05-14T08:27:00.000-07:00Check the writing styles people. "Ted Brockman" a...Check the writing styles people. "Ted Brockman" and Sean have very different styles.<BR/><BR/>FBI ManAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-63351616156019887762007-05-12T21:30:00.000-07:002007-05-12T21:30:00.000-07:00In response to the comment posted by "anonymous" a...In response to the comment posted by "anonymous" above, a number of close friends who work in the TV news business have asked me why I rarely respond to criticism directed at me that is sometimes posted in the comments section of this website.<BR/><BR/>The City Weekly Media Watch column is just that - a column. A forum in which the author expresses his or her opinion. On the flip side, readers are welcome to post their comments and feedback on this site, with few exceptions (allegations that cannot be verified, slanderous remarks, etc.).<BR/><BR/>More than one local news media outlet has complained of the format of this website that allows visitors to post comments. But I am a firm believer in allowing feedback and thoughtful discussion to occur.<BR/><BR/>Rumors persist that I had involvement (or was responsible for) the omanews.blogspot.com website. First, I had nothing to do with the site. Secondly, why I would spend time expressing myself in an online forum when I already had two outlets for my media opinion (The Reader newspaper and its online counterpart, www.thereadersmedianotes.com) is beyond my comprehension. I have five children (under the age of 10), a full-time job, two websites to manage, a weekly column to write maintain. Why would I possibly spend time on another website?<BR/><BR/>It is also very apparent to anyone who knows me well that I am not a mean-spirited person who levies personal attacks against media talent or management.<BR/><BR/>The point was made by a poster above that they "have seen nothing positive about WOWT." This is far from the truth. Consider that in the last seven days alone, a mention was made of Dave Webber's honor by Girls and Boys Town and a good deal of the print edition of the City Weekly Media Watch column was devoted to the long hours put in by the station's meteorologists during last weekend's storms.<BR/><BR/>The same poster accuses me of writing "everything positive" about KMTV, for which I worked from 1998 to 2003. I would ask that you pose that question to the station owners and management. They are the true judges of what is being written in this space and in the print edition of The City Weekly.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I am growing old. I believe we all are. But I am far from bitter about anything to do with TV news, radio, Internet or print media. Rather, it is my intention to inform and provide "food for thought" about issues and matters which occur publicly and behind-the-scenes in the metropolitan (and when applicable, Lincoln) area in the news media industry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350551838612936096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-32032523119394289252007-05-11T10:53:00.000-07:002007-05-11T10:53:00.000-07:00Wow! Must by off meds again.Sad......Wow! Must by off meds again.<BR/>Sad......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-22330934606634989842007-05-11T10:21:00.000-07:002007-05-11T10:21:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-13361171587854521502007-05-10T22:25:00.000-07:002007-05-10T22:25:00.000-07:00You may not want to call him accomplished. But he...You may not want to call him accomplished. But he's got a website that you seem to be reading on a fairly consistent basis. He's accomplished that much.<BR/><BR/>WOWT is archaic. They've been churning out the same formulaic newscast for about 150 years now. You can set your watch by it (well except for the Sports in a Minute, which never seems to come in under a minute).<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine anybody working there and not being bored senseless. Except for the guy in charge of the yearly blooper reel. He must be working 60 hours a week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-40150870257385391702007-05-10T21:30:00.000-07:002007-05-10T21:30:00.000-07:00And it's interesting to note that all of the entri...And it's interesting to note that all of the entries on Sean's new blog are slanted in favor of the competition. I have seen nothing positive about WOWT, everthing has been negative and yet nothing about the three other stations in town. It's quite interesting, given the fact that Ted (Sean) used to work at Action 3, his columns usually have been in favor of the Action station, everything positive. <BR/><BR/>You call yourself an "accomplished" journalist but most of your entries have been biased and slanted, you obviously have an axe to grind, with it pointed mostly toward Channel 6. Could your bitterness be a result of growing old or the fact that no television station hired you after your stint at Action 3. Get over it and find a new profession, your words and PR mumbling is getting old along with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-43172343294125509662007-05-10T21:22:00.000-07:002007-05-10T21:22:00.000-07:00One little detour from the flood coverage and you ...One little detour from the flood coverage and you guys are all over WOWT. When 7 or 3 does something different or deviates from special coverage you guys praise them. What's with all the picking on WOWT? I trust there news more than the trash that comes out of KETV or the action from Action 3. <BR/><BR/>Sean Weide, you shouldn't be posting on your blog under two different names, cough, cough. Ted, or should I say Sean, give it a rest. Your mumbling is as lame as your image. We all know it's you Sean. Get a life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-27388338984880675382007-05-10T20:08:00.000-07:002007-05-10T20:08:00.000-07:00BurpBurpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-10725399929605723962007-05-10T17:50:00.000-07:002007-05-10T17:50:00.000-07:00If I were writing this, there'd be a helluva lot m...If I were writing this, there'd be a helluva lot more about WOWT than Sean has heretofore included. <BR/><BR/>When Barry's Pharmacist says "you could pick any newscast any night of the week and nitpick something that one did that the others didn't," he's right. But there's one difference: with WOWT, you can pick forty or fifty things they did poorly in every newscast on any day of the week and just barely scratch the surface. <BR/><BR/>No station in Omaha is as consistently and predictably bad as WOWT. Even with KPTM/KXVO, they screw things up differently from night to night. With Channel 6, they keep doing the same stupid stuff and no one there seems to notice or care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-61944520936857832392007-05-10T14:46:00.000-07:002007-05-10T14:46:00.000-07:00Yeah, I saw that too Tuesday Night ---- on WOWT! W...Yeah, I saw that too Tuesday Night ---- on WOWT! Whatcher point? Guess every news outlet mentioned it, huh?<BR/>I guess if Joe Trucker didn't watch ANY news before he left for KC, he just had to follow the detour signs & get there 20 minutes later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312464275837687150.post-90947880701444037102007-05-10T09:58:00.000-07:002007-05-10T09:58:00.000-07:00There was new information Tuesday night..rising wa...There was new information Tuesday night..rising water forced Iowa to shut down southbound lanes of I-29..pertinent information for any Iowa or Nebraska residents who may commute to work or might have been using that route.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com