... more than you might realize. At least, that's what I thought when I read this report from KOSA-TV/CBS 7 about efforts to address sinkholes in Pecos County, and how those sinkholes are affecting a state highway.
"Pecos County is in cahoots with TxDOT to keep an eye on the levels, which as of now, poses no threat to drivers," the report states. I have to ask, in an otherwise-very-good report, did they really mean to use the phrase "in cahoots"? Just in case my own understanding of the word was a little off (wouldn't be the first time), I checked dictionary.com, which offered "Questionable collaboration; secret partnership" as a definition.
Just about anyone in 'the business' will tell you, a single word CAN make a difference. IMHO, this little slip was an exception to the rule at KOSA, where some outstanding people are doing some award-winning work. It happens to just about everyone one, at some time or another ... I know it's happened to me!
"Pecos County is in cahoots with TxDOT to keep an eye on the levels, which as of now, poses no threat to drivers," the report states. I have to ask, in an otherwise-very-good report, did they really mean to use the phrase "in cahoots"? Just in case my own understanding of the word was a little off (wouldn't be the first time), I checked dictionary.com, which offered "Questionable collaboration; secret partnership" as a definition.
Just about anyone in 'the business' will tell you, a single word CAN make a difference. IMHO, this little slip was an exception to the rule at KOSA, where some outstanding people are doing some award-winning work. It happens to just about everyone one, at some time or another ... I know it's happened to me!
2 comments:
While it's true they do some award-winning work, they often get careless and forget some of the basics of reporting. More than once I've been left wondering where something occurred that they have covered.
Another complaint I have with all local media. When something occurs on a rural county road or near an I-20 mile marker, I wish they would identify the location, such as approximately 6 miles SE of Midland.
Dom, I will agree that mistakes or lapses will occur. But my experience over the past 25 years - as both a news producer and a news consumer in the local market - is that those lapses are the exception, rather than the rule.
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