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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Criticism of WEHT Promos Sparks Lively Online Debate

Last Friday, I posted an entry about WEHT's new station promos, and my feelings about them.If nothing else, it's certainly sparked a lively discussion, based on the comments that have been posted since then. Earl Waitman, whose job it is to make the promos for WEHT, had this to say:

There was a time in TV when all stations took shots at each other. Almost all competitors in every line of work invite direct comparison. If you are proud of your product you have nothing to fear. These promos do nothing more than invite the viewer to make a direct comparison between the tv newscasts and not be brainwashed into watching a certain station's news. If this wish of free will and independent thought is somehow disturbing to you, I would suggest that you are completely missing the point of WEHT's promos.

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/weht-promos-revisited.html

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