Re: subliminal slam on Michael Bloomberg??

["Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>]

     I personally don't think that Bill Ritter and the
Channel 7 Eyewitness News team are trying to
editorialize the current fiscal crisis that we all are
suffering with right now, nationwide.  From what I
have seen, ever since 9/11, New York is very proud of
its' firefighters.  And with good reason.  What you
saw on Channel 7 was just another example of what the
FDNY does every day, fiscal crisis or not.  
     I have seen WABC-TV's newscasts from time to
time, myself.  I find them to be very straight forward
and to the point.  If it seemed like that this was a
little jab against the Bloomberg administration,
hey... it all depends on who you talk to.  (I
personally would not want to have Mayor Bloomberg's
job!) But, in my opinion, I find Channel 7 (WABC-TV)
to be one of the finest news operations in America. 
And no, I don't work for ABC/Disney! 73.


Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts 



    
--- Matthew Osborne <mattosborne1976@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was just watching the ABC-7 (WABC-TV New York)
> Eyewitness News at 11 PM tonight (June 17), and saw
> something very interesting.  I will present the
> situation, and leave it to all of you to draw a
> conclusion:
>    They ran a report on a lady who had given birth
> to
> a newborn daughter in the back seat of a car.  This
> lady was assisted during the birth by an engine
> company of the FDNY, and the firefighter that
> delivered the baby had to perform infant
> resuscitaion
> (sp??) on it, because it was not breathing at the
> time
> of the birth (the resuscitation saved the baby's
> life).  What made this story interesting is that 2
> years ago this very same lady also gave birth before
> making it to the hospital, and was assisted then by
> the very same engine company that was involved this
> time around.  But then it gets really interesting --
> as soon as the report clip ends, they cut back to a
> close-up shot on anchor Bill Ritter, who responds to
> the report by saying to remember that this lady was
> assisted by the FDNY, and that this newborn infant
> is
> alive now because of the proximity of the FDNY
> engine
> company that answered this call, and the quick
> thinking of the firefighter that actually delivered
> the baby.  He concluded with a commendation for the
> firefighter that delivered the baby, at which point
> they cut back to a two-shot on Bill and Diana
> Williams, and the newscast continued...
> 
> Am I just paranoid, or do Bill's comments after the
> video clip seem like a very thinly veiled slam on
> NYC
> Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is trying to shut down
> several engine companies of the FDNY to help close
> the
> city's budget deficit...   
> 
> BTW, did anyone else here in the viewing area of
> WABC-TV see this report?
> 
>                              Matt Osborne
>                              Poughkeepsie, NY
> 
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Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
                           "Scanning the bands since 1967"
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