News

I did the "watching news with a stop watch" assignment too, so here goes:

5:30 news

Channel 7

Monday, Nov 7

10 sec: Initial music

1:45 Governor Cuomo’s involvement in local races (politics)

10 sec: banter (stay with us for our Vote 2011 coverage)

1:45 Herman Cain sexual harassment charges (politics, national, crime)

1:10 PA sexual abuse (crime)

35 sec Charges concerning fire at DMV building (happened in Dec 2006) (crime)

25 sec Accident related to NFTA truck and girl (crime)

1:50 Alzheimer’s patients wandering off, Alzheimer’s Association, Masonic society ID program (general interest, community affairs)

15 sec What’s coming up next

55 sec Green report, using cardboard boxes for gardening (general interest)

2:45 sec Ads, Chris Jacobs for County Clerk; Super 7 VIP club; Medaille College; Absolut Care; Family Court Judge; Morning edition for channel 7

30 sec Gas prices (general interest)

30 sec UPS price hike (general interest)

20 sec Job fair announcement (community affairs)

1:05 “After the bell” report; Europe financial crisis; gas prices again; tech news (Mark Zuckerburg) (financial news)

15 sec What’s coming up next

2:45 sec Ads; Euphoria Salon; Mark Poloncraz for County Clerk; Fuccillo Chevy; CouponBug.com; Law firm prosecuting nursing cases; Good feet store; political ad again;

25 sec Greece political crisis (international news)

25 sec Oklahoma earthquake (national news)

30 sec Asteroid flying by earth (general interest)

3:30 Weather

25 sec Pictures sent in by viewers

10 sec Still to come

2:20 sec Ads; Law firm; Senior Care; political ad; quicklift (cosmetic surgery); law firm; mylocallookup;

1:00 Buzz; Lindsay Lohan out of jail; Aretha Franklin receiving an honorary doctorate;  (entertainment)

2:00 Will and Kate expecting? (She touched her tummy 12 times in a course of 2 hours!!!) (entertainment)

10 sec Bye

Kritika