Tuesday night, on the 10:00PM newscast from KFOR News Channel 4 (AKA The Other Station With Ogles), News Channel 4’s News Channel 4 News Team’s Meg Alexander kept us 4warned about the un4seen threat to the fiscal future of the state of Oklahoma:
Free coffee 4 state legislators.
Yep, it seems that the House and Senate, together, spend about $40,000 a year 4 coffee 4 members, staff, and people passing through the capitol. It is almost surprising that anyone from 2300 Lincoln has to make their way down to Java Dave’s.
That, evidently is 2 much 4 Channel 4, but their coverage (or at least the production values) were 2 good 2 B true.
But, there is some coffee confusion at Channel 4. Or, at least, some Coffee confusion, more specifically trying to identify who, exactly, is Glenn Coffee. 4 anyone who doesn’t know, Senator Coffee (who is not related to Mr. Coffee, Joe DiMaggio) is the state senator from Bethany who is also presiding officer of the State Senate and a couple of heartbeats away from the governor’s chair.
Well, seems like the production team had a little trouble honing in on Glenn Coffee in Meg’s report. First, they said this guy was Glenn Coffee:
It is, in fact, Rep. Joe Dorman (D-Rush Springs, AKA Rep. Watermelon).
Then, they said that this tray was Glenn Coffee:
No, that’s a pot of coffee, but it doesn’t lead the state senate, at least as far as we know.
They never got around to telling us that this fellow, pictured below and who appeared in the telecast, is in fact Sen. Glenn Coffee:
Here’s the entire telecast. Go to time stamp 7:04.
Everyone knows that the press is allowed to drink that coffee, so I’m guessing Channel 4 won’t be indulging from now on?
Oh, wait. They’re never there during session anyway.
Thank you for single-handedly rescuing 0.0000057 percent of the state’s budget, Channel 4. I hoist a venti skinny mochaccino in honor of your mad investigative skillz.
Ah, the smell of “Sweeps” is in the air.
I’m thrilled Meg reported on something besides face lifts, liposuction, and the dangers of nail salons. All of which still beat the “I saw JEEZUS in a slice of rye” or “The Bible Diet” reports that seem to go on ad nauseum.
i like that they ratted out Neighbor’s Coffee too. Neighbor’s is a local business that employs Oklahomans and also brings OK some good tax revenue. and they have a presence at the State Fair Speedway, sponsoring the sprint car of Larry Neighbors (who does not have, and never did have a cocaine problem).
seriously Meg? $40k for coffee for the state? BFD. Randy Brogdon gets a state allowance of $40k just for Nazi paraphernalia and Bibles. this is breaking news? News9 ought to report that you wasted hours of your time, the camera mans time, the editors time, the producers time, and everyone’s time who watched this story, which probably amounts to the tune of $50k.
eventually local news will go the way of the newspaper and will get beat out by the online model, which is fine. i can’t wait to see what other entertainment industry these pretty, young reporters decide to delve into.
Great article, but uh one thing…
If you ever unnecessarily use numbers for words in more than one sentence again, I’ll be forced to remove your testicles.
@TravisB — lol. God 4bid.
All complaints about the needless abuse of the word for and the number 4 and the substitution of “4″ for for in words should be directed to:
Mary Ann Eckstein
News Director
KFOR-TV
444 E. Britton Rd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73114
405) 424-4444
But be 4warned, they probably will just 4ward your message . . . so don’t get 4lorn.
4 f*cks sake!
(Do I mean: “For the sake of f*ck” or “Four f*cks own a bottle of Japanese booze.”) WAKE UP, PEOPLE!
Next from Meg is her investigation into which state agency spends the most on s#*t paper.