We’ll it looks like NewsOK.com has taken things to the next level and hired a “weekend anchor.” Her name is Sally Eastridge. These are her Friday, Saturday and Sunday updates from Oklahoma’s website:
Sunday Update
Saturday Update
Friday Update
Hey, I know that the powers to be at NewsOK.com are still learning this whole video news thing, but when you hire or promote someone to a weekend anchor position, shouldn’t a standard interview question be:
Do you own more than one professional outfit?
I think it should. But then again, I also like checker boards, Red Baron pizza boxes and blondes, so I’m not complaining. Also, what’s up with that Christmas light Mardi Gras necklace thing? What did Sally do? Flash Dave Morris at Pearls on Fat Tuesday and get that thing in return? We demand an answer!
We’re checking on the rumor that this guy is former Oklahoma defensive lineman Moe Dampeer and that he has made it through to Hollywood on American Idol.
Supposedly Moe has lost 150 pounds and turned his eyes to singing.
Funny, we always thought of Moe as more of a dancer.More to come…
Well, well…it sure is comforting to know that the same guys who told us Bob Stoops was a boilermaker are now checking on a rumor that a skinny Moe Dampeer is on American Idol. It’s also comforting to know that a big, powerful, professional money making website like NewsOK.com basically regurgitated information from a not-for-profit blog and then passed it off as their own. Seriously, it’s like the only differences between the two posts (see below) is that ours was posted 8 hours earlier, we figured out how to embed a YouTube Clip, and we probably have more readers.
I think that if NewsOK.com really wants to get big into this blogging thing, its writers should practice normal blog etiquette. For example, they should link to or cite the other blogs that provide them with their information. Doesn’t that seem like a better thing to do than rewriting the same story and then passing it off as your own? Just click the links below for some classic good examples:
Anyway, I hope this maybe opens some eyes and helps change the ways of NewsOK. If they are going to claim to be “Oklahoma’s Website,” at least they can set a good example.
If you’re like me, you always assumed that Bob Stoops played college football at the University of Iowa (just look at the tiny picture above). However–in what has to be breaking news–it appears that The Oklahoman has learned that Bob Stoops actually played for Purdue!
Oklahoma is expected to name Jay Norvell as wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator sometime this week, sources have confirmed.
Norvell, who was offensive coordinator at UCLA this past season, told the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star on Wednesday that he has accepted the OU position…
Sooner coach Bob Stoops and Norvell have a connection that dates back to when they played together at Purdue in the early 1980s.
What’s bizarre is that both Stoops and Norvell both claim on their resumes that they played college football at Iowa, but who are you going to trust? Greedy, seedy college football coaches? Or Oklahoma’s trusted news leader, The Oklahoman?
My money is with The Oklahoman.
However, I will admit that there is a slight possibility that the people in the dark tower simply made an ignorant, ridiculous and embarrassing error. But, seriously, how could that happen when they employ and pay professional journalists, proofreaders, copy editors, assistant editors and, well, normal editors.
It’s impossible right?
Not really. One thing I’ve learned over the past six months–whether it’s Cale Gundy’s infamous rant towards Jenni Carlson or the way the Putnam City School District has handled the crazy situation regarding their district superintendent–is that people and institutions do make mistakes. Only some mistakes are a lot more embarrassing, and completly idiotic, than others.
A little over a month ago, we revealed to the world that Dave Morris–the NewsOK.com anchorman dude–has a big ego. Now I guess we know why. Apparently, the girl pictured above (and here and here and here) is his girlfriend. We know this because he has about 5,000 pictures of her on his MySpace Page. I guess I can’t blame him. If this chick was my girlfriend I’d probably have a shrine dedicated to her somewhere in my basement or attic. Or at least in a small Kenny’s Shoes box in my hall closet. I’d also remove the red eye from her photographs.
Anyway, after seeing this chick, I think we can say that Dave Morris has skyrocketed past Brent Skarky as the biggest douche bag in the Oklahoma City media. Hell…just look at everything Dave’s accomplished. He’s:
1: Scored a hot chick who is way out of his league 2: Demanded to be 2-letters in a Scrabble group costume 3: Posted these “I am too cool” pictures on his MySpace Page:
and,
4: Plays the keyboard in an “alternative” band called…eh…”Falcon Five-O.”
Seriously, I think Dave should quit his job and become one of those “I did it and so can YOU!” motivational speakers who places tiny classified ads in newspapers and teaches douche bag success seminars for only $50. I know I’d sign up. Hell, he’s already motivated Tony, Clark, my perverted roommate and I to start an alternative rock band called “Powerlines Down.” However, we do need a bass player and gentner operator. Contact us if you are interested.
(p.s.-Sorry if this sucks for my 100th post. Hopefully, we’ll have more Lauren soon.)
UPDATE: Dave has decided to make his MySpace Page private. What a douche bag.
Since the dawn of time, man has pondered the question, “Is KWTV or The Daily Oklahoman more responsible for the travesty that is NewsOK.com?” We finally have a verdict, and the anwer, not surprisingly, is the Oklahoman.
Channel 9 has split with NewsOK.com and launched their own web site, News9.com, and it proves to be a far more user-friendly experience than the clunky, antiquated NewsOK.com.
Most exciting is the brand spankin’ new News 9 Team page, where you can learn all new exciting facts about the journalists over at KWTV. For instance, did you know that Charles Bassett credits Oprah for inspiring him to get into journalism? Were you aware that Amanda Taylor collects miniature shoes? Click on over and find out what those crazy kids at Channel 9 are up to.
Still, News9.com isn’t without it’s hiccups. I went to watch their featured video, “news9.com offers user-friendly site,” and was greeted with this message:
Alert: You are currently using an incompatible browser or an outdated version of Windows Media Player to access the video player on this site. Please read the troubleshooting tips below for more information.
For me at least, 2007 has been a pretty crappy year. So for the last six months, I have been eagerly awaiting writing and posting the obligatory “best of” year-end news stories. Enjoy it after the jump…
Sorry to get all OkieFunk.com on everyone, but if you want an angry good laugh then you have to read this Inhofesque Oklahoman editorial at NewsOK.com. Here are some blurbs from it:
While many Americans may not know it, there’s considerable disagreement in scientific circles with the view that humans are the major cause of global warming…
The naysayers have credible arguments. A number of climate experts think Gore exaggerates the warming threat and humankind’s contribution. They take issue with the methodology of the United Nations’ panel that periodically releases reports predicting dramatic climate change…
“The whole process is a swindle,” writes Vincent Gray of New Zealand, a climate scientist and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s expert reviewers’ panel. “The IPCC from the beginning was given the license to use whatever methods would be necessary to provide ‘evidence’ that carbon dioxide increases are harming the climate, even if this involves manipulation of dubious data and using peoples’ opinions instead of science to ‘prove’ their case.”
So is Gore right, or does he wield the biggest megaphone? Are humans causing global warming, or does that notion have exaggerated acceptance because so many environmentalists, activists and government bureaucracies are pushing it — with philosophically aligned, awards-giving groups like the Nobel committee and Hollywood following them?
Our state newspaper, ladies and gentlemen! I hope it makes you proud.
Anyway, you would think with all the “considerable disagreement” and “naysayers with credible arguments” out there in the world, that the Oklahoman could maybe do better than quote some random scientist from New Zealand. You would think that, but then you would realize that you are reading The Oklahoman, where logic and common sense really don’t matter. Hell, maybe next week they’ll write an editorial touting “Intelligent Design” over evolution or possibly something regarding the scientific “debate” on if the world is round. After reading the garbage found both above and throughout their editorial section, there is nothing that would really surprise me.
Tony once told me that wearing a “I HEART Lunges” shirt to the gym is about as cool as wearing the t-shirt of a band to one of their concerts. Since that’s the case, I will not be wearing a Dinosaur Jr. shirt next Sunday at the Conservatory. Tony’s words of wisdom also made me wonder what he thinks about a bunch of people dressing up in Scrabble pieces that spell out their employer’s name to their employer’s Halloween costume contest. I bet he’d think it’s “not cool.”
Anyway, when I see the picture above, I imagine the meeting in the NewsOK studio where they were all thinking of possible group costume ideas. I bet the dude (Letter S) in the middle wanted to be the crew from “Gilligan’s Island”, while the hip guy (Letter K) with the red bandanna wanted to a group of ninjas, and the girl on the far right (Letter N) wanted to be the KOCO News Team. And while they were discussing these cool ideas, Dave Morris said that probably the best idea would be for them to be Scrabble letters that spell out NewsOKTV. And then Angie Bruss said they didn’t have enough people to spell it out, and that they should just be a nativity scene and that Dave could even be Baby Jesus, but then Dave quickly volunteered to be the letters “T” and “V” and the costume situation was settled.
Geeze. If that’s all true, which I’m sure it probably is, you got to wonder how big of an ego this Dave Morris guy must have! Not only did he probably think this up to kiss Ed Kelly’s ass, but he also decided to be the shirt with two letters. I bet this was so he could draw attention to himself and also tie the letter K for the highest total points. Hell, I bet he even had a “triple word score” card hidden in his back pocket and some weird new age urban dictionary that proves TV can be considered a word, just in case Mr. Monday showed up as the letter X.
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