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Conversation with a viewer

This is a true story.

Caller: Hi, I have a question about the website.

Me: OK

Caller: I was watching the news tonight and saw on the [newspaper crawl] a story about [I forget] in the Daily Breeze, but I can’t find that story on the website.

Me: It’s probably not on our site, but will likely be on the Daily Breeze’s website.

Caller: I can’t find it on the Daily Breeze’s website either. Can you tell me where it is?

Me: I’m sorry, I don’t know the Daily Breeze’s website.

Caller: Can you tell me about the story?

Me: No, I’m sorry, I don’t know what story that is.

Caller: OK, then. Thank you.

Me: Thanks, Bye.

Michael Jackson front pages

So, yesterday was a crazy day. I nearly even called in sick, thanks to some major cramps, but thank God I didn’t. Michael Jackson died, and even though I’m not the type to idolize famous people (I still can’t think of what my favorite Michael Jackson song is), when I realized how much his death affected so many people, I made my night that much harder by suggesting we host a live chat during our 8-11 p.m. coverage on KCAL 9. (It’s not hard, but moderating chat rooms and watching out for the yahoos can be annoying.)

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But even though newspapers may be a relic in the future, you know everyone is going for their front page to see how their pop icon was treated. Trinity’s page from last night kind of inspired this post, but I also wanted to give some props to our SoCal newspapers.

The LAT, Daily News and Daily Breeze all selected performance photos of MJ, with the Daily news including a photo of young Mike on the bottom. Farrah Fawcett also has a prominent place on each page.

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