No whimsey or twaddle for me ...

I want the news directly from the Voice of God!

TVNewser points to an interesting piece at Inside Cable News.

A sample:

I’m old school. I’m a big believer and supporter of the Voice of God factor in TV news. For the uninitiated, the term “voice of God” is a somewhat ethereal term that has subjective aspects to it. Loosely defined it’s widely held to refer to news anchors who the viewer trusts with near implicity in times of big news cycles as if they’re getting the news straight from God.

For me personally, the definition is far more specific. It refers to news anchors who enunciate their words and carry themselves on the air in such a manner as to project a mastery or command of the story with such authority that it resonates through the TV screen directly to you (in a symbolic sense of course) and you come away from the TV thinking to yourself, “Damn. They’re good.”

You know, the guy has a real point to make here.  Aren't you as tired as I am of listening to weak-voiced, mispronouncing, third-rate idiots who are just readers of words and not writers and editors of what we're fed?  The 24/7 news cycle chews 'em up and spits 'em out, but, surely, there are folks somewhere who can sound like grownups.  Read and then ...

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