TV Swoosh Land

San Antonio TV news is pretty good, pretty much of the time.

The experience of Chris Marrou at KENS is a community asset. Randy Beamer and Tanji Patton deliver essentially level-headed news at WOAI, and their investigative team is one of the best in the country.

Yes, local TV news goes along pretty good, but occasionally there is a mighty sucking sound. Which brings me to KSAT TV news last night.

KSAT is the home of the swooshes— overdramatic sound effects at what seem to be random times and places. Sometimes a swoosh will drown out what a newsperson is trying to say, or will come a second too late and be embarrassingly noticeable.

Last night in Swoosh Land they put a blindfold on journalism and sent it, lost, wandering into the night. And while journalism was absent, KSAT ran a pointless report on a group of adults who claim to be convinced that a 5-year-old boy is actually a shot-down WWII pilot reincarnated. I'm almost sure the Weekly World News editors wish they had thought of it first.

Which reminds me, has KSAT run a story yet about which presidential candidate the space aliens are endorsing this time?

Brad Messer commentary— KTSA.