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KS Toronado

(17,155 posts) Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:19 PM Nov 2020

I believe all TV personalities and especially newscasters should be wearing masks

when they're on-air. I don't care about all the precautions they've taken against the virus,
SET THE EXAMPLE dammit. A picture is worth a thousand words, show us you're serious
about the benefits of wearing masks. We can hear your voice through a mask.

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I believe all TV personalities and especially newscasters should be wearing masks (Original Post) KS Toronado Nov 2020 OP

A good idea. MineralMan Nov 2020 #1

Please consider.... Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #2

And a lot of the time the on-the-fly captioning PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #3

Yup... Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #5

We are going to see a lot of TV shows now Bayard Nov 2020 #4

Superstore Tree-Hugger Nov 2020 #6

Almost all of the people I see on TV, on PBS, marybourg Nov 2020 #7

Yea that's true BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #10

Get masks on people in commercials Johonny Nov 2020 #8

Thank you for reminding us of commercials, they are guilty as charged KS Toronado Nov 2020 #9

MineralMan

(146,262 posts)

1. A good idea.

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:20 PM

Nov 2020

Also, television ads with groups of people in them should depict them masked. I'm frustrated that no ads do that, so far.

Happy Hoosier

(7,221 posts)

2. Please consider....

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:21 PM

Nov 2020

That some deaf people prefer to read lips rather than captions.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)

3. And a lot of the time the on-the-fly captioning

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:29 PM

Nov 2020

is just wrong. I'm a hearing person, and I invariably cringe when I see those kinds of captions.

Happy Hoosier

(7,221 posts)

5. Yup...

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:33 PM

Nov 2020

I know a guy that does captioning for a living. Live auto-captioning is routinely and hilariously wrong.

Bayard

(22,011 posts)

4. We are going to see a lot of TV shows now

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:31 PM

Nov 2020

With the cast wearing masks. Premier of NCIS New Orleans did last night.

Tree-Hugger

(3,370 posts)

6. Superstore

Reply to Bayard (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:37 PM

Nov 2020

They began this season with a pandemic episode. They wear masks intermittently through the episodes.

marybourg

(12,598 posts)

7. Almost all of the people I see on TV, on PBS,

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:11 PM

Nov 2020

are broadcasting from their own homes, alone in a room with just their computer.

BannonsLiver

(16,313 posts)

10. Yea that's true

Reply to marybourg (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:31 PM

Nov 2020

Also when they are in studio there is almost no one in the studio. In fact the studio where Lester Holt does the nightly news is just him inside a surprisingly small space with robotic cameras. I think you wear masks in situations where it’s warranted and when they are in their own home or in a studio by themselves they’re not necessary.

Johonny

(20,820 posts)

8. Get masks on people in commercials

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:17 PM

Nov 2020

I was watching football on Sunday and watching commercials of people working in offices without masks, at stores without masks, even eating indoors at restaurants with no masks on the servers.

The illusion of normalcy is killing us. Stop the illusion.

KS Toronado

(17,155 posts)

9. Thank you for reminding us of commercials, they are guilty as charged

Reply to Johonny (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:26 PM

Nov 2020

The "illusion of normalcy" is killing us. Is spot on!

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