stuvian Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/us/fired-meteorologist-jeremy-kappell-don-lemon-response/index.html https://www.tmz.com/2019/01/10/dr-bernice-king-weatherman-racial-slur-martin-luther-*****-fired-rehabilitation-second-chance/ what do Rochesterians think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Sounds inadvertent to me. So of course, let's ruin a man for life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 social justice warriors have now become the bullies. They learned nothing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Is this a saying? I've never heard it before but since it slipped out I figure it must be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) the mayor of the City of Rochester should be ashamed of herself. not to mention that, at minimum, she should probably be censured because of it. Edited January 12, 2019 by Foxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Why don't we just automate the news, weather, etc... Do we really need humans anymore for this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tierlifer Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Why don't we just automate the news, weather, etc... Do we really need humans anymore for this? The 70 and older crowd wouldn’t know what to do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Why don't we just automate the news, weather, etc... Do we really need humans anymore for this? why aren't water gateways automated in Illinois? 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Foxx said: why aren't water gateways automated in Illinois? Safety. I don't just lock boats. I assist in many functions like tieing off, water rescue, traffic control, snow plowing... The job is like running a farm. The bare minimum is two people for safety. I am not saying the station has to be automated. They can keep a skeleton crew to program the machines. That's basically what we do. Have a bare-bones, skeleton crew. My job is getting easier with automaton. But... Just like at the Weather Channel, will still need one or two people to program the machines. Why don't they automate the news delivery part? On that note... They actually ran the Mel Price lock near St. Louis from Washington, D.C. back in 2004. It was a test. A General did the honors. I would love to be able to work from home. Any place in the world! But, still need at least two boots on ground to assist in water safety and grounds maintenance. Today it is snowing like a MoFo. Somebody has to shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Tierlifer said: The 70 and older crowd wouldn’t know what to do. LoL... So true. They need humans. Outside, the sexy eye candy... Why are we still watching live humans deliver the news, weather, and sports? I tune to the NOAA weather channel on the marine radio, that is automated. Heck, I think even the Coast Guard automates the coded MAFORs if a mariner requests them. Edited January 12, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 At first it kind of caught me off guard a bit, reading what he said. But watching the interview on CNN and the video he posted to Facebook, I think he sounded very sincere in his apology. I dont know anything thing about this guy though. This is the first time I’ve ever even heard his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Did anybody actually listen to it? I still haven't heard the actual words. Is there a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 10 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Safety. I don't just lock boats. I assist in many functions like tieing off, water rescue, traffic control, snow plowing... The job is like running a farm. The bare minimum is two people for safety. I am not saying the station has to be automated. They can keep a skeleton crew to program the machines. That's basically what we do. Have a bare-bones, skeleton crew. My job is getting easier with automaton. But... Just like at the Weather Channel, will still need one or two people to program the machines. Why don't they automate the news delivery part? On that note... They actually ran the Mel Price lock near St. Louis from Washington, D.C. back in 2004. It was a test. A General did the honors. I would love to be able to work from home. Any place in the world! But, still need at least two boots on ground to assist in water safety and grounds maintenance. Today it is snowing like a MoFo. Somebody has to shovel. i was mostly just busting on you. join the resistance. do not use the self-checkout registers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Foxx said: i was mostly just busting on you. join the resistance. do not use the self-checkout registers. Yeah... Understood. A overly PC world, sensitive humans will push us more away from humans and towards machines. Why does management want to deal with the labor headaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Foxx said: the mayor of the City of Rochester should be ashamed of herself. not to mention that, at minimum, she should probably be censured because of it. She’s a terrible person. She is currently being sued for slander, (it may not be that exactly) for calling out the president of a charter school as racist. I’ve heard the story second hand, but apparently the valedictorian of the class didn’t turn his speech in on time, so he wasn’t allowed to do it for graduation. The mayor turned it into race issue. She brought him to city hall to give his speech, and posted it all over social media. She then attacked the president, who lost his job as a result. He had a perfect record, and if I’m not mistaken, started the charter school. Even the student didn’t feel the principal deserved to lose his job. In all fairness I may not have the details correct, but we know someone related to the principal, and these were the bits I’ve heard. The lawsuit is public however, and was mentioned on the local news. Edit: the principal resigned as a result. Not fires. Edited January 12, 2019 by teef 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, teef said: She’s a terrible person. She is currently being sued for slander, (it may not be that exactly) for calling out the president of a charter school as racist. I’ve heard the story second hand, but apparently the valedictorian of the class didn’t turn his speech in on time, so he wasn’t allowed to do it for graduation. The mayor turned it into race issue. She brought him to city hall to give his speech, and posted it all over social media. She then attacked the president, who lost his job as a result. He had a perfect record, and if I’m not mistaken, started the charter school. Even the student didn’t feel the principal deserved to lose his job. In all fairness I may not have the details correct, but we know someone related to the principal, and these were the bits I’ve heard. The lawsuit is public however, and was mentioned on the local news. right. i remember the story. i think, technically he retired but more than likely was forced to. it is disgraceful for a public figure to interject a call for firings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Foxx said: right. i remember the story. i think, technically he retired but more than likely was forced to. it is disgraceful for a public figure to interject a call for firings. You are correct. I just edited my post. It’s shocking that she can’t wait to run people out of town. Her husband was a get away driver in a bank robbery for god’s sake. One of her hand picked staff, (May have even been the deputy mayor) was caught for a dui. When he tried to resign, he refused to let him. Apparently she’s more than willing to be forgiving to those in her circle. Edited January 12, 2019 by teef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, teef said: You are correct. I just edited my post. It’s shocking that she can’t wait to run people out of town. Her husband was a get away driver in a bank robbery for god’s sake. One of her hand picked staff, (May have even been the deputy mayor) was caught for a dui. When he tried to resign, he refused to let him. Apparently she’s more than willing to be forgiving to those in her circle. Is her first name Hillary? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, teef said: You are correct. I just edited my post. It’s shocking that she can’t wait to run people out of town. Her husband was a get away driver in a bank robbery for god sakes. One of her hand picked staff, (May have even been the deputy mayor) was caught for a dui. When he tried to resign, he refused to let him. Apparently she’s more than willing to be forgiving to those in her circle. without trying to plunge this thread into PPP depths, i will say that it is a larger symptom of societal ills at large. what is this handbasket i'm in and why is it getting so hot??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Greybeard said: Is her first name Hillary? It’s actually Lovely, which is perfectly ironic. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) There was an article in the Democrat I believe that detailed how Mike Greenberg from what was then Mike & Mike said the exact same thing a few years back issued an apology and proceeded to go on with his life. 1 hour ago, Pete said: social justice warriors have now become the bullies. They learned nothing Yeah.....the irony is disgusting. Edited January 12, 2019 by RaoulDuke79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tierlifer Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said: LoL... So true. They need humans. Outside, the sexy eye candy... Why are we still watching live humans deliver the news, weather, and sports? I tune to the NOAA weather channel on the marine radio, that is automated. Heck, I think even the Coast Guard automates the coded MAFORs if a mariner requests them. My father is 75. When I go over on Sundays for dinner, he absolutely has to put the news on at 6:30. He has an iPhone, Netflix, Prime, etc but absolutely has to have the news on at 6:30 no matter what! Haha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Tierlifer said: My father is 75. When I go over on Sundays for dinner, he absolutely has to put the news on at 6:30. He has an iPhone, Netflix, Prime, etc but absolutely has to have the news on at 6:30 no matter what! Haha! I wonder what would happen if they throw AI @ Him! My inlaws in their 80s. Buffalo News and MSNBC. LoL... Their daughter, my sister inlaw... She goes to other TV and puts FOX News on and has religious experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tierlifer Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: I wonder what would happen if they throw AI @ Him! My inlaws in their 80s. Buffalo News and MSNBC. LoL... Their daughter, my sister inlaw... She goes to other TV and puts FOX News on and has religious experience! My Dad walks my dog for me during the week when I’m at work and leaves me the NY Post every day haha. I send him Mets articles the night before and they are in the print edition the next day and he’s baffled haha ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 28 minutes ago, teef said: It’s actually Lovely, which is perfectly ironic. Thought it was Bluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Why don't we just automate the news, weather, etc... Do we really need humans anymore for this? I'm not close to 70 years of age and don't want information automated. We need objective people to being us the news and other information. Get away from the MSM being an arm of radical university types. All that aside I doubt technology has been perfected to the point where errors would not creep up in the presentation of information. Especially since that info would be inputted by humans. A human newsperson would be another check to make sure the correct information is given during a broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, RochesterRob said: I'm not close to 70 years of age and don't want information automated. We need objective people to being us the news and other information. Get away from the MSM being an arm of radical university types. All that aside I doubt technology has been perfected to the point where errors would not creep up in the presentation of information. Especially since that info would be inputted by humans. A human newsperson would be another check to make sure the correct information is given during a broadcast. Right, even if you automated the system, there would have to be some kind of algorithm to select what constitutes information and that remains ultimately a human interpretive decision. The notion that technology can somehow evade the need for interpretation and thus the conflict of human differences is naive at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 18 minutes ago, row_33 said: Thought it was Bluto We should petition the city for a name change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Greeny made the same mistake, apologized and it went away. https://woldcnews.com/76631/espn-reporter-calls-mlk-martin-luther-*****/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 23 minutes ago, Tierlifer said: My Dad walks my dog for me during the week when I’m at work and leaves me the NY Post every day haha. I send him Mets articles the night before and they are in the print edition the next day and he’s baffled haha ! My father in law used to walk my dog. At first, he would leave the tv on CNBC because he would watch the stock ticker. At some point he started watching Fox News instead. Getting back back to the original topic, just say Martin Luther King Junior ten times fast. Sooner or later you will slur the words. This weather man’s coworkers probably know whether it could have been an innocent accident or a Freudian slip, but they’re not going to get in the middle of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Jerk Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Even Goodyear knows Rochester is tired of Lovely, ya dig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Why don't we just automate the news, weather, etc... Do we really need humans anymore for this? Sure about that? https://www.theclever.com/15-smoking-hot-weather-girls-that-will-bring-sunshine-to-your-day/ 1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Did anybody actually listen to it? I still haven't heard the actual words. Is there a link? Edited January 12, 2019 by Lurker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, teef said: She’s a terrible person. She is currently being sued for slander, (it may not be that exactly) for calling out the president of a charter school as racist. I’ve heard the story second hand, but apparently the valedictorian of the class didn’t turn his speech in on time, so he wasn’t allowed to do it for graduation. The mayor turned it into race issue. She brought him to city hall to give his speech, and posted it all over social media. She then attacked the president, who lost his job as a result. He had a perfect record, and if I’m not mistaken, started the charter school. Even the student didn’t feel the principal deserved to lose his job. In all fairness I may not have the details correct, but we know someone related to the principal, and these were the bits I’ve heard. The lawsuit is public however, and was mentioned on the local news. Edit: the principal resigned as a result. Not fires. Karma is a beach. Believe she is being investigated for something to do with campaign contributions. It won't be long before her or one of her inner circle does something much worse than mashing a couple words together by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 54 minutes ago, Tierlifer said: My father is 75. When I go over on Sundays for dinner, he absolutely has to put the news on at 6:30. He has an iPhone, Netflix, Prime, etc but absolutely has to have the news on at 6:30 no matter what! Haha! it can be tough to remove the programming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 It’s been about 12 years of just clicking the weather on my phone, all I really need is the current weather and some kind of weak assurance on a few days from now And how do you just happen to randomly come up with that for MLK during the 39 seconds you have live on air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, row_33 said: It’s been about 12 years of just clicking the weather on my phone, all I really need is the current weather and some kind of weak assurance on a few days from now And how do you just happen to randomly come up with that for MLK during the 39 seconds you have live on air? It's not random, it's mistakenly mashing King and junior together. Guy has no history of racism, and do you really think he's going to risk a 6 figure salary job? As has been pointed out, Greenie did pretty much the same thing, apologized and moved on with his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Steve O said: It's not random, it's mistakenly mashing King and junior together. Guy has no history of racism, and do you really think he's going to risk a 6 figure salary job? As has been pointed out, Greenie did pretty much the same thing, apologized and moved on with his life. I don’t know how you could come up with that slur unless you said it privately or got involved with it in reading or other leisure pursuits People toss away six figure lottery win jobs every hour of the day, they start thinking they are funny and an expert on everything they are replaceable in two seconds and find it is true Edited January 12, 2019 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, row_33 said: I don’t know how you could come up with that slur unless you said it privately or got involved with it in reading or other leisure pursuits People toss away six figure lottery win jobs every hour of the day, they start thinking they are funny and an expert on everything they are replaceable in two seconds and find it is true It could have been that - before the broadcast - someone mentioned Greenberg's "oops," to him and said, "make sure you don't make the same mistake!" The brain can be funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, RochesterRob said: I'm not close to 70 years of age and don't want information automated. We need objective people to being us the news and other information. Get away from the MSM being an arm of radical university types. All that aside I doubt technology has been perfected to the point where errors would not creep up in the presentation of information. Especially since that info would be inputted by humans. A human newsperson would be another check to make sure the correct information is given during a broadcast. Uh... The newscasters read from teleprompters. What's so "objective" about that??? I little small-talk with their co-hosts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Pete said: social justice warriors have now become the bullies. They learned nothing Not their fault, I blame the station themselves for giving those people the power and bending to the trolling community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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