More gripes

Just wanted to add a couple more gripes to my growing list regarding the local news:

1) I hate it when they say "we all..." or "everybody" as in, "We all know how annoying it is when..." "We've all wondered..." or "Everybody loves to..." or (most of all) "Everybody's been waiting to hear..." or other phrases indicating particularly that the entire viewing area has had the same experiences or tastes or, especially, that we've all been following and care about some story that they've been covering excessively. I wonder, wouldn't people who call themselves journalists, who make it a business to report on the diversity of things that happen, have a broader perspective than that? Can these people really not be aware that there are others that think differently? How can their worlds possibly be so small?

2) If I haven't said it already, I hate the way stories are spun out into a daily series by adding a speck of information each day that is so small it should in no way qualify as a story. Day 1: Brett Favre's game tomorrow will be the last of the season, and we're going to wonder aloud for two and a half minutes whether it will be his last. Day 2: Yes, the game happened (see separate report); someone else has asked the question we were wondering about yesterday, and here's the non-answer response. Day 3: we asked again and here's a follow-up non-answer. Day 4: Guess what? We asked again, except this day, we got the views of some of his teammates, and they had no information. Day 5: See day 3. Day 6-7: weekend, we repeat the highlights of our previous reports. Day 8: Report fresh non-information. Day 9: see day 8. Et cetera.