Host of complaints and kudos in this Viewers Voice

We have a host of complaints and kudos this week, including this viewer who is over our coverage of the performance art exhibit in downtown Roanoke that ended with one person being arrested.

Brian from Cloverdale wrote, “Why are you still talking about this on Tuesdays 6 O’ Clock newscast when it happened last Thursday?? These bored ignorant people did this to get a reaction and to get attention and that’s exactly what your newscast has done for six days straight.  Get over it and get on, isn’t there something more meaningful and important to talk about instead of this garbage?”

Another viewer was tired of our coverage of last weekend’s earthquake in Roanoke City.

Cynthia Anselmi, “Please it is over NO MORE STORIES. It happened SATURDAY. TODAY IS MONDAY. PLEASE NO MORE STORIES.”

WSLS responds: to both of you, thanks for your views. I appreciate your perspective but you have to understand that news is in part what people are talking about. Both of these stories had our community talking. To not cover them would have been to ignore what was important to many of our viewers. Having said that, I’m sure that you noticed that we also covered all the other news going on that day whether it was a court case, a deadly traffic accident, the latest on the economy, the weather, and so on.

Another viewer wrote in with a grammar lesson.

They wrote, “I appreciate what you are trying to do with your “Résumé Thursdays,“ but your station is using the wrong word! What message you are you truly trying to send; that it is acceptable to use incorrect grammar when looking for a position? That when searching for a job, grammar is no longer relevant? I spend a good portion of my day trying to prepare college students for the working world and one thing we spend a great deal of time on is résumé writing. I continue to tell these students that if they cannot use correct grammar when applying for a position, they will have no hope in obtaining it and what you are doing is undermining what we are trying to teach them. So, I beg you; rather, I implore you, please use correct grammar! (A Concerned Viewer)

WSLS responds: I believe you are concerned that we did not have these marks, an acute accent, above the “e’s” in resume. But, I consulted the Webster’s Dictionary and found that is acceptable to spell resume both with the marks and without the marks.

Finally, last week I shared an email from a viewer irate with NBC for preempting a horse riding event with a hockey game.

Another viewer had a different take. He wrote, “I am very happy that Hockey was chosen instead. I am a major fan and just to let her know it is the PLAYOFFS!!! Go WINGS!!“