Disastrous KHON Broadcast

Wow, I thought the KHON Morning News had its share of mistakes. But this recent KHON evening broadcast simply takes the cake! All I can say is WTF?!

Thanks to the wonders of the Internet we can relive 8 painful minutes of this broadcast that led John Veneri to say on the air, “This really sucks.” Just watch the video at the 5:27 mark.

I’m no newsroom expert or anything close, but can someone explain how these mistakes happen repeatedly. I can understand a glitch or two here and there, but man, oh man I see mistakes all the time on the KHON. I wanted to tape the news to single out the mistakes, but they’re so common now that all you gotta do is watch and wait.

The crew does broadcasts several times a days spanning hours on air so how can these mistakes keep happening? Just boggles my mind how things don’t get better over time and with experience. Are there new workers/n00bs at KHON or something? Are there some behind-the-scenes technical changes occurring that require a steep learning curve?

If I were channeling my inner Fake Steve, I’d call them frigtards! Namaste (sorry KHON, but come on now).