For the life of me, I can not figure out why news
anchors think the public is interested in their personal lives
or in some "impromptu" humor. I turn on the news to
hear the news, not for entertainment. And especially not for entertainment
which isn't even entertaining. I long for the days of Walter Cronkite
where you were told the facts and didn't have to listen to 'amusing'
interchange between anchors. One of our local stations went so
far as to have a "coffeebreak" news where the male anchors
carefully did not wear their coats and quite ostentatiously had
a cup of coffee sitting prominently before them (with, naturally,
the logo of the news station clearly exposed).
Nor do I care for anchors that seem to think the public are idiots and that therefore it is the news anchor's task to make simplistic statements with facial expressions and vocal tones that attempt to make the statement seem profound. I am not surprised, nor do I think it news when the anchor dramatically tells us that "the defendant's mother objected to the conviction and sentencing" Duh!
And don't let me even start into things like former Representative Molinari resigning her position (which she obtained by pleading for donations so she could go to Congress and fight for the little people) before her term of office was completed and taking a role as a once-a-week anchor for $5,000,000 a year. Not only is that an outrageous sum (and yes, I would take it if offered. I don't claim that I would deserve it anymore than Molinari, but I too would laugh all the way to the bank.) but in addition, I believe that if elected to an office, it should be illegal to step down to run for another office or take another job until that term to which the person has been elected is fulfilled.