....... and then proceed to tell you why it isn't??
2007-06-21 06:57:17 · 55 answers · asked by Marianne not Ginger™ 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Because if they began the news by spinning in their chair yelling, "WHEEEE!!!", they'd get fired.
2007-06-21 21:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by Ajsansker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's very true , I guess they figure they may have a 50/50 chance one of us had a decent evening . For those that are not they go out and shove camera's and microphones in their faces as they are experience the worst tragedy of their lives , further insuring they are not going to have a good evening . And then that top story that you patiently wait an hour for gets a quick 30 second bite at the end of the show , that really irks me .
2007-06-21 12:14:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just an easy intro. They don't know what else to say. Bad evening, I'm Cole Cooper with fox news. Aspirin has been recalled after a new test showed that a minor side affect, mild to moderate death may occur after long term use of the drug. Now, to Steive with the weather...
2007-06-21 07:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by Cole Cooper™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good one. Every now and then you'll get a "feel good" story, e.g., doggie saved from mine shaft, that sort of thing, but mostly, like Don Hedley's song proclaims, we want dirty laundry. Which is why the news is hardly ever good. And I use the term "we" merely as a figure of speech.
2007-06-21 07:01:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good eveing is greeting to the program to make the audience feel like the station cares about them. You are having a good evening, but someone somewhere else isn't. Its just something to grab your attention.
2007-06-21 07:00:09 · answer #5 · answered by jack 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politeness?
2007-06-21 06:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by BOOBOO 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good question!
Good evening. Today in Iraq 400 people were killed.
Good evening. Today an entire family was killed in a house fire.
Good evening????
2007-06-21 07:00:03 · answer #7 · answered by Deb S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same goes with Good Day. Shouldnt it be called Bad Day.
2007-06-21 07:09:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is just a salutation. Being polite before they hit you with all the terrible details that are happening all around us.
2007-06-21 07:00:54 · answer #9 · answered by Lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah.
I think it's just a polite way to start the newscast, it makes more sense to say "good evening" than, "hi".
2007-06-21 06:59:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its to warm you up since everything they say after GOOD EVENING is nothing but bad news.
2007-06-21 07:00:30 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋