Unemployed Amy got annoyed watching a Channel 4 reporter interview unemployment-center workers in their cubicles about how tough it is trying to keep up with all the calls from the newly unemployed:

"Behind every call is someone who is unemployed. And this is their lifeline to the desperately-needed check," the reporter voices-over.

Hey, lady - if it's so damn important, let the workers you interview answer the phone. I called yesterday to get some help on how to claim my severance payment, and I was told to call back because the operators were too busy. So stop asking these people if they cry or pray for the teeming refuse of which I am part, and let them take a call. ...

Because you do. Well, some of you, at any rate.

Over at Channel 4, David Wade reports on a "news tip" Channel 4 got from a regular viewer this morning:

... FYI to David W. Don't mean to be mean, but your hair needs a little help this AM. It's not very flattering when you look straight on at the camera :( ...

Oh, as long as we're on the vanity issue, mad props to Ed Harding for being cool enough to let Chronicle last night show the box he uses to stand on for those standing shots in front of the anchordesk.

Like, I dunno, state senators taking bribes or state troopers abusing gas cards. Instead, the once mighty I-Team is reduced to investigating what members of the MBTA board of directors have for lunch once a month:

We saw multiple chafing dishes being set out, all with different hot entrees. There were salads and fruit plates, all being enjoyed by a large group of people.

Hey, I'm all for rooting out waste and corruption in state government. But instead of examining why the T is really billions of dollars in debt, Channel 4 tells us about sauteed chicken.

Channel 4 rips the scab right off our sordid secret: We jaywalk.

Everywhere David went in the city he saw people ignoring the "do not walk" signals and crossing whenever they want. Call it a crime of convenience.

What's that you say? You just flew in from Wyoming and don't understand what jaywalking is? Don't worry: Channel 4 breaks it down for you:

Jaywalking is crossing the street and not using the crosswalk when it's within 300 feet.

UPDATE: The story's been changed to read "the Dorchester police station."

WBZ's Web site currently has a story about some missing Carver woman who is no longer missing because she turned herself into Boston police. Or more specifically, according to Channel 4:

Quiana Key walked into the Boston Police Station Sunday morning after she saw herself on media television report.

THE Boston Police Station? We only have one now?

Jack Williams, Tony Pepper and Bruce Schwoegler, back in 1978, when even the men had big hair - and weathermen still used dry-erase boards and magic markers to tell us about the weather:

Jacqueline Church reports that when Channel 4 reported on some California bar with $3,000 martinis, the anchorperson (who?) said one of the drink's ingredients is "care-uh-coh" - rather than cure-a-sow (you know: curaçao, like the island).

Did I write that? No, of course, I meant "What other media outlets can take away from the tough, refreshingly courageous way Channel 4 resisted corporate demands to whore for the new booze palace CBS co-owns down by Gillette Stadium." In any case, Ben Alper offers up some other possible media conglomerations:

Booters - The Boston Herald and Hooters join forces to create the perfect atmosphere for discussing government hacks, UFOs, while being served by gun-toting Sarah Palin look-alike waitresses. ...

Jessica Heslam has a few thoughts:

... This week's excessive, breathless coverage caps off tonight with a live half-hour show in Foxboro with main anchors Jack Williams and Hughes, and an army of WBZ sports and news people. ...

Michael Page has the scoop on the departure of Joe Bergantino; no word if he left on his own or was pushed.

Headline on WBZ's Website:
Boys Left In Car Suffer Apparent CO2 Poisoning

Full Article
http://wbztv.com/local/kids.left.in.2.709020.html