[soundboy]

In the San Francisco Bay Area, I noticed this is always the case....

When I am watching the TV news, no matter what channel, the male anchor is always on the left side of the screen whereas the female anchor is on the right. Is it like that where you live??

 

[fyrfytrhoges]

now that you mention it.....

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Every channel I can remember in LA is the same way, and so is the CNBC show I'm watching right now.

 

[usc goose]

i don't watch tv news. (unless you count good day la which i miss terribly) but i do think it's kind of interesting if that is the trend. in my past life at usc, in directing classes, we learned that on stage you put the more important stuff on the left. because in america we read left to right so we are more apt to notice things on the left first. in chinese theatre it's the opposite.

hmmm, i wonder if chinese news places men and women opposite... that'd be weird...

 

[soundboy]

Hmmmm....

Here in San Francisco, Channel 26 provides one hour each of locally-produced Cantonese and Mandarin newscast. In the Cantonese newscast, the male anchor is on the left side of the screen. On the other hand, the positions are changed when the Mandarin newscasters are on.

Funny you mention that, usc goose. When the newscast of ATV (Hong Kong) are shown here, either on International Channel or the local Channel 32, I seem to remember the male anchor is on the right.

Again, hmmmm....

 

[Arzela]

This may be totally (sp?) wrong, and, perhaps, ridiculous (sp),
but I suspect it may be due to an old custom. e.g.:

"Dancing was born in a noble and elegant attitude. When a man escorts the lady to the floor for a dance, she should be on his right side. Not only is this the "place of honor", but there is also the symbolism going back many centuries, which implies that the man is offering his fighting arm in service to his lady, and by placing a hand on his arm she is accepting him as her champion. For everyday modern ballroom etiquette, the woman precedes the man to the floor, no contact is required. Once on the dance floor, the man takes a position and extends his left hand to his partner in invitation (palm vertical, towards her), she takes the last two or three steps towards him and takes his hand and then comes into his arms (Exception: Viennese Waltz. Right hand, half turn, curtsy.) The "lady being on his right because his sword is on his left" is just another urban myth. No officer and/or gentleman would wear his weapons at a ball. The man's job is to show off the lady and let her have fun."


I've heard this rule of etiquette (lady to your right), in various other contexts.

 

[usc goose]

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Originally posted by Arzela I've heard this rule of etiquette (lady to your right), in various other contexts.

yeah but we're talking about the lady anchor on the male anchor's left.

 

[Arzela]

oh, the poster was refering to the other left...

[EDIT]
Just flipped through the channels.
Two newscasts had the woman anchor to the man's right, one had the woman to the man's left
(And I noticed Alex Trebeck is old! Time flies...)

 

[Dusty Chalk]

That's 'cause women are always right.

[size=xx-small]J/K...[/size]

And, no, it's not like that here, women are usually on the left (stage right), from what I recall.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally posted by usc goose i don't watch tv news. (unless you count good day la which i miss terribly)

[rant]
It's a stretch to even call these morning shows news. It's more like a two-minute news blurb wrapped around a faux- talk show. People like Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Jillian Barberie, and alll those other clowns are an insult to real journalists. They operate in a mode of "how many ways can I possibly plug every product this next celebirty is or could be connected to in the nest three minutes." So anyway, I hate morning "news" shows :evil.
[/rant]

Nothing against Goose at all, you just brought out my inner news geek.

 

[usc goose]

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Originally posted by Iron_Dreamer [rant] It's a stretch to even call these morning shows news. It's more like a two-minute news blurb wrapped around a faux- talk show. People like Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Jillian Barberie, and alll those other clowns are an insult to real journalists. They operate in a mode of "how many ways can I possibly plug every product this next celebirty is or could be connected to in the nest three minutes." So anyway, I hate morning "news" shows :evil. [/rant] Nothing against Goose at all, you just brought out my inner news geek.

i was a theatre major. you're a journalism major if i recall correctly. and there's the difference right there.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Indeed. Of course, lots of the boneheads around here would rather have newstertainment and think they're being informed then to ever actually learn anything. Kinda like going to Best Buy and ending up with TriPorts versus coming here and getting your facts straight. Hopefully the internet will continue to fight the tyranny of sheer ignorance that muddles this country.

 

[usc goose]

yeah, i watch "good day la" fulling understanding it is about as far removed from journalism as it gets. i get most of my news from www.nytimes.com, www.salon.com, and news.bbc.co.uk if it makes you feel any better. (yes i do read the news every day)

 

[Mr.PD]

Is good day LA on the fox station? With Jillian and that guy and that other girl? I used to watch that all the time. I still catch it occasionally.

As for being on the right or left, I will catch the NYC news shows soon and the LA ones were already mentioned. I think I still get the Portland OR stations I will have to check those out. I haven't seen the news in so very long that I can't remember what is what.

 

[usc goose]

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Originally posted by Mr.PD Is good day LA on the fox station? With Jillian and that guy and that other girl? I used to watch that all the time. I still catch it occasionally.

good day la is a local show you can only get in los angeles. but now steve, jillian and dorothy have a national version of the show called good day live. i just miss the original i guess. (plus i'm in class when good day live is on) i've been watching it since junior high.