What To Do: Watch an evening newscast on one of the Local (Los Angeles-area) Television stations (KCBS, channel 2; KNBC, channel 4; KTLA, channel 5; KABC, channel 7; KCAL, channel 9; KTTV, channel 11; KCOP, channel 13.) Check your listings for the times.

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Date : February 2 , 2008

Time : 10 :50

.m . PT

Channel : CBS KCAL 9 News

Name of Main Anchor : Leyna Nguyen

Name of Reporter : Sheila Macvicar

Top Stories : French President Sarkozy Has a Model Wife

The news story entitled French President Sarkozy Has a Model Wife confirms the speculations of the marriage between the president and the model . It provides evidences and actual video clips and interviews to support the content of the news , more specifically about the

marriage Somehow , the issues about the credibility of President Sarkozy to rule the French people were stated to be the result of his marriage . The story tells that other people believe that the president is being more concerned with his personal life rather than the country that he should be serving

Evening newscasts or news reporting as a whole should be able to inform people about the relevant issues that are happening around them , both local and foreign . In addition to this , it should not simply barge in into other people 's lives just to get a scope without any strong evidence to support what they tell the audience . Truth should always be reported without any biases

I normally watch these types of news . I believe that understanding the events which takes places not only within my locality but also to the other countries , would greatly help me in understanding how the world works . Furthermore , these types of news greatly boost my knowledge or improve my appreciation of other countries . They give me an external point of view of looking at things . On the other hand , I also watch weather forecasts , sports and local news to improve my point of view from my own local or town . With these types of news , I am able to put into good use the knowledge that I acquire from school such as criticizing the news or its contents . I could also use the knowledge which I receive or obtain from these types of news and apply it to my daily routine such as in the case of sports news

Overall , I think that the news was reported well and the reporter was prepared , though mistakes can happen even to a knowledgeable and talented news anchor . At the very start of the 10 :50

.m . broadcast of the news entitled French President Sarkozy Has a Model Wife , when she was about to pass the introduce Sheila Macvicar , she stuttered or committed a speech impediment . The main anchor should not commit these mistakes regularly because it would decrease her credibility or the credibility of the report . She was smiling while introducing the reporter of the news . It can be considered that the main anchor was calm enough to smile and continue the introduction without any further speech impediment or it can be that she was smiling because she committed mistake while rendering a live report

In the case of the reporter , Sheila Macvicar , I believe that she had...