During and after the Manila Bus Massacre, we have been, willingly or unwillingly, watching so many live broadcasts. Though there are tones of Cantonese news channels, some render round-the-clock service, none has provided satisfactory coverage.
The main cause is, I suspect, Hong Kongers are so afraid of silence. In addition, anchors have to voice out in order to prove that they are working.
While there is no note on hand, anchors prone to describe what they have seen from the screen. However, this is the same screen audiences are watching. Anchors description, never fluent, is an indirect humiliation to audiences. There is no value for those remarks. Maybe anchors intend to serve blind people by their lip service. However, those over the top description are always annoying.
Speaking at the wrong moment creates even more harm. For example, when the pipe is on, silence should be the only option to show our respect to the death. Sadly, anchors could still not control their mouths, either by reminding audiences for victims background, or chatting with the on site journalist. Among other things, the timing is wrong.
Like football match, we could only enjoy silent viewing by switching to English channels.
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