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Update: Fox2’s Charlie Marlow wasn’t happy about this post because John Gadson had a brain tumor that caused these symptoms, which was unknown at the time. Marlow sent us a lovely note about it. We disagree on its level of hypocrisy. Obviously we wish John the best in his battle with cancer. Original post follows… According to local news station KTVI, Fox 2 John Gadson has been a reporter there for 10 years which is surprising since I’ve never seen him before until this report crossed our desk. [Read More]

Who says professional journalism is dead?  Fox2’s Charlie Marlow is out there keeping the standards high by doing what any drunk frat guy would do when a camera is pointed at him.

This isn’t so bad.  I hear there are photos out there of Peter Jennings giving the Shocker to an Asian hooker.

via InsideSTL’s Photo Gallery

For all the awesome things the internet does, one of its greatest powers is always overlooked. “What is this power?” you ask so this article will flow the way I want it to… Well catching people committing crimes when they post a video of them doing it on YouTube like freaking morons! Kyle O’Brien didn’t know anything had happened to his 2004 Dodge until he saw his car being abused on FOX 2 Tuesday night, “I’m not freaking out about it, but it isn’t that funny,” says OBrien. [Read More]

Remember this post from a while back? We found a video on YouTube of a young, mustachioed Charles Jaco (Now of Fox2) on CNN. The commentary bookending the video says that Jaco “faked” this news report and that it was all filmed in a studio. Lets be clear: Those views, as we stated in the post, are of the video maker’s. Not ours. Frankly that was pretty clear. From the post “Did Charles Jaco Fake a Desert Storm CNN Report? [Read More]

Last week we told you of our refusal to join the mafia family of Fox 2’s deceivingly effervescent morning guy John Pertzborn, and then over the Labor Day weekend we get this! Yup, that’s another Fox 2 personality, Kevin Steincross (@KevinStx) trying to spam us in to joining his mafia family! This means there are two distinct mafia families going on at Fox 2, both run by the most nasty, heartless men in employ there. [Read More]

We don’t want to be rude to Fox 2’s own John Pertzborn, but we are going to have to pass his invitation to join his Mafia family. Confused? We got the following automated direct message from John (@pertzfox) today: We had to decline. But not because we don’t love John, and his behind the scenes youtube-ing, but because we just aren’t comfortable owing any favors to the Pertzborn mafia family. Sure he looks nice on TV, but that guy will break your hands for no reason at all, and snap your neck if you give him one. [Read More]

Found on YouTube, this clip from a 1991 CNN broadcast, with added subtitles, claims that CNN and then reporter, now Fox 2 KTVI reporter and 550AM host, Charles Jaco fake a remote, leading people to believe that they were in some hostile area rather than a soundstage of sorts.

After watching the video, I have to lean towards agreeing this this guy, but really who knows, and more importantly, no one does or should care, but the video is pretty damn funny.  This isn’t just some Daily Show-esque “remote,” they have props (a gas mask and helmet from the set of MASH make an appearance), Jaco is rocking a pretty awesome, yet understated mustache, and there is a montage at the end of behind the scenes-type clips that the author uses as further evidence.

We also get this “warning” at the end for us sheeple to wake up!  We’ll pass on your warning there Neo, but thanks for the funny video.

Watch the clip after the jump, and let us know what you think!  Does this kinda thing actually bother you?

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So I’m watching a King of the Hill rerun on Fox 2 the other night and I see this:

Black History Month is brought to you by what?  I mean really?  This whole premiss sounds like something from Family Guy.

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You know, on second thought.  I’m not going to touch this one.

STLMedia.net is saying that Fox 2’s general manager has not only being pushing the construction union’s limits by trying to get the workers at the KPLR studios to work through their breaks, but also has spent $60,000 on a private bathroom for his office all while more layoff rumors swirl around the new “siamese stations.” Apparently the troops at 2 and 11 know about the expensive crapper and are less than pleased. [Read More]

I’m sure most of you remember this one: “Here’s 2 St. Louis”  the promo when KTVI tried to make us feel warm and fuzzy about a place that has “the class of a city and the heart of a town” so we would forget about the mess that was the “channel 12 is now channel 2 and channel 2 is now channel 12” mess a few years back. 

Before you click over the jump to view the video, check out my favorite still frame from it:

Dick Ford and Dave Murry sitting out on a riverboat or something enjoying the day, pointing out the sites.  Are we to believe that this is what they do on their days off?  They hang out like an old gay couple?  God I hope thats true.

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