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Late Friday afternoon, after exchanging emails with an assignment editor, KSDK reporter Ashley Yarchin came to Punching Kitty headquarters to do a story about our recent post “Craigslist: Anyone Seen the Cardinals Team We Had in April?” and in turn, Punching Kitty the blog. Once setting up all the one-man-show reporter gear in our office we talked on camera about when I started Punching Kitty, what its about, then specifically about the Craigslist post followed by a dramatic reading of my posting. [Read More]

Short version: KSDK reporter Frank Wiley was on assignment and saw someone with a flat tire. He helped them out. Lets all congratulate Wiley on winning the “Way to Not Be A Dick! What Do You Want a Cookie Now?!” Award that KSDK is intent on giving him. Lets run KSDK’s “story” about the amazing events through our translate-o-tron 3000 here at Punching Kitty HQ: It’s not really news, Good, we agree on something. [Read More]

KSDK.com’s little sister site MomsLikeMe.com recently took a look back with some old photos from the KSDK staff’s past. Some are quite cute, like little Kay Quinn in her Hawaiian outfit: Awww. Next up? Art Holliday, the target of all spilled affection on the Art Holliday Facebook Fan Club. We had no idea he was a Little Rascal. Next up? Sports guy turned anchor Mike Bush! A few things to note in this picture: 1. [Read More]

KSDK made one hell of a production effort for one of their lovely little in-house stand-ups during a recent local news broadcast about the recent might-have-happened-but-who-knows school “shooting” incident involving Parkway Central at the little moron’s Facebook page. They even went to the trouble of bringing up that very Facebook profile in question, blowing it up on the large video monitor beside the reporter.

One thing though: He’s an uncharged minor. You aren’t supposed to be blasting his name everywhere!

It’s cool though, they thought about that little fact…about 5 seconds too late.

Reporter: [Points to screen left of camera] Now this is the profile page in question.

[Camera pans to screen showing full view of profile, including name and photo]

Reporter: …actually, lets come back to that because…uh…come back to me.

[Camera returns to reporter]

Reporter: We are going to protect this student’s name…uh…because he has not been charged.

Thanks KSDK. That’s probably all the “protecting” the kid can take today.

We aren’t sure of the ramifications for their quick legal blunder, but even it amounts to nothing, this is still pretty bad. We also still can’t figure out why they would put the profile up on the big screen if they knew they shouldn’t be showing it. In our mind, everything was cool until the minute they showed that boy’s name and some old guy in the back that’s worked there for years and hasn’t talked in months yelled out “You can’t do that! It’s agains the law!” Old guys always know the law better than anyone. Probably why the always vote and read the news and stuff. We don’t have time for that crap because of all the loud music we listen to while we horseplay.

What?! Transcripts are good enough you say? Good thing our eagle-eyed tip-daddy managed to grab a little video evidence of the “minor” mistake (Click through the jump to see the video)

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We know what you are thinking: “Gosh I wish there were more shows about football on, and specifically shows about the worst team in the league.” Well buddy, we have a surprise for you! KSDK-TV said Tuesday that it will launch a new, half-hour Sunday morning sports program in September as part of a new agreement with the St. Louis Rams. Tentatively titled “Rams Tailgate,” the magazine-type program will showcase the lives of Rams players and coaches both on and off the field, the television station said, and “go beyond the traditional X’s and O’s of typical football pregame programs. [Read More]

Watch out folks. Gonna be hotter than hell on Monday.

Kinda hope this is true. We’d get some odd satisfaction of watching each station’s weather person go crazy over the now destroyed all time high temperature record in May…and right before they pitch it back to sports, they burst in to flames.

via Davbak on Reddit St. Louis

Kelly Jackson left KSDK a few years ago to sow her wild oats at other stations no one’s ever heard of…but now, she’s back! Do you remember her, because we sure don’t. We do know that while she was gone from St. Louis news she got a little national attention for screaming like a wuss when some masked goblins ran across her set. The clip went, as the kids say, viral and even appeared on CNN (embedded below). [Read More]

Last night we ran across the Art Holliday Fan Club on Facebook. Seriously. It gets better though. It’s 350 members actually aren’t just there for the irony. They make use of the discussion board with topics like “Art’s Many Looks” where Patricia Cashman writes: He has got tons of class. He always looks like he is straight out of GQ, but honestly, when he wears his suspenders without his jacket on…I just think he makes all the other men in the news business look like wimpy. [Read More]

KSDK weather man Anthony Slaughter was one of nine speedy car breakins early Sunday morning which happened right outside of the KSDK offices in downtown St. Louis. Mike Owens reporting for KSDK – The suspects pulled up in a white Pontiac a few minutes after 3:00 a.m. In less than 2 minutes, they had broken into two cars and were on their way. One of the cars, an older model Chevrolet, is owned by NewsChannel 5 weathercaster Anthony Slaughter. [Read More]

This KSDK “I’m Just Sayin’” thing is such a trainwreck I can’t help but not mention it just one more time here. Why? Because I finally remembered again that KSDK was doing this and found one I was looking forward the most on their site: Tammie Holland. If you aren’t familiar, this is the spicy little vixen that had this crazy off the cuff conversation igniting statement in channel 5’s promos for the “I’m Just Sayin’” feature: [Read More]