Quote Originally Posted by Whidbey78 View Post
The people I see on TV news aren't much better. They only use complete sentences about half the time. Example: "Going now, live, to four-alarm fire downtown. Firefighters from several departments responding. Ambulance crews on-scene. Flames sixty feet high. Reports of explosion. Residents evacuated. Can be seen blocks away. Traffic blocked. Much smoke. Can't breathe. Must...find...Spock."

Obviously, the last part was my creation. Last night I sat through five minutes of this. Made skin crawl. Gave headache. Changed channel. Why news guy talk like caveman?
Perhaps they are trying to do what I do in my log notes - Get as much info possible in as short of a time, even if it makes no sense without surrounding context. That, or they are trying to use Japanese grammar with English vocabulary.