G'day all
What we always suspected has been confirmed....
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Canned birdies on TV golf ruffles feathers
WASHINGTON
Monday 25 September 2000
After birdwatchers cried foul, the American TV network CBS has
decided to
stop broadcasting canned birdsong during its coverage of golf
tournaments.
Speculation about whether the network used taped bird sounds has
been a hot
topic on birding Internet chat sites this year.
People who know their birds were sure they were hearing some
songs in the
background at golf matches that did not belong in the tournament
locations.
The Buick Open was in Michigan, for example, yet the dulcet tones
of a canyon
wren were distinctly heard on CBS's telecast. Canyon wrens never
venture east of
Texas.
The Washington Post blew the lid off the scandal earlier this
month after a CBS
representative confessed to using recorded songs - though the
network did so only
after making every effort to get local talent to perform, up to
and including
bribing them with birdseed left next to microphones.
But the network has promised that from now on CBS will use
natural sounds or
none at all.
Now, if they would just stop the canned laughter on sitcoms...
- WASHINGTON POST
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Cheers
Steve
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Steve Clark
45 Carmichael Street, Hamilton, Victoria, 3300
www.ansonic.com.au/clarks/sw_birds.htm
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