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Philly Love #67: This Transition

Note to local news producers: Just because you have two unrelated stories that happen to involve human body parts does not mean you have to link them together.

Great Moments In Transition History

One of the best aspects of television news is the sometimes weird transitions that happen in reports. Someone will be crushed by, say, a pile of bananas, and they’ll move on and go, “Also crushed today were Phillies fans when the game was rained out!”

It happens inside stories, too. It doesn’t seem to happen as much in newspapers — maybe it’s easier to see how unintentionally funny it sounds in print? — but it happened last night on The 10 O’Clock News, on a story about a stabbing at Cabrini College:

Really? You think that’d end the fun? You sure?

YouTube is being flaky today, so if it doesn’t load, try again.

Cabrini College Students Arrested After Student Stabbed At Party [NBC 10] (Fox doesn’t put stuff online)