542177 Thu Jul 24 23:00:55 -0700 2008 4 33 Food Media and News 0 3899871 Wondered what people thought about this. Fake coffee on theorectically real news? Basically, a Las Vegas station seems to have started the trend of having iced coffees sitting in front of anchor desks while they do "lighter" news. It is also happening in New York on Univsion, but I have not seen it personally. It is also being done in Chicago and Seattle. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/media/22adco.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Thu Jul 24 23:00:59 -0700 2008 138865 chef_max 1 3899965 I hope they have beer on the desk when doing sports. :) Fri Jul 25 00:47:36 -0700 2008 3899871 183904 HarryK 1 3900196 Not for nothing do they call it "Faux News" Fri Jul 25 06:03:53 -0700 2008 3899871 109573 coney with everything 1 3900234 Yep, it's been happening here in Atlanta with one of the morning news shows for the past year. For us it's WGCL-TV, CBS 46: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=McDonald's Fri Jul 25 06:18:54 -0700 2008 3899871 146449 SoulFoodie 1 3900288 And the mainstream media wonders why they're losing viewers/readers to the internet. Fri Jul 25 06:42:45 -0700 2008 3899871 25244 rockycat