Meet the Press Followed by Meet the What?

The last time I criticized Eye on New Mexico, Dennis Domrzalski visited the site to say

Idiot. You can't even get the name of the cohost right. Shows you how much we can trust your dumb blog and your worthless opinions. Get it right or stop writing.

Dennis's comment was duly noted and the corrections were made.

However, Dennis and Nicole hosted another show this morning that again bothered me enough to make their show the topic of a post.

Maybe it's that the show follows Meet the Press--who's high production value and journalistic standards make it a tough act to follow.

None the less, I offer the following criticism in hopes that it might be constructive for KOB-TV.

The format of Eye on New Mexico doesn't lend itself to a fact based discussion of the issues because there's no substantive information or background provided by the two journalists who host the show, Dennis Domrzalski and Nicole Brady.

This morning's episode on Abq's transportation system could have introduced some of the basic facts of the proposal and stats on the current bus system before introducing the guests. You know, that thing where you cite articles, officials and experts...what's it called again? Story telling? No. Reporting! Yeah, that's the ticket. Reporting. You guys should do that. That would be great!

Without a sufficient summary of the issue and reason for the guest's appearance, the show fails to give viewers a criteria for judging the positions of the guests.

But if there was one thing that really bothered me about this morning's show it was
Dennis Domrzalski laughing at a joke made by Greg Payne at the expense of the other guest, who clearly suffers from Parkinson'.

The guest, Sylvio, who's last name I didn't catch, asked if he could finnish his statement before Greg Payne began speaking, to which Greg quipped "I don't know, can you?"

Payne's comment was gratuitous but Dennis Domrzalski reaction was unprofessional. Dennis laughed long enough that they were able to switch to camera 2 to catch him still laughing and bouncing his pencil off the show's kindergarten sized desk and shaking his head.

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Comments

[Reuben Rensop]

To label Domrzalski a journalist is doing a disservice to the actual journalist who really do reporting. Domrzalski had Jim Bibb on his show and never asked him why he didn't make it beyond the probationary period in the FBI. Failing to do any research disqualifies him from being anything more than a empty suit.

Payne, will always be the low-life he keeps claiming to no longer be. The only question is how long it takes Marty Chavez to dump Payne when he realizes his close relationship to Payne will damage his chances among Democrats in any higher office primary.