Comments on: Congdon debuts on ABCNews.com

By: MOJO

MOJO — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:59:58 +0000

Wow, thanks for the excellent information!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:01:10 +0000

Amanda, Amanda, Amanda, it’s the look and feel of the whole site, not just the Wal-Mart ads that tell me this is not going to work. You said to follow the links to follow the story about the jailed journalist, but there were no links to follow. I wanted to use the slider to view parts again but there is no slider.
Unlike what Time Magazine proclaimed, we, your viewers and you, are definitely NOT in control at ABC.com
Why not go it alone and regain your control?

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:03:32 +0000

Man, did that ever suck.
To bad they couldn’t do something other than a bad clone of RB.

Did creativity leave this planet?

By: nakedeye

nakedeye — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:10:45 +0000

…..could they have concentrated any more on demonstrating that ms. congdon has breasts? the t shirt…she lighting..the camera angles…

….not quite to the soft core-come on level, but this was, for sure, sex for sale.

By: Donnie MacIntyre

Donnie MacIntyre — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:17:21 +0000

I watched till 3:11 and couldn’t take anymore.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:10:01 +0000

Holy f*ck. That was horrible.

By: Steve Safran

Steve Safran — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:18:34 +0000

Amanda jumps the snark.

By: flotsam

flotsam — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:57:22 +0000

…and in addition to the gripe fest above, there is this.

when a major newspaper draws a straight line connecting amanda congdon and walter cronkite, the world as we knew it came to an end.

congdon and cronkite? the heffernan person at the Times needs a serious head examination.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:07:26 +0000

This is not videoblogging, it is a videocast when produced by an established broadcast company.

The ads that precede the videocast, the ads that surround the page, the camera distance from Amanda, all shout “this is not Rocketboom.com, not even close.”

When on Rocketboom.com Amanda was often criticized for having a pretty woman TV appearance, but it worked. Well you can bring TV aspects to videoblogging but apparently you cannot successfully bring the soul of videoblogging to TV–too much corporate overlay for that to happen.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:30:46 +0000

Even more difficult to watch.

By: W

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:31:42 +0000

It’s nice with the sound off!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:42:12 +0000

this is so horrible its not even funny.

By: J.C. Payne

J.C. Payne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:28:21 +0000

Maybe I just don’t get it. Cute girl, hip newscast, whatever.
If ABC is willing to put the work in to really push Amanda Congdon, more power to them. Personally, I’m not sure if I really want to fool with another Rocketboom clone, even if it is cloned from Amanda herself.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:43:13 +0000

The player is so horrible. I kept struggling with the ad for Vonage, which kept expanding. Really ruined the viewing experience for me.

By: Safran

Safran — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:53:26 +0000

John: ’70s rock band T-Shirts are in, or at least were in earlier this year or late last year. (Help me out, Rex.) I’m looking for a Foghat, Sweet or ELO.