This afternoon the news desk received the below email with a simple subject line of "Hello".

Hello! I dream, to meet my significant other, a native part of soul, a kind, fair, true the person who can establish a strong, friendly family. In which there will be a main thing, respect, trust, love, sincerity, to each other. I will be very happy to see your letters here: (Web address listed here)

Attached to the email is a picture of a beautiful young lady in a red clingy, but not too reve...

I have mentioned before the amount of email we receive on the news desk.  Hundreds.  We have to sort through them for vital information needed by deadline; for press releases updating continuing stories or notices for upcoming events; for internal station and corporate memos; and for valid news tips.  I think only half of what is emailed is actually useful to us.  The rest is basically spam from companies (news wire services, and even some PR firms) all over the nation doing mass emails to al...

Me: "CBS4 News this is Misty"

Caller:  "This is John Doe and you don't know me from hell cause I've kept it that way but I just have to do something to help Michael.  You see I was a child actor and under contract with Disney at 18.  Then I went on to be a producer at Liberty UA.  I worked with Dick Clark to create the American Music Awards."

(I didn't interrupt, but I knew I was in for a long call if I let it go on, but it was quiet in the newsroom and he wasn't being irate or belligerent.  I ...

I was accused of not believing in the freedom of information by an upset caller today.  I wasn’t surprised by his outburst because he started off the conversation very abrasive.  This was a new accusation though.  I’ve been called many things over the phone while on the news desk, but my belief in freedom of information has never been questioned before today.

Me: CBS4 News this is Misty

Caller:  Yes, I’d like to know why I can’t find the phone numbers of all the stations in De...