I've always been convinced that some of Global's weather forecasts on their noon and late news were taped. There's banter between the anchor and the weather guy or gal and then a pause as they roll the pre-tape. (The fact that there's no current time on their supposedly up-to-the-minute live radar is a dead giveaway.)

I suppose it's not really an issue as long as the forecast is right and taped close to airtime. (If the weather person is there, why not just air it live to begin with?) But to do it with sports makes absolutely no sense. And so it was that I was watching Global's 11 PM package on Sunday night when they threw to sports. Up popped Megan Robinson, whose first story was about the Leafs.

It featured highlights from Saturday night's game against Montreal, followed immediately by a graphic informing viewers that the Leafs were playing Sunday night in New York, and that the puck dropped at 7 PM. Only problem was it was 11:20 and that game was over, with Toronto losing 4-1.

Clearly they ran the 6 PM tape by mistake and it was obviously dated. My question is why would they pre-tape something that is obviously time sensitive, especially when there's a margin for error, such as what happened on Sunday night? If you're going to ostensibly do a live newscast, then those segments need to be live as well, especially when it comes to updating ongoing or recently finished games.

I rarely watch Global and this does nothing too make me want to tune in again.

Still, they're not the only ones. CFRB, once known as Ontario's Authoritative News Voice, has pre-recorded news after about 6 o'clock on the weekends. That means anything that happens after that simply doesn't get reported until the next day.

I get the fact there are cutbacks, but you can't pre-tape news - sometimes hours in advance - and expect anyone to trust you as a credible source.