Both Switch Beats

Interestingly both Traffic anchors at 10 and 3 have slightly switched beats nearly at the same time.

Adrienne Bankert who joined the station four years ago as a traffic anchor is now reporting and fill-in anchoring. In fact this week she is anchoring the noon newscast from the mall bureau in for the Walt Gray. Bankert now offically host's Common Ground which is a community show that airs every month once on a sunday.


Angel Cardenas also switched beats...He is now the official 3rd Sports Reporter along with ''Bryan and Ryan'' (main sports anchors for 10) and he does a little filling now for Melissa Crowley who is the morning traffic anchor and does a little fill-in anchoring in from time to time.

Jewish leaders wants to meet with Adrienne Bankert for a chit-chat

Some Jewish leaders in Sacramento County want to meet with Adrienne to try to educate her most likely of how its like to be a Jew. One person has said they were offened by her comments David Wechsler-Azen at Beth Shalom.

"As somebody who has been a poor Jew, as someone regularly approached by poor Jews for help, it’s just so factually inaccurate," Wechsler says. "It’s just really offensive for someone to portray Jews that way.

"She really needs to be made aware of all the Jewish philanthropies that make sure everyone’s taken care of. That’s the underlying Jewish premise: reach out your hand to the needy."

We'll see how the next step goes.

News Anchor talks about God

Tuesday Nov. 28, 2007 KCRA's Adrienne Bankert went to Sac State to speak to students from the International Students Christian Fellowship about her experiences of being a Christian. Avi Ehrlich who is one of the campus newspaper reporters wrote a wrote about a mini-controversy stemming from Bankert's remarks...

"Others took issue with parts of Bankert's message...One part of Bankert's presentation that (Sac State ethnic studies major Marc) Sorensen was uncomfortable with dealt with religious stereotypes.
As part of her presentation, Bankert asked: "Have you ever met a poor Jewish person?"

"I have never met a poor Jewish person ever in my life! Every Jewish person I went to school with had money, and if they didn't have money literally ... they knew how to get some. The Jewish people founded Hollywood, Jewish people were in banking, lawyers."

Bankert said she, herself, is a Jew in Jesus' name.

"I'm a Jewish person, because I'm saved by the blood of Jesus. He is Jewish, and I want what he's got for me."

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