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The last part is key. Other employees obviously heard what he said (either by being in the studio or in the control room), and whatever he said must have been deemed inappropriate enough that saying it within earshot of colleagues was grounds for termination, even if it wasn't heard on air.

As it should be... Nothing is gained if you have Republicans always agreeing with Republicans. The same applies for Democrats. Honestly, what’s missing from the majority (if not all) of these 'political panels' are Independent voices. It's those voices that CNN, MSNBC, etc... should include if they truly want to offer viewers balance coverage of issues, people and events.

We're super happy with how this set design turned out! Big improvement from the previous version, and uses the space more effectively.

Well LIV was cut off in progress across seemingly every CW affiliate:

Small M&A. More LPs are coming their way.... Gray is getting three more LPs from Lowcountry Media for $600k. W16EL-D - Augusta, GA W35DV-D - Augusta, GA W18FC-D - Florence, SC Of that $600k, Gray is giving Lowcountry two real estate properties, valued at $450k. The old WRDW studio building in North Augusta ($250k). The tower facility of WSJV ($200k). Here's what it says on the asset purchase agreement : Don't understand why Lowcountry is getting the latter, unless there going to acquire an LP in the Bend in the future.........

This was a very interesting piece when it was published last October that generated a lot of buzz among journalists. Rolling Stone's reporting intimated that his arrest may have been associated with his investigative reporting, either for possessing classified documents or as retribution by the government for exposing certain missteps. Well, in fact, it had nothing to do with that. He's accused of serious charges related to child pornography and communication with and about minors. https://nypost.com/2023/02/01/reporter-james-gordon-meek-charged-in-child-pornography-case/ As it turns out, Rolling Stone's leader may have been covering for Meek, his friend. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1164360143/rolling-stone-fbi-raid-journalist-james-gordon-meek This is not the first time Rolling Stone botched an investigative story. You'll recall the Rolling Stone investigative story about allegations of sexual abuse at the University of Virginia, which in fact turned out to be completely unsubstantiated.

I agree with your points. I respect that they break party lines--as any reasonable person should. My issue with MSNBC is that alot of the right leaning perspectives I see on the network are those who agree with what the leftist panelists/hosts are saying. That isn't balanced. To draw to draw things back to CNN you actually do see guests of opposing views on the network. The issue is that many of those opposing guests are often inflammatory and start arguments on air. I suppose News Nation is attempting to pull off that mission. Their execution is questionable however.

True, but Republicans like Joe & Nicole that are highly critical of their party (which is more palatable to MSNBC's base).

Good Lord, does this thread need to turn into fantasy anchor line-up listings every time someone at WABC blinks? It's purely speculative, based on almost nothing. Do we need to have some users review the site rules?

Can't see how Paul Rudy, Mark Mathis and Logan Byrnes fit in long term when Nexstar comes in. They're probably making decent money and their positions become redundant when trying to slash costs. Assuming KSWB's staff stays in place, it'll be dejavu for Elizabeth Alvarez and Misha DiBono in their return to the KUSI building.

Thankfully it's coming in "pieces" and not all at once. Steve said while the current set may only be 5 years old, there are some fixes in the works. They are prepping for 4K newscasts and also getting the First Alert Meteorologists a larger weather area because Derek Beasley stated he really wants to see WJZ put their own twist on weather forecasts. There was a chance they were going to move to a new studio in Baltimore City because the building they are in is over 45 years old and in need of some repairs but Kathy Hostetter is already setting that in motion.

I like how the plants complemented the studio.

I think this is about right. Much like Denver and St. Louis, I could see where they might shift around some of the evening newscasts on KUSI to not compete with KSWB. A primetime block on KUSI might make sense. They then can keep the morning blocks the same and compete with one another and differentiate them with "unique talent" even if much of the content is the same, and cheap. The whole point in all of these duopoly markets is to simply maximize ad inventory, not about maximizing the potential for new content.

I doubt they would, but it would sort of make sense to have NBC News Now replace it on the subchannels it currently airs on

This may be the only news open from Ted Turner's WRET in Charlotte that's available online. The station only began producing news in 1978, when the former independent became an NBC affiliate. The following year, Turner sold WRET to Group W, a transaction that financed the 1980 launch of CNN, and WRET changed its call letters to WPCQ.

This occurred a couple of weeks back. Kevin Stitt is leaning into the far-right culture war against the LGBTQ+ community (not exactly the smartest move when even a sizable chunk of Republicans support same-sex marriage and anti-discrimination laws protecting that community) by justifying his veto, but it's mainly tied to a dispute between Stitt and the Oklahoma Senate over his tax credit and education proposals (including a voucher-style tax credit for use in private schools), which resulted in Stitt vetoing any Senate-backed bills to pressure that chamber's leadership to pass his proposals into law. However, it's garnered him criticism even among Oklahomans (myself included, as I grew up watching PBS programming on OETA and, when OETA ran it as a secondary PBS station for Oklahoma City, KAUT—not just PBS Kids programs, but the Oklahoma News Report, when it was still a five-night-a-week broadcast, and selected other shows) for jeopardizing OETA's future to score political points.

Oklahoma's governor vetoed a bill funding OETA. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/12/media/oklahoma-pbs-oeta-reliable-sources/index.html