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Offline bijou

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ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« on: March 01, 2010, 10:49:04 AM »
As part of the deep cuts announced this week at ABC News, the network plans to close all of its physical bureaus around the country except Washington and halve the number of its domestic correspondents.

ABC News President David Westin confirmed in an interview Friday that the network's ranks of bureau correspondents, which currently number several dozen, would be cut in half and be replaced with "digital" journalists who would be expected to shoot and edit their own stories.

“We will have as many total journalists as we do now,” he said.

Although the network will keep a minimal staff presence in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and Boston, it will shut down its bricks-and-mortar bureaus there and ask its remaining employees to work from the local affiliates. The Washington bureau will remain open, but its size will be substantially reduced.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/abc-news-to-cut-half-its-domestic-correspondents-shut-down-all-bureaus-except-washington.html

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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 11:02:42 AM »
Yo, David!

How's that 'hopey-changey' thing workin' out for ya?
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2010, 11:05:21 AM »
For Whom the Bell Tolls . . .

Today it tolls for ABC News! :tongue: :fuelfire:
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2010, 11:48:13 AM »
They can take stories from AP and Reuters, then put their own special fellating touch to the the stories.
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2010, 12:10:01 PM »
Hmmmm.....haven't there been several new Fox reporters lately?

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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2010, 01:24:24 PM »
When you're the All Barack Channel, there really isn't anything to distinguish you from the National Barack Channel or See-BS, not too hard to foresee that splitting one group of turd-polishers three ways isn't going to lead to anyone getting big numbers out of it. 
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2010, 01:52:55 PM »
CBS has apparently found and interveiwed someone worse than Katie Couric.... Anderson Cooper.
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2010, 01:54:27 PM »
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2010, 02:42:42 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on March 01, 2010, 11:02:42 AM
Yo, David!

How's that 'hopey-changey' thing workin' out for ya?

That was my first reaction. If they keep sucking up to Obama and his band of clowns, the networks will wind up being a one man show.
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2010, 03:49:46 PM »
I just read a handful of comments from the LATimes article. Many really took ABC to task for being in bed with the Dems and co-opting the news for an agenda. Good for them!!
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2010, 03:57:13 PM »
Quote from: Lacarnut on March 01, 2010, 02:42:42 PM
That was my first reaction. If they keep sucking up to Obama and his band of clowns, the networks will wind up being a one man show.

Someone who reads liberal talking points and press releases is all they need.
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2010, 04:06:02 PM »
Quote from: FGL on March 01, 2010, 03:57:13 PM
Someone who reads liberal talking points and press releases is all they need.

That's closer to the truth than you imagine.
Breitbart's BigJournalism
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2010, 04:06:52 PM »
So the stimulus package is working exactly as planned.  First came Government Motors, now we'll have the Government Broadcasting Channel.
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2010, 04:14:44 PM »
Quote from: jinxmchue on March 01, 2010, 04:06:52 PM
So the stimulus package is working exactly as planned.  First came Government Motors, now we'll have the Government Broadcasting Channel.

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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2010, 04:19:35 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 01, 2010, 04:06:02 PM
That's closer to the truth than you imagine.
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Usually they would at least change the words around a little bit
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Re: ABC News to cut half domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2010, 05:11:32 AM »
It amazes me that they haven't been able to figure it out yet. The people want real news, good, bad, indifferent. Not the propaganda channel. 
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