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Dinosaur Media Death Watch: WUSA Moves to One-Person News Crews
The Washington Post ^ | 12 December 2008 | Paul Farhi

Posted on 12/13/2008 3:56:45 PM PST by NorthShoreGibby

The march of technology and the shrinking economy are beginning to take a toll on the traditional means of television news-gathering: the TV news crew.

Under a new agreement reached this week with its labor unions, WUSA, Channel 9, will become the first station in Washington to replace its crews with one-person "multimedia journalists" who will shoot and edit news stories single-handedly.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: deathwatch; media

1 posted on 12/13/2008 3:56:46 PM PST by NorthShoreGibby
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To: NorthShoreGibby

wow.. the news market fixing itself! no News Media Czar! no billion dollar bailout, or subsidies to keep 2-person news!


2 posted on 12/13/2008 4:03:57 PM PST by Ancient Drive (will)
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To: NorthShoreGibby
Under a new agreement reached this week with its labor unions, WUSA, Channel 9, will become the first station in Washington to replace its crews with one-person "multimedia journalists" who will shoot and edit news stories single-handedly.

Hmmmmm...maybe Unions aren't such bad things after all. They seem to be a parasite that sucks the life blood out its' host and, thereby, insures the death of both.

3 posted on 12/13/2008 4:12:26 PM PST by Texas Eagle (Appreciate me now and avoid the rush.)
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To: Ancient Drive

I’m shocked, shocked the Democrats haven’t proposed an MSM bail out. It shouldn’t cost more than $700 billion or so.


4 posted on 12/13/2008 4:28:19 PM PST by stevem
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To: NorthShoreGibby

How many people does it take to sit by the fax machine?


5 posted on 12/13/2008 4:29:49 PM PST by SKI NOW
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To: stevem
I’m shocked, shocked the Democrats haven’t proposed an MSM bail out. It shouldn’t cost more than $700 billion or so.

And it has added so much to social stability in places like Cuba. No reporter is as responsible as one who draws his livelihood from the public purse.

6 posted on 12/13/2008 4:32:34 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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And it has added so much to social stability in places like Cuba. No reporter is as responsible as one who draws his livelihood from the public purse.

Seriously, I expect the Democrats to force Rush Limbaugh and his ilk to bail out the MSM. It will be called The Fairness Doctrine.

7 posted on 12/13/2008 4:34:47 PM PST by stevem
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