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As Many As 2,100 People Have Lost Media Jobs in the Past Two Weeks
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Posted on 02/05/2019 10:35:58 AM PST by ameribbean expat

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To: ameribbean expat

They should learn to code.


41 posted on 02/05/2019 10:54:00 AM PST by circlecity
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To: cnsmom

The chickens are coming home to roost — once again. ;)


42 posted on 02/05/2019 10:56:10 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Starboard
What do you call 2,100 journalists who lost their jobs last week?

A start!

43 posted on 02/05/2019 10:59:54 AM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: ameribbean expat

Come on boys and girls!

Let’s give them the old Journalism School Cheer!

Two bits! Four bits! Six bits, a dollar!
That’s all I got in my cup this afternoon.


44 posted on 02/05/2019 11:00:22 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: ameribbean expat

ANd yet more than a few take advantage of FR as their own personal click-farm thinking they can grow rich and famous by stealing content and posting it on their pathetic blogs.


45 posted on 02/05/2019 11:00:30 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: ameribbean expat

We must encourage our young generations of conservatives to take jobs in the media and education. We need to play the same game the Communists did while taking over America. We need a secret ops plan to slowly take the media and schools back. It will be a sacrifice for the young ones looking for money, but they need to view it as a ‘service’ much like the military if we are to survive as a nation.


46 posted on 02/05/2019 11:01:38 AM PST by devane617 (Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.~ George Orwell, 1984)
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To: bigbob

Ditto what you said.


47 posted on 02/05/2019 11:02:54 AM PST by devane617 (Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.~ George Orwell, 1984)
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To: Starboard

Java might be a bit much for a Journalist to handle. They might have to stick with BASIC.

10 PRINT “Orange Man Bad!”
20 END


48 posted on 02/05/2019 11:03:18 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Obadiah
Hey, I need my septic system pumped and they have experience.

Their experience is really in spreading s**t, rather than removing it.
49 posted on 02/05/2019 11:06:05 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: KC_Lion; Lazamataz

Ping.


50 posted on 02/05/2019 11:06:40 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ameribbean expat

ALEX JONES

As usual, only Alex Jones explains why, while all the Cable Clickers are in the dirt.

Obama had the U.S. Government, your taxes, finance $2 billion worth of fake news to trash Never Trumpism.

Now you know the Rest of the Story.

Ban Alex, and let us get our news from cable TV, so we never know the truth. Stick your Ostrich head in the sand.


51 posted on 02/05/2019 11:07:41 AM PST by TheNext (Participation Award Winner = CoC)
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To: ameribbean expat
I think this is a continuation of the revolution caused in journalism by the internet.

The internet has made it easy for almost anyone to get in the "news" and "news commentary" business.

First to die were those print sources who refused to convert to digital.

Then those print and digital sources who couldn't maintain their quality.

More recently we have seen digital sources who were so desperate they resorted to fake news...gone.

During all the preceding, proofreaders and editors were squeezed out, putting more pressure on writer themselves to produce products without factual, grammatical, or typographical errors.

Bottom line: I think this is wonderful.

We are back to small town-like barriers to entry for good writers who previously did not stand a chance (hooray for pajama-clad warriors of any age or education or experience who can just deliver good, fact-based, and thoughtful news and commentary.

Bad news for those who used to thrive because they knew someone or went to the right school or had an affair with the editor/boss).

Vive Le Meritocracy.

52 posted on 02/05/2019 11:09:05 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: ameribbean expat; humblegunner

This means to me a whole bunch of upstart bloggers descending upon FR to pawn their wares in the very near future.

Build the fence, and spread the concertina wire.


53 posted on 02/05/2019 11:09:37 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: ameribbean expat

The media has nothing to sell but liberal bias, no thanks.


54 posted on 02/05/2019 11:09:57 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ameribbean expat

Too bad the fiction writing job market is already flooded.


55 posted on 02/05/2019 11:09:57 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: z3n

I’ve seen this before. What does it mean?


56 posted on 02/05/2019 11:14:18 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Kozak

The only jobs they are qualified for are in the produce and meat packing industry and are being taken by Illegal aliens.


57 posted on 02/05/2019 11:17:52 AM PST by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: ameribbean expat

They get to enjoy “Funemployment!” They should be overjoyed!


58 posted on 02/05/2019 11:19:47 AM PST by Clay Moore (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people)
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To: ameribbean expat

Nowhere near enough.


59 posted on 02/05/2019 11:21:10 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Danny Noonan: I’ve always wanted to go to college.
Judge Smails: Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too


60 posted on 02/05/2019 11:21:56 AM PST by Clay Moore (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people)
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