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Journos sound alarm as coronavirus-related layoff wave starts to hit media outlets
Twitchy ^ | May 15, 2020 | Doug P.

Posted on 05/16/2020 4:12:10 AM PDT by kevcol

Everybody’s painfully aware that the economy has been taking a huge hit the last couple of months because of lockdowns related to the coronavirus outbreak. But now the layoff wave is starting to crash across the bow of the media, and it’s causing some alarms to go off:

Over just three days, Condé Nast, Quartz and VICE gutted their newsrooms with layoffs. This is a historically bad year for digital and local journalism.

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: covid19; journalists; reporters; shutdowns
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To: kevcol

I am not familiar with any of these pubications but I don’t see anything that looks conservative on the list.


21 posted on 05/16/2020 5:05:29 AM PDT by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: ptsal

This shut down hurts the poor and middle class the most.
The country is hurting as the politicians play politics. They are gambling with our lives.


22 posted on 05/16/2020 5:13:19 AM PDT by FreedBird
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To: kevcol

*sob*


23 posted on 05/16/2020 5:15:23 AM PDT by sauropod (Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
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To: kevcol

“We’re all in this together”....BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!


24 posted on 05/16/2020 5:18:46 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (THE)
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To: kevcol

Hahahahahahahahaha... snort ... Hahahahahahahahaha... snort ... Hahahahahahahahaha... snort ... (repeat ad infinitum)


25 posted on 05/16/2020 5:26:19 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: kevcol; All

How’s this trend affecting the Washington Times, which I assume is still a friend of Freepers?


26 posted on 05/16/2020 5:47:42 AM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Drango

Love it.


27 posted on 05/16/2020 6:01:48 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: kevcol

That should slow down the fake news and lies.


28 posted on 05/16/2020 6:31:21 AM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: kevcol

The power of a lack of advertising dollars, posing consequences to the producers driving the current narrative.


29 posted on 05/16/2020 6:33:01 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: kevcol

Presstitution should be considered Non Essential anyway, the Job of a Presstitute requires them to go out in Public and engage with different people continuously, that is a DANGER TO THE PUBLIC and they should ALL be Quarantined for the Safety of the Public!!!


30 posted on 05/16/2020 7:30:56 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok

But, but, but we’re essential. Without us who will tell the masses to stay home?


31 posted on 05/16/2020 7:38:28 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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To: kevcol

AD has turned from being a decent design publication to “let’s see how PC and diverse we can be, no matter how ugly it is.”
It’s like The Emperor’s New Clothes, if it’s in AD it must be cool, right?

Screw them.


32 posted on 05/16/2020 9:19:18 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: kevcol

Replace “media outlets” with “federal agencies” and the pandemic would end by Memorial Day.


33 posted on 05/16/2020 9:20:40 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: kevcol

They fear mongered us into this mess to hurt Trump now they can suck it up.


34 posted on 05/16/2020 9:22:54 AM PDT by jersey117
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