[GOP_Raider]

The irony is that these people are for the most part, some of the most ignorant, unimpressive individuals that you'll ever meet. They know next to nothing. They have no expertise in any area. They just repeat shit they read on the wires. Most of them aren't even from the communities where they work. They migrate from station to station, climbing the ladder as they go.

Your typical news dept. employee fits this profile like you wouldn't believe. Non-news dept. folk are a lot more...well, sane.

[GOP_Raider]

A pretty solid blog entry that might be of use. I mixed in a comment of my own in post #3.

[SE Mom]

Most of us know this- but it’s unusual for us to hear from someone inside who is being HONEST about what they see..

[jnsun]

Most of them aren't even from the communities where they work.

This very true in our rural area. The editors are rotated through the Gannett system, inject whatever spin they can (or are instructed on), and move on.

For many years the warnings have been around about centralized media control.

From this rural perspective it is ugly.

[Smogger]

They have no expertise in any area. They just repeat shit they read on the wires. Most of them aren't even from the communities where they work. They migrate from station to station, climbing the ladder as they go.

My ex-fiance (God bless her) used to be a producer for local television. She would be the first to tell you this is true. She used to have to move all over and eventually ended up working for the Fox Network in NY, where she eventually got tired and quit.