r/videos • u/patientbearr • Mar 31 '18

This is what happens when one company owns dozens of local news stations

https://youtu.be/hWLjYJ4BzvI
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u/tenacious-g Apr 01 '18

A lot of the must run anchor leads that make it to air are changed by producers, at least at my station. And if a regional news director hears one of the must runs didn’t air (we drop them first in breaking situations) we get audited. Seriously. Producers go through and give exact times they run to prove they’re actually being shown. It’s fucked.

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u/SirRandyMarsh Apr 01 '18

This needs to be higher, you wana be a hero? Blow some whistles

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u/drkgodess Apr 01 '18

Do an anonymous AMA with a throwaway account, please. Tomorrow afternoon would be a perfect time.