I would guess out of all the news sources out there - straight TV news (i.e. CBC/CTV/NBC/CBS/ABC and not the news opinion stuff) is less negative than most other news sources out there (social media, opinion news, talk radio, etc)
All of them focus on negative news as it leads to better viewership.
Hi Dino, I’m free to type whatever I want on here, if you don’t like it, that’s your problem. Yes, senior citizens love the news and absolutely no one checks the internet to get news now especially with cord cutting, you’re brilliant.
People are also free to be annoyed by the same hot takes they see all. the. time.
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All of them focus on negative news as it leads to better viewership.
Negative posts on social media get better engagement. Negative threads on CP get more views and posts. It's not a new thing and isn't unique to news media.
Would anyone be shocked if it came down to money? It seems Rogers and Bell are on a quest to chip away at media salaries and won't be happy until they are paying everyone minimum wage.
I’m obviously incorrect about this, but it has always seemed to me that the extra hundred grand or whatever it costs to keep a veteran professional in a role like this is more than made up in the back end.
Like, $350k for your lead anchor.
You couldn’t buy a CFL starting QB for that money.
As a former journalist who has seen half a dozen friends laid off from the industry in the last 10 years, there’s nothing at all surprising about this. The traditional media is dying in slow motion. Cost cutting is severe, unrelenting, and it won’t end until the media is a fraction the size of what it is today. Everyone who works in traditional media know this. Nobody should be surprised when their number comes up.
Robyn Urback at the Globe and Mail sums up the environment in journalism today:
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The business of journalism is ruthless. Lisa LaFlamme is just the latest casualty
Journalism, particularly in the digital age, is an exceptionally cruel business. Cost-cutting measures are unremitting. Layoffs are routine. I’ve had friends lose their jobs on maternity leave, and I worked in one newsroom where a beloved editor-in-chief was suddenly escorted out of the office when the publisher decided the paper needed fresh eyes...
Observers have been quick to conclude that Ms. LaFlamme’s ousting from CTV was ultimately the result of ageism and sexism, noting that other evening news anchors – notably, CTV’s Lloyd Robertson and CBC’s Peter Mansbridge – were allowed to age on-air and retire on their terms (they were 77 and 69 respectively), whereas Ms. LaFlamme was forced out at 58, reportedly with years still left on her contract. While it’s certainly possible that social prejudices played a role (along with, according to reporting by Canadaland and the Toronto Sun, interpersonal tensions) her ouster is not an isolated decision for Bell Media, which has been cutting and slashing programs – including letting go of big personalities – for the last several years.
Last February, Bell abruptly pulled Vancouver’s TSN 1040 off the air, axing popular and long-time hosts including Jeff Paterson, Blake Price and Rick Dhaliwal. It did not renew the contract of veteran Montreal radio host Terry DiMonte last May and laid off Vancouver News at Six co-anchor Scott Roberts this past March, leaving Mi-Jung Lee as the program’s solo anchor. And over the last several months, Bell has gutted the on-air talent at Toronto’s Newstalk 1010. The thread connecting all of these layoffs does not appear to be age and sex, but rather an inclination to ruthlessly cull ostensibly expensive talent on traditional media platforms...
...This is not to defend the abrupt and callous manner in which Bell appears to have cut ties with Ms. LaFlamme, especially since, in doing so, it may lose some of the loyal viewers it wants to retain. But rather, it is to point out that the business of journalism is a most savage form of Hunger Games, where the strongest competitors can, in an instant, become the weakest links. It’s not kind, or fair – unfortunately, it’s business.
Like .. holy ####. The grey thing is terrible and this guy Melling just loves being an ass the more stories that come out
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One of the newscast’s staff members recalled an argument that took place around the time of the start of the war in Ukraine. The network was sending a crew to the country to cover the Russian invasion. Ms. LaFlamme advocated for CTV to book hotel rooms in Krakow, Poland, in case the crew members needed to retreat quickly from Ukraine. Mr. Melling raised concerns about the cost. After a protracted argument, the rooms were booked
Gotta save on those dollars when sending people to cover war
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Like .. holy ####. The grey thing is terrible and this guy Melling just loves being an ass the more stories that come out
If done by a subordinate, someone openly questioning someone's age, sex or race would be considered discrimination and grounds for remediation or dismissal. If done by a VP within a corporate environment, the victim needs to be removed silently and HR and lawyers will be used to protect the company. You can be sure that had Lisa Laflamme not been such a public figure and loved icon, none of this would have ever surfaced and kept under the carpet, but I can assure workplace harassment and discrimination happens all over the place and much more prevalent at higher levels then the general public will ever know.
The business decision façade is purely for politically correct reason to avoid being sued, she was fired for being an aging woman that an executive disapproved of as seen by his grey hair comment. Many companies project a diverse environment image and positive culture but behind the scenes the situation can be vile (especially for women). And employees generally keep quiet in these situations for fear of retaliation and being fired for not being a team player.
I don't expect anything to happen from this, within a month people will have forgotten about this and just carried on (see Blizzard Activision sexual harassment lawsuit where Bobby Kotick is still CEO despite being at the front of many of the allegations)
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As Urback’s column suggests, it was about cost-cutting. Same as all the other long-serving journalists laid off by Bell in recent months, young and old, men and women. If there’s a common thread it’s journalists who have been around long enough to be earning higher than average salaries.
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