HanSolo

Assuming they receive a complaint at all, they can “investigate” it until no one cares, which in today’s world is about 7.1 seconds. They don’t need to do anything unless they see an opening to needle someone they deem antagonistic to the dear leader and feel like they can make said antagonist a scapegoat. Under no circumstances would they criticize the person who uttered the words in this scenario. But were it to be uttered by anyone on the enemies list, rest assured they will spring into action at the first complaint received. If they even wait that long.

People have very short attention spans. Those predisposed to dislike “mainstream” media are already not watching. To everyone else, it’s a meaningless blip in a flood of other things competing for their attention. The news cycle has already moved on a few times over from this- nobody is going to change viewing habits either way over this.

Perhaps they’re recreating elements because in their professional opinion those elements are currently fine and not “less than desirable” because a few armchair critiques deem them so. We know in time there will be updates small and large. Change is inevitable and necessary. It may be that now isn’t that time.

Four anchors, though realistically it’s seldom even three as it is, for one hour seems needless.

If you like the team, the presentation, etc, not hearing “live from Times Square” is not going to change your viewing habits one iota. No one who watches and likes the program is going to think, “wait, they’re not in Times Square? I’m out.” No one gives the show more credibility or likes the team content better because of being in one location or another. It made for an interesting backdrop at one point, but it’s not like they use it all that much, in any meaningful way.

Changes coming to the morning newscasts. Tamala Edwards moving to 10 am After 20 years of the dawn patrol, and overnights on ABC before that, sleeping in will probably be a welcome change.

They might, but coughing up that much additional $$ might give them pause.

This is textbook fascism in action. Use every lever of power to force the media into submission. Punish dissent. Stifle journalistic freedom.

This seems a hard concept for many.

Are we supposed to take anything the Post says seriously? Even for them, this particular piece of unsourced tripe is so over-the-top that it doesn't even make for good satire.

Had.

It’s textbook. We’ve seen this play out over and over in countries throughout history and around the globe. It never, ever ends well.

Yeah….no. The shows are expensive. That is reason to give group management pause and warrants careful evaluation as contracts renew. But the bottom is what matters and if the business benefits from having the shows on those stations, they will stay. Big boys and girls understand business is business. Sometimes you get into a tiff in one area, but no one with an ounce of common sense would base a business decision involving millions of dollars just on spite.

Which they are literally going to do.

Good for the cast and crew, a nice steady paycheck for a while. Well…those cast members who aren’t killed off or what have you in soap land.