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I don’t watch anymore. They cover stories in a breathless fashion with too many mini-packs. Lester jumps to the next topic too fast. Meanwhile, CBS has a great format now. Theirs is the Huntley-Brinkley report of this day.

My, how things have changed. In 2021 and early 2022, Byron Allen was thought of by some as the next great corporate CEO in broadcasting. I once worked for a GM who ran any show of Allen’s he could get his hands on. I’d wager $0.25 that’s not the case any longer.

TEGNA owns a powerful and heritage station in my market. It will be painful to watch as this move will probably lead to production mistakes, going to black, unscripted camera swings and other discreps. The business is becoming all about the bottom line and less about what's on their screens.