WIS-TV in Columbia (SC) has fired Ben Hoover.
Not too long ago, one of WIS' top investigative (heavy-lifting) journalists, Jody Barr left the station.
Both newsmen were very popular.
Not too long ago, one of WIS' top investigative (heavy-lifting) journalists, Jody Barr left the station.
Both newsmen were very popular.
Look across the TV and print media landscape, and the news personnel seems to be there more to meet a diversity requirement. Delivering quality product is not the priority.
Newspapers, also, seem to be following a trend in hiring leadership positions.
Look no further than The State newspaper. The State newspaper has two prolific columnists.
Cindy Ross Scoppe and Warren Bolton are liberals.There is no Conservative voice at The State.
And The State's Editor-in-Chief is in lockstep line with the rest of its hiring practices.
While South Carolina is a Conservative state; are all of its residents represented well in media?
Look no further than The State newspaper. The State newspaper has two prolific columnists.
Cindy Ross Scoppe and Warren Bolton are liberals.There is no Conservative voice at The State.
And The State's Editor-in-Chief is in lockstep line with the rest of its hiring practices.
While South Carolina is a Conservative state; are all of its residents represented well in media?
Recently, there was a job application posted by the S.C. Broadcasters Association.
It was for the S.C. Radio News Network. The job was in South Carolina, but SCRNN is managed by Learfield and based in Missouri.
It was for the S.C. Radio News Network. The job was in South Carolina, but SCRNN is managed by Learfield and based in Missouri.
Ashley Byrd is SCRNN's in-state News Director.
The application for SCRNN was for a news announcer. And a portion of the application asked for the applicants race and gender.
The application for SCRNN was for a news announcer. And a portion of the application asked for the applicants race and gender.
I can only guess who is at the bottom of that list to get hired by SCRNN.
WVOC, 100.1-FM radio, at one time billed itself at Columbia's Conservative home.
The Clear Channel station has ridden the back of the very successful Rush Limbaugh for years. WVOC used Miami-based Nathalie Rodriquez for its drive-time morning news reports.
Not sure if she is still doing the news because the news was at least a day old and Rodriquez' delivery is a reminder of Gilda Radner's old "Baba Wa-Wa" spoof from SNL. She is difficult to listen to. WVOC may have finally figured it out and pulled the plug.
Aside from the issue of hiring trends, TV news is filled with inexperienced and shallow reporters, who usually just apply a national media (liberal) mindset to local news stories.
It may not play well in South Carolina.
The news staffs don't seem to stay in Columbia very long. There is no sense of loyalty from the employee or the viewer. And even when a bond of trust is developed, personnel is being let go (see Hoover.) And was Hoover let go for the right reasons?
It may not play well in South Carolina.
The news staffs don't seem to stay in Columbia very long. There is no sense of loyalty from the employee or the viewer. And even when a bond of trust is developed, personnel is being let go (see Hoover.) And was Hoover let go for the right reasons?
Despite the backlash over the Hoover fiasco, expect media leadership to just keep following the same practices.
It's much easier for news management to blame the Internet and keep their jobs.
It's much easier for news management to blame the Internet and keep their jobs.
That said: There is no problem at all with diversity in any media. But when quality is sacrificed for diversity, it is a disservice to us all.
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