Shrinking Jobs - Local TV News. No Camera Operators. Replaced W/Remote Control Cameras

[TheMastersNemesis]

One of our local stations has no camera operators for its local news casts. Sets redesigned with no desks. Talent standing. Cameras are all remote controlled from the editing booth. I assume other stations will follow suit if already haven't done so.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. Wake me when they get rid of the reporters and replace them with monkey slaves.

Oh, wait. They already have.

[hunter]

5. The next step will be entirely CGI newscasters and sets...

...virtual robot people simply reading the press releases of the corporate oligarchy directly.

[KamaAina]

6. M-M-M-Max Headroom

[eppur_se_muova]

2. I hate the "no-desks" look.

I don't know if CNN started it, but everyone does it now. It always looks to me like they're unprepared.

"We're gonna do a SHOW? Where's my CHAIR? Jeez, there's no furniture set up -- Oh, fuck it, just run some snazzy CGIs and hope they won't notice." And the sets keep getting bigger and bigger, emptier and emptier.

[hatrack]

3. They've certainly been emptied of news content . ..

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Yes, it's hard to miss the correlation ...

back atcha.

[Logical]

7. No way to stop progress, nor should we. Nt