One TV newsie thinks it is time to clean house at Fox News;

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I wish the person in complete control of both the Fox News/Business channels AND Fox Television Stations (the O&O division) would truly sit down and see that the ENTIRE FOX infrastructure needs a Grim Reaper to go through & clear out all these "reporters" and "anchors" whose credibility isn't just in the toilet, it's in the water waiting for one good flush!

I mean, you have several reporters that tell the story about the Coronavirus pandemic, but then go on social media and then either look like a total hypocrite by not obeying COVID 19 protocols at events & gatherings or "disprove" facts THEY JUST STATED ON AIR.

Then there's Maria Bartiromo & Lou Dobbs at Fox Business and of course the Unholy Triumverate (Tucker Carlson/Sean Hannity/Laura Ingraham) of Fox News who have clearly noted they are far from Fair & Balanced regarding this Trump nightmare of a Presidency, especially Bartiromo who conducts an interview with him that was nothing more than a massive on-air BUTT KISSING PARTY and proceeds to claim without proof that Trump DID win? Um, are you SERIOUS?!?!? You wait 2 DAYS after the Electoral College confirms Biden's win to say this?

And the local O&Os are not that innocent. Tell me how one anchor in Arizona who shows a major slant towards Trump and has an account on a controversial far-right Twitter-esque social media site & an anchor in Wisconsin who tweeted they would have preferred Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had died instead of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek BOTH STILL HAVE A JOB?

I've seen some reporters & anchors do similar stuff AND BE FIRED. Fox needs to get it together, or get some new leadership that can get their shop in order and stop all the hypocrisy in their house.

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I love emails like these. Now here is one from a TV executive that doesn’t like the way the NBC O&O’s are going.

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What’s with the NBC O&O's suddenly having their male anchors and weather presenters go business casual?

Wearing a tie is the exception to the rule. It looks stupid.

Maybe some night soon Chuck Scarborough will anchor in a tank top on WNBC.

This former CBS O&O Producer has thoughts about this story.

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They could’ve at the very least included the names of the former employees who worked through the pandemic in 2020 and were still laid off... just saying.