We Have a Date

Nexstar was set September 1st as the date to launch their national newscast on WGN America.

The company is promising to deliver unbiased cable newscast for viewers that want a change from Fox, CNN and MSNBC.

“This will be hard news, 100% absent of bias,” Nexstar boss Perry Sook said. “We’re so serious about that we’re hiring a panel of rhetoricians to review our broadcasts for unconscious bias that may creep into the words we use and the reporting that we do.”

Nexstar is hiring, but don’t look for any big names.

The company says that they have hired 30 of the 130 to 140 staffers it will employ in Chicago to launch the new three-hour nightly newscast. In addition to the unnamed main anchor team, WGN America is in negotiations with weekend anchor teams, and is staffing up with “network-quality” correspondents.

“There are no names that you would recognize today, but hopefully names you recognize down the road,” Sook said.

H/T Chicago Tribune

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