Done With TV News in Las Vegas

While we often report on people leaving the TV news business, we don’t often report on a viewer who has quit TV news.

We got this email from a Las Vegas TV news viewer and thought we would share it.

Scott,

The state I live in is considered a 'swing state' for federal election candidates, and with that, the local newscasts are wall-to-wall political attack ads in most of the newscasts' stop-sets.  The back-to-back spots will have Trump trash-talking about Harris, followed by Harris supported PAC trash-talking Trump; followed by a string of Senatorial campaign spots of the office holder and challenger airing back-to-back attack ads.

I've been in this TV market for decades, and NEVER have I seen the severity of political attack ads as I've seen in 2024.

So, with that, I'm no longer viewing the local TV newscasts until after the election; that is, if I feel inclined to resume local TV newscasts viewing.

And the TV stations are wondering why local newscasts viewership is dwindling.

Best regards,