Ratings, revenue plummet. So do media salaries.

January 26, 2009, 9:40 am · 0 comments

Yes, we hate the media. Especially local television news anchors with big, toothy grins, blow-dried hair, and salaries big enough to balance California’s budget deficit. But the times, they are a changin’.

Don’t get us wrong. The teeth and hair hasn’t changed, but the salaries have.

“Times change,” said San Francisco media analyst Vinny Corer. “The big-time dough is gone as the ‘Clear Channels’ of the world take over. It’s a new world we live in. I heard in LA, a station had a reporter opening at a local indie TV outlet and starting pay was $40,000.”

Here’s Howard Beale, the most rational news anchor we’ve ever seen. The clip is 32 years old, but more appropriate today than ever.

Tagged as: ratings

Subscribe, tweet, share, tell a friend!

Browse before and after this article

OLDER: Cindy McCain smarter than her husband
NEWER: Fewer radio listeners mean fewer radios

Login/Register
- Not logged in (Log in)
- Register (Why?)
Subscribe and Follow
Recent Conversations
- ObamaCare Cartoon of the Day (1)
  - Treehog: Not funny. Just sad.
- Karl Rove goes mano a mano with David Plouffe. Rove wins manos down. (2)
  - Joe: “Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.” ~Thomas Jefferson “i felt like i needed a quote” ~Me
  - Ray: When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. ~P.J. O’Rourke
- Jimmy Carter says, “They can’t call me the worst president anymore” (2)
  - Ray: “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them” – Thomas Jefferson We’re in for massive unhappiness.
  - ocmadam: the two reporters are so smug and dismissive…
- And we quote, “We just make up the rules as we go along” (1)
  - Ray: Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~Ernest Benn
- Countdown to Socialism (1)
  - Ray: Obamacare better cover anti-depressants. We’re gonna need ‘em.
- It’s a miracle! St. Joseph comes back to endorse ObamaCare (8)
  - mr mojo risin: Is that 3% rating from her district or a national rating ? If it’s not from her district she’s not going anywhere, and that’s sad.
  - US citizen: Pelosi has a 3% approval rating right now. Need I say more?
  - KimmyQueen: I am not a Catholic so I don’t know if this is appropriate for her to be invoking religion when she supports abortion… Doesn’t the Catholic Church look extremely down on abortion? Also were are the cries of separation of church and state? I guess it is all good if...
- Noted economist calls Obama “a crappy president” (2)
  - Ray Blor: No kidding that he’s lead the economy down even more than it is. I am no fan of Dubya but it took him two terms to do the damage that Obama has done in a year and a half. Not only that, but the president has pussified the U.S. in the eyes of the rest of the world. He got elected...
- Obama approval number ties all-time low on day before ObamaCare “vote” (7)
  - Administrator: :applause:
  - Katrina Schultz: Ok, so all of you Republicans who voted for Obama because you wanted to send a message to the Republican party that you weren’t happy with their performance: How about a letter or a call to them personally next time. Constituents complaining directly DOES has an affect on...
  - dprosenthal: Obama may or may not go down in history as the worst president we have ever had, but he will most certainly be remembered as our greatest disappointment. He bears no resemblance to candidate Obama, and has sadly turned out to be exactly what his few vocal critics said he was.
- Pot calls kettle black: Chris Matthews criticizes Bret Baier for interrupting the President (6)
  - Deb: And still with all the “interruptions ” the questions were dodged left and right! All Baier tried to do was focus the Prez on the question asked, not on his own stump speech. And these three must live in , I don’t know, a cave or under a rock. They are so disconnected from...
  - danybhoy: Why the hell is this drunk still on the air? Matthews is a fool, he knows nobody watches him, & he knows it. Plus Matthews in no position to piss & moan about how Baier did his interview, considering how he goes about intervieing guests. I think Matthews is really upset that...
  - KimmyQueen: I think Greg Gutfeld was right. He was just jealous that Bret got to be so close to Chris’ lord and savior Obama. He probably would like to ask Bret if he felt a thrill up his leg but was too jealous to ask the question so opted to TRY unsucessfully to ridicule Bret instead....
- Bad news for Democrats: Republican congressman thinks they should be covered by ObamaCare, too (9)
  - Sara: Right on Jim S. It took 8 years of bush and his cronies to put this Country in the sad shape it’s in, yet they expect Obama to repair it in less than a year. The only reason the republicans don’t want the Health Care Bill passed is because it will make the Democrates look good,...
- Paul Ryan leads the Democrats to Slaughter (2)
  - RKae: I just heard Slaughter saying that getting this health bill passed was a relief, “like we’ve been pregnant for two months.” Well! How appropriate! We all know how they feel about pregnancy! Now, I supposed we’re all going to be punished with their baby!
  - Ray: She exemplifies Mark Twain’s comment “I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man’s reasoning powers are not above the monkey’s.̶ 1;
- President of CNN fears Facebook more than Fox News (1)
  - matthew s harrison: I just posted your article to……R 30;.facebook!
- Sluttish Meghan McCain calls whorish Rielle Hunter sleazy tasteless (9)
  - TeriDavisNewman: If Meghan McCain had a different name an no trust fund she’d be just another idiot kid that’s never worked a day in her life and considers running her mouth to be a legitimate job. Of course when one is raised by politicians, that’s to be expected. Her...
  - KimmyQueen: Republicans can also be Progressives. It is an insidious cancer. She likes to profit from her looks she really needs to stop the hypocrisy. I guess her excuse is that since she doesn’t have a child and she is so young it is ok for her to be a slut.
  - redabogado: Is that a midget’s bare hiney on her chest?
- Boehner to Pelosi: “Every member should stand before the American people and announce his or her vote” (6)
  - John: Mike W, now everytime I see that dumbass pelosi I’m goina think that. Excellent observation.
  - Mike_W: Every time Nancy close her eyes, she’s entwined with Rahm. “Mmmmm, but Rahm, is Moby-Dick supposed to be this crunchy?”
  - John: Different John from last post. I’ve started to take notice of this guy John Boehner lately, I like his no bullcrap attitude. I think he’d be a good Rep. candidate for Pres.
- The photo Al Gore and the global warming wackos don’t want you to see (10)
  - Andreas: “The Ice at the polar ice cap is an average of 6-8 feet thick, but with the wind and tides the ice will crack and open into large polynyas (areas of open water), these areas will refreeze over with thin ice. We had sonar equipment that would find these open or thin areas to come up...
- America’s youth unemployment rate tops 50%. How’s that hope and change working for you, kids? (12)
  - The Translator: Hi, I can not verify that statistic in BLS website. All I can find is “The employment-populatio n ratio for young men was 52.2%”
- Two Republicans, four giant balls (5)
  - Sean W. Surrey: Catherine is under the delusion that “social justice”, actually exist. The whole world has benefited from the American health system. Literally billions of people have had their lives saved because of the advances WE have made through our system. World leaders who...
  - KimmyQueen: True social justice is about me as an individual and others as the individuals that they are to choose, out of their own free will, to offer charity (either in the terms of goods, money, time and services) to others. We do so because we believe it is the right thing to do. We do it...
  - Dave: Catherine I am not going to start name calling – I see it here all the time when someone is arguing in favor of Obama’s legislation. I just want to ask you two serious questions. 1) Why am I supposed to pay for something you want? 2) How are we supposed to pay for universal...
- Michael Moore’s new film unlike his previous ones. This one blames Reagan for everything, instead of Bush. (13)
  - KimmyQueen: I just love it when capitalism is equaled to greed. Just because I know my worth because I worked hard to get an education or to hone skills just so I can put myself out there and get paid for them is not greedy. If I have a natural talent that I hone and discipline why should I not...
  - Florian: Hello USA, i am from Germany and cant understand why you are so rude to Mr. Moore. Sure his Films have his own way, but be happy that you have a guy how show you the bad things about capitalism. In Germany we have a social and free marct. There is more in the Wolrd about Money.
- Exposing the government’s cell-phones-for-the-poor scam (859)
  - fedup: Selfish? Greedy? I give more to PETA and other charitable causes than you probably make in a year. But because I save 30-40% of my annual pay, I paid my way through school, and I don’t drive the newest vehicles, I will NEVER be afraid of answering the phone (which I pay for). Why?...
  - Chelsea: Seriuosly not one thing you have said on this page has made any sence. Your selfish and greedy. You probably grew up with rich parents and you dont realy know what it like to not have money. Do you know what it’s like to be afraid of every phone call because it might be the...
  - Chelsea: You do relise it’s a ten dollar cell phone and the person gets about 60 minutes wich for most prepaid phone is about $6 dollars. Are you guys really gripping about someone getting $6 a month from the government. You guys are so complelty selfish.
- Oops! Joe Biden admits “We’re going to control the insurance companies” (1)
  - KimmyQueen: But they have all been saying this. Sometimes undercover and sometimes in flip commentaries like this one. It is just that people weren’t listening.
- If Bush Had Said It: Part Gazillion (12)
  - KimmyQueen: JL, Indeed it is true that the issues between Palestinians and Israelites has been for less than a hundred years, although the Middle East has seen a lot of issues for centuries overall (especially when it comes to Egypt), but for sure she was talking about most recent events and...
- Godfather of Soul’s body is missing (4)
  - KimmyQueen: Wow that is so weird!
- Say what? President says ObamaCare will cover natural disasters like the recent Hawaiian earthquake. (6)
  - KimmyQueen: He must have heard that Hawaii was in danger of going through an earthquake due to the seismic activity in Chile, but it never happened so I guess either he didnt realize it never happened, he wasn’t attentive to know what happened (and that actually worries me) or someone...
- Hypocrisy x bias = New York Times (2)
  - KimmyQueen: It must be in her contract to get a bonus regardless of success, because I cannot understand how she got a bonus otherwise. If it is true then the NYT is TRULY the example and hallmark of liberalism where you promise people comfort and money regardless of success from their work....
- How is the census bureau pounding money down a rat hole? Let us count the ways. (7)
  - KimmyQueen: Well I got it and I sent it I dont give a crap if I was supposed to wait until after april the first. I am not feeling the whole race thing nor do I like the unnecessary identity information. They say it is safe, I don’t know if that is true. I cannot trust Big Brother. I dont...
- Pelosi on ObamaCare: “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it” (13)
  - John: Reid,Pelosi,Waxman,B oxer, and the rest, stupid is as stupid does.
- Andrea Mitchell pulls out her pom poms and leads cheers for President Obama (5)
  - John: She disappeared while she was being indoctrinated
  - VoteAllOfThemOut: Just when did Andrea Mitchell sell her soul? I remember her in my youth; she seemed to be a competent reporter. Perhaps she’s always been this way, but I wasn’t savvy enough to understand. Why did she disappear for at least a decade?
- Michelle Obama has a hangover (13)
  - KimmyQueen: What? I have straight hair sometimes (depends on where I am at with my hairstyle) and I do french manicure. I like pearls as well and I like dresses. Pearls, french manicure and straight hair are not something that just BELONGS to white women/people. That can border on racism to...
  - KimmyQueen: Her hairline is not atypical of that of an black woman who relaxes her hair. If you date black women it is obvious. I dont see the problem there. As for her elbows they seem a bit mannish to me so I am not feeling them, but you do realize she is like 50 or something right? I mean the...
- Now Obama has even lost Howard Stern: “The Democrats are communists” (18)
  - KimmyQueen: The Right as you call it are winning most of the battles so far. What’s your point?
- Huffington Post clears up the confusion about “deem and pass” (10)
  - KimmyQueen: I heard it is dead as of today.
Our terrific web host
Who's Online
- 0 Members.
- 39 Guests.

Ratings, revenue plummet. So do media salaries.

Subscribe, tweet, share, tell a friend!

Browse before and after this article

Related Posts

Search our 2500+ articles

Most Popular Post Ever

Our Recent Favorites

Login/Register

Subscribe and Follow

Recent Conversations

Our terrific web host

Who's Online