http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6yq5O8GXUo 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.
