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Category: Following Up
THE JOURNALISTS AT THE VOICE OF AMERICA WANTS THE BOSSES OUT
VOA staff said Robert Reilly and Elizabeth Robbins had abdicated their responsibility to remain independent of government influence by ordering the global broadcaster to air a speech that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered ...
FILLING IN AT THE TRAFFIC DESK
While Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 considers its options for morning traffic reporter, look for Bryesha Adams to fill in for the foreseeable future on “Good Day Chicago”
FORMER LINCOLN, NE TV REPORTER SENTENCED ON SEX ASSAULT CHARGES
Aformer Lincoln television reporter was sentenced on charges of attempted sexual assault on Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court
NOW THAT STATION RUNS SPOTS AIMED AT DISH CUSTOMERS…WHO CANT SEE THEM
Another day, another Dish carriage dispute.
NOW YOU SEE HIM….NOW YOU DON’T
His departure leaves KCTV with just three meteorologists to cover all the shifts.
THE FCC SAYS NO TO MURDOCH. WHAT SAY YOU, SUPREMES?
The FCC denied Fox Corp.’s request for permanent waiver to allow it to own...
LOCAL TV OWNERS HAVE LEARNED NOTHING FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO NEWSPAPERS
“This record-breaking blackout is not only exploitative, but also an endangerment to the health and safety of countless Americans who rely on their local news for up-to-date coronavirus information,”
TEGNA GOES DARK ON AT&T
An AT&T spokesperson accused Tegna of taking advantage of viewers during a crisis.
WE MEAN IT. WE’RE NOT KIDDING
“We’re disappointed to see Tegna put our customers into the middle of private negotiations,” AT&T said in a statement.
NEXSTAR SNAPS BACK AT DISH
In a story NewsBlues has been following, the ongoing re-transmission consent battle between Dish Network and Nexstar Media Group continues
STAHL’S INTERVIEW WITH TRUMP EARNS HER DEATH THREATS
CBS Hires Security Detail for Lesley Stahl
MAYOR BROUGHT DOWN BY SCANDAL INVOLVING TV REPORTER
In a story NewsBlues has been following, a day after disclosing a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local television anchor, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, effective at the end of next week. This ...
WHAT IN THE HELL!!!?!?
In a story NewsBlues has been following, an unidentified individual in Tennessee physically attacked a member of a Nashville television news crew on Sunday. The attack was captured on video which was posted to ...
NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE STATION TO LAWYER UP
In a story NewsBlues has been following, not only is the agency for which accused “Patriot Rally” shooter Matthew Dolloff worked as a subcontractor, but also the TV station that hired him for security ...
WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THAT “SECURITY GUARD” TEGNA HIRED IN DENVER?
On Saturday, Oct. 10, a protester was shot and killed by an individual suspected to have worked for a private security company. Why was he at the scene in front of the Denver Art ...
THEY WERE RIGHT TO FIRE ME
In a story NewsBlues has been following, meteorologist Marty Coniglio, a longtime Denver television weatherman, explains his departure from 9News this summer in a column posted online as reported by the Denver Post. “Better ...
HAPPY HOMECOMING FOR HOLT THE YOUNGER
It’s a happy homecomings for Chicago television news anchor, Stefan Holt made his comeback to NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 after four years away – according to everything-Chicago maven RobertFeder. Beginning next week Holt will co-anchor ...
THE OTHER SHOE DROPS AND ITS BYE-BYE BRENNEMAN
In a story NewsBlues has been following, play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman has resigned from his position with the Cincinnati Reds after being caught using a homophobic slur on air last month – according to ...
MEREDITH CUTS & COLLATERAL DAMAGE
In a story NewsBlues has been following, longtime Channel 4 weekend anchor Alan Frio said Monday he is “disappointed” he was laid off Thursday as part of nationwide “cost-control” measures from the station’s parent ...
RETRACTED STORY KEEPS SNOWBALLING
In a story NewsBlues has been following, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy on Monday morning issued an apology for his show having run with a since-retracted story falsely accusing Nashville’s Democratic mayor of engaging ...
CUTS TAKE TOLL ON WSMV
In a story, NewsBlues has been following, cuts from Meredith on a national scale just had a direct impact on the local scale. Namely WSMV in Nashville. This is a company that asked employees ...
BREAKING (GLASS) NEWS
Security camera caught images of a man who threw two rocks at the large windows the enclose the main news studio and set of WABC, the flagship ABC owned station in New York City ...
REID TRIES TO DOUSE THE FLAMES
In a story NewsBlues has been following, it didn’t take long for her to stir-it-up in her new position. One of the advocacy organizations calling for MSNBC anchor Joy Reid to apologize for comments ...
NEWS NATION EARNS LUKEWARM RATINGS
Their mantra is “We’re bringing you balance not bias” but why don’t you bring the ratings while you’re at it. Based on its opening night, “News Nation” still has a long way to go if ...
BONEHEAD ADMITS TO SLAPPING REPORTER’S REAR ON LIVE TV
Well, the eventually got to the bottom of it. Now it’s time to put the episode in his rear window. In a story NewsBlues has been following, a Georgia man who was seen slapping ...
SHEP’S EP, A HOUSTON PRODUCT
It’s T-minus about one month for Shepard Smith and his new team (catch that rocket reference?). KHOU 11 news director Sally Ramirez is heading to New York to be the Executive Producer of “The ...
NEWS NATION HYSTERIA BUILDS
One week from tonight, television history will be made in Chicago – according to Robert Feder. Straight up at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, viewers across the country will get their first look at ...
A PARTING SHOT
Remember that scene in ‘Half Baked’ when Chapelle’s buddy quits his job with “F-You… F-You… F-You… You’re cool…” Neither do we. Never saw the film. Why would you even bring it up??? Having ...
STILL ON THE MEND
CBS 21 anchor Rob Hanrahan tweeted for the first time on Friday since suffering a massive heart attack back in June. “Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers,” Hanrahan wrote on Friday afternoon. ...
ROKER OUT OF THE WOODS
In a story NewsBlues is following, Al Roker is in recovery after undergoing a total shoulder replacement surgery – according to the New York Post. “And scene! I’m out of surgery and recovery. Thanks ...
OH SO NOW THE JOBS QUESTIONS COME UP!?
In a story NewsBlues has been following, the future is uncertain for many employees of Anchorage CBS affiliate KTVA, after the television station’s owner, telecommunications company GCI, announced in late July that it’s getting ...
REPORTER TROLLED FOR COVID-19 EXPERIENCE
In a story, NewsBlues has been following, WTOC reporter Lyndsey Gough is home from the hospital. The 27 year-old weekend sports reporter in Savannah, GA, tested positive for COVID-19 and has been hospitalized since ...
FOX NEWS ACCUSER: THEY KNEW AND STILL PROMOTED HIM
Who would have thought that the “planned” fishing trip that Tucker Carlson departed for (on a Tuesday, just like any normal planned vacation) in the aftermath of his pseudo-non-semi-apology for fired head writer Blake Neff’s ...
UPDATE IN DEATH OF NYC REPORTER
In a story NewsBlues has been following, there is an update in the tragic death of 26-year-old reporter Nina Kapur. CBS2‘s Kapur died after she fell from a moped that had been rented from ...
GUTHRIE SEEING THINGS FOR HOW THEY ARE (FINALLY)
We have good news ‘Today.’ According to the NY Post, all is well with Savannah Guthrie, who recently underwent her second eye surgery to have a cataract removed. “Seeing all the colors a little brighter ...
GOUGH GOING HOME AFTER COVID
In a story, NewsBlues has been following, we are glad to report that reporter Lyndsey Gough is leaving the hospital. The 27 year-old weekend sports reporter for WTOC in Savannah, GA had been in ...
PRAISE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR WALLACE
It was closing in on 100 degrees on the oval office patio where Chris Wallace‘s interview with President Donald Trump took place on Sunday – and Trump certainly looked hot under the collar. It ...
TUCKER ADDRESSES PIG IN THE ROOM
In a story NewBlues has been following, Tucker Carlson sort-of addressed the fact that his head writer Blake Neff has been posting heinously racist comments in an online forum for years… but not really. ...
SWAIM’S NEW HOME
Chris Swaim kept his plans quiet when he announced he was leaving his gig as weekend meteorologist at Milwaukee’s WISN-TV (Channel 12) June 27. “It is a great opportunity and I am really looking ...
COVID INFECTION LIST KEEPS GROWING AT WPLG
In a story NewsBlues has been following, nine employees of a Miami area television station have tested positive for COVID-19. WPLG announced Wednesday that the station is taking every precaution, including the testing of 147 employees ...
WORSE BEFORE BETTER IN LAREDO
In a story NewsBlues has been following, LMTonline reports Laredo news station KGNS continues to be among the local establishments that have been plagued recently by the novel coronavirus. The network announced on Tuesday night ...
FOX NEWS REGRETS INTENTIONALLY CROPPING OUT TRUMP
In a story that NewsBlues brought to you less than 24 hours ago, it seems the croppers have become the mea culpas. According to TheWrap, Fox News on Monday said it regrets cropping Donald ...
HEALTH UPDATE FROM NEWSROOM DUO
In a story NewsBlues has been following, a “broken heart” isn’t enough to stop one newsroom couple! According to PennLive.com, days after suffering a massive heart attack, CBS21 anchor Robb Hanrahan is showing signs ...
FOX NEWS LOVING ABC NEWS DRAMA
How long Fox News remained silent on Bill O’Reilly‘s {ahem} story is anyone’s guess. While you’re at it, take a stab at the Meghan Kelly saga… or Roger Ailes and ask – when ...
TRUMP’S ATTACKS PRESS WITH TAKEOVER
In a story that Newsblues has been following, the situation at Voice of America seems to be going from bad to worse (or to a darker shade of orange, depending on how you look ...
DOMINOES FALL ON ABC EXEC
In a story NewsBlues has been following, a senior ABC News Executive has been outed by current and former colleagues for a multitude of racist remarks and bullying tactics while on the job. According ...
YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME
In a story NewsBlues has been following, Loyola University in New Orleans says it will not rehire Sonya Duhe, who left the school to become Dean of the Cronkite School at Arizona State University. Duhe ...
ANOTHER SPONSOR TUCKS OFF
On the heels of Disney and T-Mobile separating themselves from Tucker Carlson‘s Fox News show because of his views on the Black Lives Matter movement, others are allegedly following suit. “This may be a lot ...
‘FOX & FRIENDS’ COMMITS JOURNALISM
They say a broken clock is right twice a day and that’s still two more times than Brian Kilmeade. But alas, Kilmeade found himself pitching some, let’s just say, non-softballs to White House Press ...
VETERAN CHICAGO ANCHOR PASSES
According to the Chicago Sun Times, Veteran NBC 5 anchor Dick Johnson, a trusted voice in Chicago TV news, died Tuesday. “I am stunned to tell you all that Dick Johnson passed away this ...
CNN CREW RELEASED FROM POLICE
A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis — and released about an hour later — as the crew covered ongoing protests over the death in police ...
MAKING ROOM FOR DISHAROON
Two weeks after surprising Minnesota viewers with news that he was leaving KARE 11, meteorologist Jason Disharoon has a new home at The Weather Channel. Disharoon broke the news with a photo of himself ...
WHEN MATT LAUER CRITICIZES YOU
Matt Lauer published a lengthy op-ed in Mediaite attacking Ronan Farrow for the reporting in his book Catch and Kill, where he writes about a former Today producer’s claim that Lauer raped her. Lauer cites specific instances in Catch and Kill where he ...
KTSP ANCHOR THANKFUL AFTER ATTACK
KSTP anchor Matt Belanger thanked those who sent him well wishes as he recovers from an assault that occurred Tuesday. Belanger said he has been receiving an outpouring of support from throughout Minnesota and ...
BITTER END FOR MIAMI ANCHOR
Rudabeh Shahbazi is excited about her new position, whatever that may be, but also still stinging from the fashion in which her last one ended. The former WFOR-CBS4 evening news anchor told Miami’s Community Newspapers that some ...
BAD LUCK CHUCK
Chuck Todd is so sorry. No, not in that way Mr. President. Chuck Todd is apologizing. He has admitted to airing a clip of a CBS News interview with Attorney General William Barr ...
SVEN BACK ON THE ‘TUBE’
A little thing like getting fired isn’t going to stop Sven Sundgaard from working. No, he’s not pulling a “Constanza” and still just… showing up. After receiving his pink slip, from KARE11 in Minneapolis, the weather ...
FOX TO REMAIN CLOSED DESPITE GUNG-HO(STS)
Well, Fox offices are staying closed for another month. This is odd (not odd at all) when you consider the amount of Fox News personalities regurgitating President Trump‘s call to “reopen the country” and urging people to get ...
SVEN SPEAKS OUT AFTER SACKING
Sven Sundgaard, a former meteorologist for KARE11 in Minneapolis, addressed his sudden departure for the first time Tuesday night. “Many have asked me about KARE11’s post regarding my employment and separation from employment,” Sundgaard wrote ...
NBC SUITS TAKE ONE FOR TEAM
A day after a major shift at NBCUniversal that left Andrew Lack on the unemployment line between Diamond and Silk, Comcast has announced that senior leaders, who make up the executive ranks, will be reducing their salaries by 20% ...
NO SEAT FOR YOU…SOO KIM
Tegna reports that its shareholders re-elected all 12 of the company’s directors at its annual meeting Thursday. This, in essence, is a rejection of a proxy challenge from Standard General, and its CEO Soohyung ...
REEVE FOLLOWS IN OTHERS’ PANTS
In a story that’s recently “dropped,” ABC News reporter Will Reeve, was “caught with his pants down.” No, he wasn’t changing in a phone booth (Will is the son of Superman portrayer Christopher Reeve) – Ok, ...
MEDIA HAS WJFW’s BACK VS TRUMP
Seven broadcast and media organizations have voiced support for Joe Fuchs and his WJFW-TV Rhinelander, Wis., which has been sued by the Trump campaign for airing an anti-Trump spot the campaign says is false and defamatory ...
DIAMOND & SILK OUT, BUT TOMI LAHREN…
In a story NewsBlues has been following, Fox News has parted ways with MAGA Nation shills Diamond & Silk after the duo peddled conspiracy theories regarding coronavirus, even doubting the authenticity of the death ...
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS PATRICIA MAESE?
In a story NewsBlues has been following, we can not confirm or deny if KTSM’s Patricia Maese is still employed. What we can mention is that Maese does not appear on KTSM’s ‘Meet the Team’ ...
STANDARD GENERAL’S ‘SUCCESSION’ MOVE
Thanks to HBO’s ‘Succession,’ I actually understand the move allegedly being attempted by Standard General with Colleen Brown, Ellen McClain Haime, Deb McDermott and Soohyung Kim. According to Radio & Television Business Report, this Thursday morning at 8am, ...
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, PLAYED BY WILLIAM ZABKA
Just watch any 80’s film set in high school. The bully doesn’t pick the tough guy to knock-down. He picks the easy target… the wounded gazelle. That’s what bullies do because deep down, just ...
STEPHANOPOULOS’ POSITIVE STEP
Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos announced that he has “cleared” the coronavirus after he tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. He also said that he has signed up for a clinical trial to donate ...
CUOMO’S COVID COMEBACK
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has emerged from his all-too-familiar basement. He had been quarantining after testing positive for coronavirus three weeks ago. A CNN segment showed Cuomo’s reunion with his family, which occurred just a ...
STEPHANOPOULOS/WENTWORTH HEALTH UPDATE
It’s no laughing matter, but George Stephanopoulos and comedian wife Ali Wentworth, both of whom have tested positive for COVID-19, joined Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live, via video conference to give audiences a ...
STEPHANOPOULOUS FEELING GREAT DESPITE COVID-19
Good Morning America‘s George Stephanopoulos announced that he has coronavirus. He had been caring for his wife Ali Wentworth as she recovers from COVID-19. Despite testing positive himself, the anchor said that he has not ...
TRUMP CAMPAIGN SUES WISCONSIN TV STATION
The Trump campaign is suing NBC affiliate, WJFW-NBC in Wisconsin over their airing of a Democratic super PAC ad. The defamation lawsuit is over an ad by Priorities USA for alleging the president called the ...
FCC CHAIR’S MESSAGE TO THE MEDIA
Ajit Pai had a message for the media in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In short: “thank you.” The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission tweeted his appreciation, “Grateful to America’s radio ...
CHRIS CUOMO SAYS HE’S LOST 13LBS FROM COVID-19
It’s “no cakewalk” says Chris Cuomo, referring to his experience with the effects of coronavirus. Of course each case differs, with many describing it as just similar to a bad cold and others ...
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A COLLEAGUE
NBC News employee Larry Edgeworth died last Thursday after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to the network. He worked in the equipment room of 30 Rockefeller Center, NBC’s headquarters in New York City, ...
CORONAVIRUS 101
Coronavirus is a fast-moving and challenging story for every newsroom. The Knight-Cronkite News Lab has curated some of the most useful resources found across the web reports TVNewsCheck. I worked with my narrative writing ...
ON THE QUARANTINE LIST….
CBS News foreign correspondent Seth Doane tested positive for the coronavirus, and on Monday reported from his home in Rome where he is in quarantine. “I started to have a little bit of a ...
NEXT STEP….REHAB
CNN contributor and recent Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has checked himself into rehab for alcohol abuse after a recent incident in Miami. Gillum claimed he had fallen into a depression and alcohol abuse ...
CBS ADJUSTS TO NEW “NEAR-NORMAL”
After a tense few days the CBS Broadcast Center in New York is slowly coming back to life even after a fourth worker tested positive for coronavirus on Friday. But not before the coronavirus ...
THE LESSON OF CHRIS MATTHEWS
We are fans of Baltimore Sun media columnist David Zurawik. Not only is he one of the last of a fast-disappearing print type – the media specialist, he offers some insights that might slip ...
THE GUESSING GAME CONTINUES
For those who figured that Chris Matthews’ abrupt exit from MSNBC Monday night might mean a return to primetime tv for Brian Williams…. Fuhgeddaboudit! According to Page Six, Williams isn’t even on the list ...
THE D’ASCENZO WAY
Until now, WFSB was located at 333 Capital Boulevard in Rocky Hill. Now, in a touching tribute to the Meredith station’s late, beloved news anchor Denise D’Ascenzo, there is a new address. What a ...
ON THE MEND
Legendary WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling came through gastric bypass surgery Wednesday with a sunny outlook and a smile. He released a photo of himself on social media with a message from Bill Snyder, weather ...
MORE ON MATTHEWS
The abrupt departure of longtime MSNBC host Chris Matthews Monday night, just two minutes into his final “Hardball”, might have come as a surprise to his co-workers and viewers. Matthews was, by and large, ...
CHANGE THE DEBATE STRUCTURE
If you judge this week’s Democratic presidential debate on CBS by the ONLY measure debates seem to be measured by these days – the ratings it gathered – it was a significant success. By ...
FORMER KSDK REPORTER OPENS UP
It was two years ago that Jeff Small, a former reporter for KSDK in St. Louis, was arrested after a traffic stop revealed several outstanding bench warrants and a small amount of drugs in ...
A MODEST PROPOSAL
The Newseum closed the doors on its lavish District of Columbia digs at the end of 2019, the victim of hubris, overspending, overcharging and, in recent years, the nurturing of an official hostile attitude ...
A BELOVED ANCHOR AND THE FOUNDATION IN HER MEMORY
A memorial service was held Wednesday for long-time WFSB anchor Denise D’Ascenzo. D’Ascenzo, who suddenly and shockingly passed away in December, was remembered by friends and family who gathered at the Connecticut Convention Center. ...
NEXTGEN LATEST
TV NewsCheck reports NAB, legal counsel for Pearl TV and the general counsel of Meredith met last week with staff of the FCC Media Bureau to discuss the transition to NextGen TV and recommend ...
WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
From the beginning, NewsBlues has had an anonymous tipline. It’s untraceable and, if you’ve got a story, it’s a way to get the word out. You’ll find it over on the right hand column, ...
KISSING LOUISVILLE GOODBYE
Back in October, we brought you the story of WAVE reporter Sara Rivest‘s grotesque and unsolicited encounter with a boneheaded Lothario while she was out doing a live shot during a Louisville festival. The ...
“BUTT-SLAP” REPORTER FILES OFFICIAL COMPLAINT WITH POLICE
This week’s unchallenged top bonehead, Thomas Calloway, picked the wrong female reporter on whom to impose his twisted version of playful. Alex Bozarjian of Nexstar’s WSAV in Savannah, GA filed a sexual battery report ...
OVERDUE?
Rick Gevers reported over the weekend that Mike Tomko is leaving Sinclair flagship WBFF in Baltimore at the end of the year for a job outside of television. He’s been the ND there since ...
NO PIERRE PRESSURE
Indulge us and allow for some personal reflections upon the latest career arc of former Rapid City, SD news anchor Helene Duhamel. We told you yesterday that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem had appointed ...
WHY SHE LEFT. IN A WORD: SINCLAIR
We told you back in July that anchor Kate Tillotson was heading for the exit at Sinclair’s WWMT in Kalamazoo, MI when her contract ended in September. Here it’s nearly December and not only ...
REPORTER GRANTED LENIENCY AND RELEASED
Last week we told you the story of Bentonville, AR reporter Nkiruka Omeronye, of Nexstar duopoly KNWA/KFTA and her run-in with a judge who sentenced her to three days in jail for breaking the ...
WISH GRANTED
We first told you last month that Circle City Broadcasting’s WISH-WNDY duopoly in Indianapolis was on the hunt for a multicultural reporter and was taking the search nationwide. Mission accomplished. Katiera Winfrey, who grew ...
