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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago

It's good to reach out to WDJT-TV (DJT huh?) and tell them they are cowards. It's also good to reach out via her public social media and let Sam Kuffel know that what she did has support.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

FTA: with CBS affiliate WDJT-TV

We all know what to do.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Does she have a gofundme?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

We need more people in these positions calling out Musk as saluting like a nazi; I just feel bad that they are loosing their jobs

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

Obeying in advance. Our "news" media are despicable

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Oh man, those poor folks still on X, fighting and hoping that they still have the freedom of expression. Have they not seen any WWII movies? Just sitting around won’t do anything to stop the hate and what the President and his crew are up to.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

many wisconsin stations are downsizing and consolidating, closing local news operations and studios, etc. one ownership group (different than this one) is actually getting rid of local weather persons and outsourcing their weather to the weather channel or some bullshit like that. which will work real well when localized bad winter weather hits, or tornado/flood seasons.

at any rate, this station (and others) are probably on the constant lookout for a reason... any reason... to shed someone from their staff, and if replaced--will replace for less money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I interned in broadcast television while I was in college and man, what I learned was to stay the fuck away. Like 10-12 hour days driving all over getting stories, and everyone is paid absolute dick. I was interning for AV production, and the dude with me had done that job for like 25-30 years, and was making less than $15 an hour. The sterile processing tech job I had at the hospital that required a GED, paid more than they made, and I had better benefits. The straight up told me, damn dude if you're working in that hospital, stay there that's way better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

i know a guy who used to do camera and production work for a big city tv news department. was pretty good--real good, loved the work--and the perks. hasn't worked that in at least 6-7 years now. made more money dashing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Joke’s on them. Project 2025 plans to dismantle NOAA and gut/privatise the National Weather Service.

Who will pay for their weather forecasting once nobody will give them that data for free (under zero government funding)? They could just stop doing weather entirely, I guess, but millions of people rely on local weather reports to know whether to go to school or work. How do they plan to pay for that data?

I can’t believe how short-sighted some CEOs and mgmt types insist on being.

e: phrasing

[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Free to do a nazi salute but not free to criticize it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The position people tend to see as "criticized" is that which they directly or indirectly get from the Press, and the Press is bought and paid for and has been working as a Propaganda arm of a subset of the population rather than as Journalists, for decades.

IMHO, the Consent for "Billionaire openly making a Nazi salute during Presidential Inauguration of Far-Right populist multi-millionaire" has been Manufactured and the acceptance of this by many and feeling of impotence about it by many others was never the product of natural Tolerance.

PS: In fact, the very events on the article the OP posted - that somebody in a public-facing position in the Press was fired for being a dissenting voice - give weight to the point I'm making.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Next we see indian good luck charms everywhere?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that station owned by Sinclair?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

At least we now know that WDJT-TV is pro Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Her replacement will be predicting a lot of Heil in the future

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just can't understand how some people can stand behind this and defend it. If a major news station is either being forced or did this themselves, than I just don't know what to think of this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Denial and misinformation

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