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In article <300120001109379609%nobodylikesspam@theirhouseeither.com>,
  cartoon cheese <nobodylikesspam@theirhouseeither.com> wrote:
> In article <G1eUOGUTtPoWc6=ADRnDOUo0Lcaq@4ax.com>, Jones
> <jones@see.the.sig> wrote:

> >        Also note that Channel Six has merged their news operations
> >with Fox 28.  You'll see the same ABC-6/FOX-28 logo on both news
> >shows.  They do ABC-6 evening news at 6:00PM, Fox news at 10:00PM,
> >then ABC-6 again at 11:00PM.
> >
> >       Why use Consumer Reports rather then filming your own stories?
> >Why merge news with a local Fox independent?  In short, ABC-6 is
> >trying to get away with spending next to nothing on news services.

For what it's worth, 6 & 28 are both owned by Sinclair,
so "independent" isn't quite accurate in reference to WTTE.  Even so,
merged news operations aren't new to Ohio- you see it in Toledo (WUPW &
WTOL) and Cleveland (WOIO & WUAB).  You also saw it a few years ago in
Columbus, with WWHO & WCMH back when 53 had a newscast.  What's unusual
in Columbus is putting both stations on the same set, with the same
graphics package, etc.

> >      And, that, I agree is a great disservice to the Columbus area.

Geez, if I started listing all the disservice being done to Columbus by
its news media...  I dare say it's worse here than elsewhere in Ohio.

> I could be wrong the way I interpret this, Channel Six has misused the
> Consumer Report information all together. Aside from the ethical
issues
> of misrepresenting someone else's material as their own, they're also
> breaking Consumer Report's usage rules. I'm sure Consumer Reports
would
> be interested in knowing their name is being used in this manner.

6 just aired its last Troubleshooter segment tonight.  The given reason
is the reporter (was it Jon Greiner?) moving on to greener pastures,
which is true- but I wonder if this might have been another factor.
--
Jeff Billman
Columbus, OH


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