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Monday Media Open: KFTY-TV Fires the News Staff

by rba

Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 02:31:05 PM EST

Joe Garofoli/SFChron: Tonight at 11, news by neighbors.

"Steve Spendlove realizes that after last month's layoffs of most of the news-gathering staff at tiny KFTY-TV in Santa Rosa there will be less local coverage. The Clear Channel executive overseeing the station knows there won't be reporters to investigate local scandals, let alone do those fluffy woman-turns-100 features that make TV anchors cock their heads and smile at the end of a newscast." [Via Romensko]
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Image @ TonyRogers.com,

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Monday Media Open: KFTY-TV Fires the News Staff | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 hidden)

Finally? (5.00 / 1) (#1)

Jason Szep/Reuters: Developing nations to test new $150 laptops

The experiment is a prelude to mass production of the kid-friendly, lime-green-and-white laptops scheduled to begin in July, when five million will be built.
Its technological triumphs include a hand crank to charge its battery, a keyboard that switches between languages, a digital video camera, wireless connectivity and Linux open-source operating software tailored for remote regions.

Two best decisions they made: hand-cranks & Linux.

by rba on Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 04:55:34 PM EST

: I'll agree with you there (5.00 / 2) (#2)

Now it would be great to do the same thing in the U.S. Too many kids here are being "left behind" because they don't have adequate access to computers and the internet either.

by standingup on Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 06:14:46 PM EST
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Sad story, rba (5.00 / 2) (#3)

But I loved the picture.

by jeninRI on Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 10:20:48 PM EST

Document dump: Will it be online? (none / 0) (#4)

Are the great White House document dumps done online, or only directly to the news media?
Moseys with scissors
by HeyThereItsEric on Mon Mar 19, 2007 at 07:54:57 PM EST

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