Goodnight and Good Luck

[Reagan4prez]

You’ve had the power this whole time. Glad you’ve finally realized it.

[Reagan4prez]

In the sign off of legendary news man Edward R Murrow, “goodnight and good luck” my broadcasting friends.

For the last couple of years, a group of 25-66 employees have been posting about the going ons at Sinclair Broadcast Group’s WEYI-WSMH. However recently I and others have left/are leaving the station. Some have been our decision to go to bigger markets or get out of news altogether. Others have been forced to leave Flint as a result of the Corporate Death Star’s budget cuts/layoffs.

As a result, we won’t be posting under the Sinklair pseudonym regularly moving forward.

We know that 25-66 management will believe they have “won”. Let’s be clear… they have not. The same issues that we have been detailing over the years including horrible management, low ratings, even lower morale, poor quality, corporate must run content, sales interfering with news content and some of the lowest pay rates in the market all remain.

Our hope is that current 25-66 employees continue to keep the pressure on management by posting about the issues. If nothing else, it forces management to respond to the complaints. We also hope the new GM comes in and cleans house. The In Over Her Head News Director, the ASSistant GM/Promotions Director, the Director of Declining Sales and the HR Director/Grilled Cheese Party Planner all need to go if the station is ever to grow.

We’ve seen the station’s potential squandered. We’ve seen good people leave. We’ve seen some of the worst managers get promoted because of their ability to play corporate politics and to suck up to the GM, while competent workers are misused and abused.

We won’t remain part of the problem driving down the quality of local journalism any longer. So it’s “goodnight and good luck” to our colleagues. You’ll need it. Please keep up the good fight.

Now is the time to release all the names of the snitches and suck-ups. Go for it!

[Reagan4prez]

In the sign off of legendary news man Edward R Murrow, “goodnight and good luck” my broadcasting friends.

For the last couple of years, a group of 25-66 employees have been posting about the going ons at Sinclair Broadcast Group’s WEYI-WSMH. However recently I and others have left/are leaving the station. Some have been our decision to go to bigger markets or get out of news altogether. Others have been forced to leave Flint as a result of the Corporate Death Star’s budget cuts/layoffs.

As a result, we won’t be posting under the Sinklair pseudonym regularly moving forward.

We know that 25-66 management will believe they have “won”. Let’s be clear… they have not. The same issues that we have been detailing over the years including horrible management, low ratings, even lower morale, poor quality, corporate must run content, sales interfering with news content and some of the lowest pay rates in the market all remain.

Our hope is that current 25-66 employees continue to keep the pressure on management by posting about the issues. If nothing else, it forces management to respond to the complaints. We also hope the new GM comes in and cleans house. The In Over Her Head News Director, the ASSistant GM/Promotions Director, the Director of Declining Sales and the HR Director/Grilled Cheese Party Planner all need to go if the station is ever to grow.

We’ve seen the station’s potential squandered. We’ve seen good people leave. We’ve seen some of the worst managers get promoted because of their ability to play corporate politics and to suck up to the GM, while competent workers are misused and abused.

We won’t remain part of the problem driving down the quality of local journalism any longer. So it’s “goodnight and good luck” to our colleagues. You’ll need it. Please keep up the good fight.

You’re wrong. The managers did win. They found you and all of the posters of “sinklair” out. You lost by staying in a bad situation and believing complaining about it would change anything.

[Reagan4prez]

“sinklair” was simply a shared account by disgruntled, off-air nobodies that put more effort in complaining than ever putting in a fair day’s work. You wouldn’t know them if I named them.

[Reagan4prez]

“sinklair” was simply a shared account by disgruntled, off-air nobodies that put more effort in complaining than ever putting in a fair day’s work. You wouldn’t know them if I named them.

So trolling. Okay, got it.

Off-air nobodies need love, too. I think.