Posted by Diversity Training on April 30, 2009 at 12:42:09:
In Reply to: MANY fired by CBS 2? posted by Looks like.. on April 30, 2009 at 11:23:17:
Indeed. Good catch.
The webmasters at CBS2 have wasted no time in removing any trace of the fired staff from the stations website. If you look at the WBBM-TV Bios page, the once full page has now become pretty light, with only a few faces left. Phil Rosenthal says he's on vacation until Monday and is only "sort of" reporting on this. Hopefully a full release with all details (Lazare maybe, ha?) will come out soon somehow.
A potential problem for the WBBM-TV newsroom is that they are becoming less & less ethnically diverse. There is no longer any Asian contributors at all, only 1 Hispanic contributor, only 2 African-Americans in full-time roles, with 6 African-American contributors overall. For an organization trying to claw its way out of the deep Joe Ahern-induced ratings hole, failing to connect with an overwhelming portion of the viewing audience via its on air staff is NOT the way to go.
: I think the names so far are only the tip of the iceberg. Unless it's just a technical glitch, the lineup at http://cbs2chicago.com/bios looks VERY slim right now. MANY times are missing.