While listening to Dale Hansen on The Ticket today we learned that Mike Hill is gone from WFAA. What the heck is going on over there? Hansen wants to talk about it, but the big wigs at WFAA-parent Belo have put the clamps on any disclosure.
We tried looking around local media sites and don’t see any answers. However, we did learn that Valerie Williams is no longer with News 8 any more either. How did we not notice that?
The Dallas Observer piece outlines some of the same stories that we have heard regarding Tracy Rowlett and Robert Riggs:
Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together: Williams has been disgruntled for a long time with news management at Channel 8, feeling as though decisions were made for reasons that were not ethically sound. Meaning, advertiser concerns and the need to pander to more desirable demographics (read: don’t take on those who pay us money, and while you’re at it, dumb down the stories you are working on) were the driving force behind most decisions made that affected her. When management killed her latest investigation, she saw it as the last straw, giving her notice that she would not renew her contract when it expired at the end of this month.
Not so long ago, News 8 set the standard. Remember the good days with Chip Moody and Tracy Rowlett? Remember when WFAA refused to show NYPD? What has happened to one of the best local TV-news organizations?
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