At 03:23 PM 2/4/2003 -0800, you wrote:
I know, and that's why I was conceding the 'unreasonable boss' idea. He couldn't have been there in anything less than four hours, at least. Golf course to private jet from Arizona to Atlanta to helicopter to CNN. Even if he was on TV by 2pm EST, his face would not have added anything. I'm not saying the network can't be mad, like I care if they are, but he saved them money by saying no. Okay, the called him in. Maybe they knew all the logistics and money and were willing to accept them. But knowing the broadcast industry, I'd bet dollars to donuts that they were just reacting without thinking (as if network people can think).--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not that we need to know why you were called in on a > Sunday Gautam, but can > you see no situation where you'd have to say no to > your boss? I'm thinking > more if the boss was unreasonable FEX if you were at > the apex of a day long > sailing trip and he expected you to wave down a > speedboat to get you in > quickly, or on a ski lift and expected you to rush > to your car without > changing, leaving clothes and companions behind. > Some people do have jobs > that require that level of commitment. A journalist, > or worse a bobblehead, > is never that important. > > Kevin T.If I were in the midst of a family emergency I might say no, I can't come in. But other than that? No, not really. That's part of the job. If you want to work here, then you have to be willing to do that. When I was at home over Winter Break, I told the office that I could take the shuttle up and be at work within four hours of being called, and that was pretty much expected of me. If he were just a journalist, then fine. But he's the most public face of CNN, at a moment when CNN's viewership is likely to be at a peak. What are they paying him for, if not for moments like that? Gautam
Maybe I see this as the reporter being more important than the story which of course they never are. At the best CNN is the fifth network. I didn't even know they had a head anchor. TV is more fluid now. I think it'd be better to have a bobblehead who can at least think on his feet then have the network's face appear flustered. Why in the world was Dan Rather taking live phone calls from eyewitnesses? Not other reporters, just Joe Blow from the street calling in.
I know about having an important job, being on call and all that. In this particular situation I think Mr Brown made the right call, both for himself and his employer.
Kevin T.
Oh well
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