this is not a good thing.....it's not, don't be fooled.....what if a "story" get's picked up nationaly? do you retain ownership of your video or story? I would say not. that and the fact that we already have issue of personal bias in the news, let anyone and everyone in....you are asking for trouble.....I may not like the coverage all the time and I may not like certain aspects of MSM....but this reeks of a publicity stunt and a way to pocket money while hosing creaters and possibly doing harm in the process. Like someone else said what about emergency"s, right now here in Cincinnati we are getting hammered with ice and snow.....Personaly I would rather have someone who's "real" job it is to cover that not some guy with a camera.....
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, WWWhatsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TONIGHT AT 11, NEWS BY NEIGHBORS > [SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 2/11, AUTHOR: Joe Garofoli] > Clear Channel's KFTY-TV in Santa Rosa (CA) has fired most of its news-gathering staff and, over the next few months, will be asking people in the community -- its independent filmmakers, its college students and professors, its civic leaders and others -- to provide programming for the station. Will they be paid? That's being worked out. Who will cover the harder-edged stories? Some will be culled from local newspaper and TV online sites and "other sources" that are still being discussed. "There will be a loss in local coverage, I'm not going to lie to you," says a Clear Channel executive. "But there are a lot of other places to get most of that information." > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/c/a/2007/02/11/MNGDEO2QOA1.DTL&hw=KFTY+TV > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > WWWhatsup NYC > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- >
