Dayton Daily News memo: There will be nothing negative about CBS in our newspaper

[Newsjock]

http://jimromenesko.com/2013/11/04/dayton-daily-news-memo-there-will-be-nothing-negative-about-cbs-in-our-newspaper/

In Dayton, Cox Media Group is integrating its print, TV (a CBS affiliate) and radio operations and using the slogan, “Come Together.” According to a memo that Dayton Daily News staffers received on Friday, coming together means not publishing anything critical about CBS.

Rashida Rawls, a Cox editor, sent the memo below after the News ran this review of the fall TV season, picked up from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Hi all,

The wire filler story on D2 of today’s Life section cast all of the TV networks, including CBS, in a negative light. Our news station – WHIO-TV is a CBS-affiliate station. We do not want to run any stories that cast our station in a negative light or even allude to it negatively.

I know we’re working really hard – and very quickly – to do the very best in selecting wire stories. But I wanted to bring this to our attention so that we can be more careful in selecting nondaily wire copy and in our editing and/or selection of stories that contain references to CBS. Remember, we are better together.

[Blue_Tires]

1. Yep...De-regulation of media ownership is the gift that keeps on giving...

[Mikeystyle]

2. ARRRRRGH!

This shows why companies should NOT be allowed to own multiple news organizations. They should stick with newspapers, TV or radio---but not all of them together!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

3. Relevant:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023976131

[gopiscrap]

4. corporate asswipes