Why I Find Big Ed's Demotion To Weekends Troubling

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60. Still missing my point

The OP is outraged that a demotion has taken place.

The OP offers no evidence of a demotion.

Reasonable searches provide no evidence of a demotion, but evidence that Ed himself was going through an intense personal tragedy and in his own words was putting his family ahead of the show.

My point, then, is rather than rushing to maximum outrage why not wait for the facts, and then if the facts support your suspicion then fine, be outraged.

If your interpretation of events is correct, and it may be, it was unsupported in the OP and that is my criticism.

As for "even Big Ed himself" it seems that you are the one that won't let his words change your mind.

A year ago he said that the show was, for personal reasons, no longer his number one priority.

Nothing has changed about that in the meantime.

As for the change in time here is his statement

"I’m very proud of the work our team has done here at 8 PM, but sitting behind this desk five nights a week doesn’t cut it for me," he said. "I want to get out with the people and tell their stories. This show has been a show that has been a voice for the voiceless. That really was my mission when I came here and it remains

Now he will be moving from 5 hours a week of broadcasting to 4 and while I don't know what his new salary is, it may be something less than the 8 figures that he currently earns but since he is estimated to be worth $ 50 million I don't see that as a big factor.

He is still going to have major access on a major channel and, by all reports continues to have complete editorial control. His employers have not tried to embarass him or marginalize him and he has made it appear that he embraces the move so it can hardly be considered, even if it wasn't his first concern, a major demotion and the outrage completely misplaced.