Why I Find Big Ed's Demotion To Weekends Troubling

[Samantha]

65. I was coming to this site this evening to post about discrimination in broadcasting due to age

and I found your thread, which comports with exactly what I have been thinking all day. It really bothers me. I do think this is everywhere, the tendency to hire younger people as opposed to the best qualified person, and frankly, I see it as self-defeating.

Viewers who have the option to go to other sources will just start doing so when they find the overall content lacking. (I am not talking about Chris Hayes, who is excellent, but I might mention S.E. Cupp who totally is out of her element in that domain and gets a lot of exposure. I will just outright say it -- that woman is simply dumb. I would prefer to listen to my dog Cheyenne discuss politics than S.E. Cupp, yet there she is. She has zero depth.)

With the ever-increasing ability to pay for what one wants to see, as opposed to paying a huge cable bill that includes a content of material 98 percent of which I would never watch, I see myself exiting the cable venue when my contract expires in a year. I believe others will do the same, and this is why policies such as letting advertisers determine the age group of target audiences and networks catering to their wishes will over the long haul self-destruct.

So I think your thread is 100% on "target"; I think you have been getting interviewed so the HR records can document the fact these companies considered candidates of all ages. I am not trying to be insulting, I have been there myself and I know the drill. I am now self-employed, and I am the best boss I have ever had!

Sam