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In reply to the discussion: At this Current moment, perhaps we all need to discuss everyone's mistakes, right Mr. Hyatt? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)hitched up with Joel. The history of his company, most particularly the late 80's and early 90's, that company was detested among my peers. Detested. Two decades ago. So that's that. Hard for me to hold an opinion of a man lower than the one I hold of Joel, his company's actions and his words in reaction were not only wrong, they were part of a huge tide of wrongness that needed to end. Thankfully a judge came down hard and strong against their termination of a man for getting sick. Early days of AIDS, they were top 10 on the Wrong List. Along with Reagan and the entire Insurance industry.
So I'm sorry if I can not forget that history and focus on just one side of this story for you. Al Gore decided to hook up with a man with a long, deep history of unfair terminations. That's on Al.
At Current, they fired many, many people prior to Keith, including the mass terminations when they changed the format and attempted to go 24 hour news. So they sacked entire shows and staffs and talents. And did they then hire journalists and send reporters out to gather news stories? Oh, no. They hired commentators from radio and former politicians.
And again, I stand always with talent and workers in disputes with management and producers. Feel free to do as you see fit as well.