[BC] The act of eviscerating Broadcasting vs Beancounting

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In a message dated 04/06/2008 8:19:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Towers at mre.com writes:

> Well said Willie.  It might be rare that we fully agree in principal.  But 
>  we do here.

Thank you. :)

>  HOWEVER, my definition of a Bean Counter is a middle or low level 
>  accounting type which has little or no decision making power. 

For me, the only use of the word BEANCOUNTER that I have seen, has been 
negative and generally related to the short-term financial types whose sole 
function in life is to eviscerate Broadcasting for the sake of an artifically 
inflated bottom line at the end of the present quarter - all with no regard, 
whatsoever, for the long-term, or the lives of the staff being fired.

I was informed, politely, off-Forum, that the term "Bean Counter" is not, in 
fact, meant to be that negative. I sit corrected. :) My sincere apologies to 
all who use the term in a non-derrogatory way... A use with which I was totally 
unfamiliar.

I guess I / we need to come up with a better term. Instead of BEANCOUNTER, 
how about EVISCERATOR? 

We should have some kind of one-word (or hyphenated word) description for 
these soulless monsters that are gutting the Golden Goose because it doesn't lay 
eggs fast enough for them.

Thoughts?

Willie...



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