[BC] Jerry Springer

[Jeff Johnson]

As a Cincinnatian, I can vouch for Springer as a fine news anchor 
(Ch5 - WLWT) and previously as mayor. He did well done, thoughtful 
commentaries on his news show.

Bux talk to all apparently.

Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com

At 09:19 PM 4/6/2008, Donna Halper wrote:
>At 10:14 PM 4/5/2008, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>>In Chicago a few years ago, when the NBC O&O here hired Jerry 
>>Springer to offer a weekly commentary on it's 10PM news, the two 
>>anchors quit in protest and most of the remaining anchors and 
>>reporters at the station wanted nothing to do with the concept either.
>
>What's unfortunate is that prior to Springer becoming the low-life 
>circus ringmaster with the voyeuristic show, he spent about 15 years 
>(you can look it up) as a news anchor in Cincinnati, where he had 
>good ratings, a solid reputation, won a few awards, and never did 
>stories that were even remotely crude or in bad taste.  When the 
>Chicago opportunity presented itself, he wanted to do it because he 
>missed journalism-- he was making tons of bucks doing 
>lowest-common-denominator TV, but he had a long history of interest 
>in politics and hoped to bring his own perspective WMAQ's evening 
>newscast.  But nobody would accept him as a journalist any more.  He 
>was a symbol of vulgarity and vice, and no decent person wanted to 
>listen to him, or so they said.