Just an idea. I know the saying is free advice is worth what you pay for it but, in this case, what do you have to lose? Besides your job, I mean. But, like I said, it's just a matter of time anyway.
Naw. Just embrace the suck. Then go away.
At some point five years ago....some producers and management folks should have sat there and said...we are losing viewers....why? The minute your market share went to a certain point...you should have hired someone to tell you the public perception of your network.
In this case? Nothing. They did nothing....they didn’t care...they had no understanding of this being a business. They just assumed that seventy percent of the nation was liberal or willing to listen to a liberal ‘talker’. So, here they stand....minimal staff and no enthusiasm.
The guys who got cut? Look around. Who is hiring? A few folks might get picked up via Fox, but no one else is hiring these days except local stations (the Channel Nine news team out of DC). It’s a lousy market place for your skills and background.
I don’t feel sorry for them....but I question their leadership. If you were broke, wouldn’t you want to fix your situation? My prediction is that they continue to slide and somewhere around 2017 (three years away)....the Chinese come and buy CNN. Everyone within the bureau will be in a state of shock and then realize how far they’ve fallen.