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TVGuy wrote: No offense taken at all. Unfortunately, many of the big media companies have squeezed and squeezed on staff and expenses and in turn local TV news and other programming has been hurt. The product that many put out is garbage, especially in smaller markets. That's also why they are using stories from the TX Tribune.

Luckily, I would for one of the actual networks and in a top 5 market. My company has been spending money over the last several years in order for us to really make an impact.

Forgot to mention - it's nice to hear there are folks in media who grok guns.

TVGuy wrote:Know that while we may be the same company, local stations don't try and slant the story with a political agenda that the national news divisions do. We care about local issues, which rarely include national political topics of that nature. Station management in DFW for example is nearly all Republican. Many of the reporters and anchors, in any TV market, are from out of town. Part of moving up in that position is moving around the country. I know some that have been working 10 years and have lived in nearly that many different places. Many times that means they are from the coasts, which means they tend to see the world through a different lens that many of us on this board.

No offense intended, but news isn't what it used to be. The stations around here (Central Texas) won't touch a story with regional or statewide implications unless they get it from the Texas Tribune.

It's particularly frustrating when news doesn't serve watch keeping over the government.

I have a favorite dead horse I like to beat about election law. I've never been able to get a news station to look at the story - here's how to confirm the law is being broken, here's how to find a national candidate who lost 1/3 of his votes because of the this problem - and nothing.

Lately I've been trying to break a health care scam. My wife got a bunch of equipment from a DME (Durable Medical Equipment) provider, driven to them as our insurance company's in-network provider. The prices were ridiculous. There are many twists and turns to the pricing, but here's a couple of examples - $2200 billed for a $250 wheelchair, $770 allowed by the insurance company. $160 billed and allowed by the insurance company for a $25 wheelchair seat cushion.

It's not just private insurers, it's government programs getting scammed, too. An investigator the Texas Health and Human Service's Ombudsman's office told me his personal CPAP machine retails for $1300. State insurance paid a DME provider $3500.

If there's a TV station that would bring that scheme to light I haven't found it yet, but I'm of good cheer. I haven't stopped looking.