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Old 06-03-2020, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by John_W View Post
That's exactly what we do as well. Never watch national news, watch local mostly for weather. In the morning I like Fox 35, they're always doing local stories and they have field reporter David Martin at a different business location everyday. It's very informative, but I'm pretty sure they're paid to be featured, but that doesn't mean it's not interesting. They've got some local news, which at this time it's hard for them to
As someone who has worked in media in the past they do not charge for those features that you see in the broadcast. If they did/do it gets marked as a "paid advertisement".

And if a media outlet were to charge at this time for a 2-3 minute feature they really are vultures.