Tubby
Sean Costello Hannity got nabbed on day one under the new
zero-tolerance “mistake chain” edict from Fux News. His defense?
“But-but-but… I have always been been dumber than a bag of hammers; it’s not fair to expect anything different
now.”
After a rash of mistakes and apologies over the past weeks, Fox News has sent a memo to employees announcing a new “zero tolerance” policy for on-screen errors.FishBowlDC obtained the memo which warns mistakes could lead to written warnings, suspensions and termination.
"Error-free
broadcasts”? Isn’t that like setting the bar, oh say, in the freaking
stratosphere? Isn’t that inviting someone like Keith Olbermann
to bust your asses fifteen times a week?
To that end, there was a meeting this afternoon between senior managers and the folks who run the daytime shows in which expectations were reviewed, and the following were announced:
Effective immediately, there is zero tolerance for on-screen errors. Mistakes by any member of the show team that end up on air may result in immediate disciplinary action against those who played significant roles in the “mistake chain,” and those who supervise them.
So we now face a great opportunity to review and improve on our work flow and quality control efforts. To make the most of that opportunity, effective immediately, Newsroom is going to “zero base” our newscast production. That means we will start by
going to air with only the most essential, basic, and manageable
elements.
Management also told the staff there currently are no performance enhancing drugs remotely powerful enough to improve the news people's “performance.”
To share a key quote from today’s meeting: “It is more important to get it right, than it is to get it on.” We may then build up again slowly as deadlines and workloads allow so that we can be sure we can quality check everything before it makes air, and we never having to explain, retract, qualify, or apologize again.Never ever ever never “explain, retract, qualify, or apologize…” Do they even know what planet they are on?
Please know that jobs are on the line here. I can not stress that enough. I will review again during our Monday editorial meeting, and in the days and weeks ahead. This experience should make us stronger editorially, and I encourage everyone to invest themselves one hundred and ten percent in this effort.Wow! Fox news is establishing some professional standards. Isn't that special!
source: http://www.urantiansojourn.com/2009/11/crazy-like-a-zero-tolerance-fox/
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