When CBS made its recent newsroom cuts at local sta-tions around the country, I really didn't think twice about it. It seemed rational given the challenges at the network and through the TV business. Then someone I grew up watching-and later in life got to interact with professionally-got the sack. Suddenly the cuts hit closer to home, and got me thinking. There seems to be growing doubt about the value of the "big-salaried local newsperson." But with home-market news, weather, traffic and sports information becoming more of a commodity all the time, hanging onto the people viewers actually tune in to see makes sense.
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