The Silent Crisis: TV News Suffers Along with Newspapers

Despite little public handwringing, TV news operations are facing the same kind of cuts as newspapers, the NYT reports. It's evident locally with experienced reporters and anchors getting the boot, often replaced by young staff who could easily be mistaken for interns. Shocking fact: four Chicago TV stations have pooled their crews.

Why isn't there more public angst about this? Because it hasn't been reported for the most part.