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Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

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Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by screen glare » Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:39 pm

Another market? Or earning his keep making predictions in a different industry?



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by SolidGoldDancers » Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:09 pm

Still waiting to die on that hill of his choosing?

I don't think he carries the same taint as Lauren Podell, but he made a serious tactical error if he hopes to have upward market mobility. Maybe he was just looking to get out, local broadcast TV doesn't have a lot of promise.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by Mega Hertz » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:50 pm

Wait. Fill me in. What did I miss?


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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by Editorcj » Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 pm

Word has it he quit over 4's vaccine mandate.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by Rate This » Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:58 pm

Editorcj wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 pm
Word has it he quit over 4's vaccine mandate.
Is he an actual weather guy or a rip and read guy with a certificate from Mississippi State?



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by IIN4MU » Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:17 am

Rate This wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:58 pm
Editorcj wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 pm
Word has it he quit over 4's vaccine mandate.
Is he an actual weather guy or a rip and read guy with a certificate from Mississippi State?
He has two degrees from the University of Missouri - a Bachelor of Atmospheric Science and a Bachelor of Journalism.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by Rate This » Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:51 am

IIN4MU wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:17 am
Rate This wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:58 pm
Editorcj wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 pm
Word has it he quit over 4's vaccine mandate.
Is he an actual weather guy or a rip and read guy with a certificate from Mississippi State?
He has two degrees from the University of Missouri - a Bachelor of Atmospheric Science and a Bachelor of Journalism.
Thanks for that, so he has a degree in a weather related field and also wanted to be on TV. Interesting if the vaccine thing is true.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by ProducerXM » Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:03 am

Rate This wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:51 am
IIN4MU wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:17 am
Rate This wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:58 pm
Editorcj wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 pm
Word has it he quit over 4's vaccine mandate.
Is he an actual weather guy or a rip and read guy with a certificate from Mississippi State?
He has two degrees from the University of Missouri - a Bachelor of Atmospheric Science and a Bachelor of Journalism.
Thanks for that, so he has a degree in a weather related field and also wanted to be on TV. Interesting if the vaccine thing is true.
A weather related field? That’s rich. Atmospheric Science is a Meteorology Degree, Einstein. And… I’ll take the over that you’re a high school dropout.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by jimh » Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:25 pm

Ben Bailey wasn't the only person to resign at WDIV over their vaccination policy. At least one other long-time (not-on-air Talent) employee also left.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by Rate This » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:28 pm

ProducerXM wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:03 am
Rate This wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:51 am
IIN4MU wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:17 am
Rate This wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:58 pm
Editorcj wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:21 pm
Word has it he quit over 4's vaccine mandate.
Is he an actual weather guy or a rip and read guy with a certificate from Mississippi State?
He has two degrees from the University of Missouri - a Bachelor of Atmospheric Science and a Bachelor of Journalism.
Thanks for that, so he has a degree in a weather related field and also wanted to be on TV. Interesting if the vaccine thing is true.
A weather related field? That’s rich. Atmospheric Science is a Meteorology Degree, Einstein. And… I’ll take the over that you’re a high school dropout.
I have a bachelors in communications so let me use it:

Fuck off.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by MrTaterSalad » Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:20 am

What are the odds Ben Bailey ends up at 62 CBS Hyper Local News (a terrible name for the show btw)?



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by SolarMax » Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:26 am

MrTaterSalad wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:20 am
What are the odds Ben Bailey ends up at 62 CBS Hyper Local News (a terrible name for the show btw)?
"Hyper Local" is the corp-speak for the concept. Pretty sure it's not the title for the actual on-air/online product, which, yes, would be a terrible show name. Sort of like when the first "big-box" retailers, like Meijer, were called "hypermarkets" for a very short time.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by Editorcj » Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:24 pm

CBS has a very strict vaccine mandate, I had to provide proof of full vaccination and booster shot just to work next Saturday's Michigan/MSU game. So if Ben really quit 4 over the vaccination mandate then he will have to get jabbed to work for 62 and pretty much every other major broadcast company.



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by drew10219 » Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:13 pm

CBS has a very strict vaccine mandate, I had to provide proof of full vaccination and booster shot just to work next Saturday's Michigan/MSU game. So if Ben really quit 4 over the vaccination mandate then he will have to get jabbed to work for 62 and pretty much every other major broadcast company.
April Moss did mention that :rollin :rollin



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Re: Where’s Ben Bailey? Still on the bench?

Post by thekman » Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:40 pm

Editorcj wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:24 pm
CBS has a very strict vaccine mandate, I had to provide proof of full vaccination and booster shot just to work next Saturday's Michigan/MSU game. So if Ben really quit 4 over the vaccination mandate then he will have to get jabbed to work for 62 and pretty much every other major broadcast company.
Don’t you think he’ll just wind up working in Florida or Texas where the mandates are less… well, mandated?



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