Do you, or have you worked for a group of stations with local TV newsrooms? Trashing their performance because you don't care for it as a viewer is one thing, but to assume they're also being "demoted" isn't a fair statement.
I get it; this is a discussion forum, and viewers/folks interested in following local news talent or changes in legacy newscasts only see what's on the screen, or through classic sitcomms like The Mary Tyler Moore show. I assure you, what goes on behind the lenses isn't that dramatic or sexy. Behind the lenses it's not unlike most jobs: People like you and me who are or have honed a career doing certain tasks that they get paid to do. That's it, really. Workers get sick, go on vacation, have families, have lives away from the mics, cameras, and control rooms. And like any job, someone who normally works as a street reporter would someday love to get off the street and hold down a full time anchor role, while some love the streets. If they have anchoring experience from another station, a street reporter may get some weekend or fill-in time in the chair out-of-book. When they go back to the street, it doesn't mean they did something wrong just because you, as a viewer, doesn't like their face, how they dress, or their style of delivery.
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