Putting TV news on the couch
After reports that NBC News hired a brand consultant to examine "Meet The Press" host David Gregrory, former CBS News president Andrew Heyward and Jack MacKenzie, President of Magid Generational Strategies, join Brian Stelter to discuss the use of such consultants in television news.
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Brian Stelter is the host of "Reliable Sources" and the senior media correspondent for CNN Worldwide. Before he joined CNN in November 2013, Stelter was a media reporter for The New York Times. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller "Top of the Morning."
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The biggest problem with tv news is the use of these so-called self appointed news consultants.