Re: Journalism Ethics

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:27:20 EDT Chuckigo@aol.com writes:
>
> 
>     in recent history, even at WGAN, stations that are/were covered 
> by AFTRA 
> agreements provided for "talent fees" for the anchors when even just 
> reading 
> billboards.  there are some news types who make/made more in fees 
> for saying 
> the "news is brought to you by..." than some of us did for salary.


Having been a member of AFTRA for 13 years and having read my share of
billboards for sponsored newscasts I can tell you I never saw an extra
dime for that.  However, if you read a live spot then there is a talent
fee involved.   WBZ Radio anchors routinely read live commercials during
their news anchoring shift and preface it by saying "The following is a
commerical message"

df 
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