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Journalists at the television networks' news divisions have plenty of worries about diminishing resources and clout in an age of media fragmentation in an online, broadband world.
Misery appears to love company, so all three newscasts covered the plight of the US Postal Service. NBC's Tom Costello noted a "whopping" 16% drop in its volume of mail since 2006. This year it faces a $7bn loss and without changes a cumulative shortfall of $238bn by 2020. Accordingly the Postmaster General is applying to Congress to be allowed to discontinue Saturday deliveries, to close thousands of offices and to raise the price of a stamp yet again. CBS had Nancy Cordes cover the reaction to the request on Capitol Hill. ABC' Ron Claiborne reflected that there was little that the USPS could have done differently: "Like many businesses, it was a victim of a revolution in how--and how fast--people communicate."
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