Discovery Communications Inc. announced that its net income for the third quarter fell 29 percent. They did report an income of $95 million which may not sound like loose change, is a significant difference from the $134 million net income they reported in this same quarter last year. How does this effect you? Well some of you it won’t. But for fans of David Lohr – well, you’re gonna have to go elsewhere for your fix. He and approximately 30 others were given the pink slip. According to Simon Barrett over at Blogger News Network the rumor is that this decision is a result of acquiring the How Stuff Works web site. Now I don’t know David personally, but the guy has always seemed like a class act. His Criminal Report Daily blog displays his writing and investigative talent. He does the footwork and interviews and goes out of his way to help people with missing friends or family. Fans of David Lohr have banded together and created a Facebook Cause Page to express their dismay and are encouraging people to contact The Discovery Channel via their Viewer Relations form. It’s a shame that a real crime journalist with an actual interest in helping families find missing loved ones is axed, yet Nancy Grace and Pat Brown are still spewing their bullshit on television.
I had to edit this post for those of you who read this earlier. I had been under the impression that ID was getting axed. It’s not. Which would have been a shame not only because of some great programming being lost, but because of the loss of my future wife – Maureen Maher.
10:19 pm on November 4th, 2009
Damn. Where am I gonna go for my Chris Hansen fix now?
10:34 pm on November 4th, 2009
Oh No!! I love that channel, I’ll be writing them!! Dagnabbit!! They just started airing Paula Zahns new show there, too!!
3:49 am on November 5th, 2009
I’m really sorry to hear that. David is indeed a class act. Thanks for providing the link to the facebook support page.
Hell, he’s the reason I found you
9:33 am on November 5th, 2009
I have been reading David Lohr for years….that makes me So sad and mad…he is a REAL journalist!!
9:59 am on November 5th, 2009
David Lohr rocks. Discovery is making a mistake by letting him go. He IS the real deal.
10:02 am on November 5th, 2009
There was a really sad story in my hometown about two little girls who drowned while they were supposed to be watched by the babysitter. She had gone out the night before, got wasted and hardly got any sleep. She slept right through the (I believe) 1 and 2 year olds walking outside. They wanted to swim in a pond and ended up drowning. It was horrible, but the point of my story is I remember David Lohr covered it and when I read their obits on legacy (through the local paper) he had signed them both. I just remember thinking that was a nice gesture.
11:29 am on November 5th, 2009
She really your fiance, Morbid?? I can’t stand Nancy Grace….UGH!
1:22 pm on November 5th, 2009
David Lohr is awesome! I have been reading him for years. I also found Dreamin Demon through him.
1:28 pm on November 5th, 2009
I suspect she might be unaware of it…
4:51 pm on November 5th, 2009
I love the ID channel, thats pretty much the only reason why I subscribe to the extended cable package…well that and showtime, I love dexter.
anyway, maybe they will rehire him when the economy gets better and they start making more money. who knows?
5:23 pm on November 5th, 2009
That is what I was thinking Rebel.
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