Correspondent quits TV, starts website
Cory Bergman April 14th, 2008
Veteran correspondent Mike Boettcher is quitting NBC News to start a new website that will feature reporting from the soldiers’ perspective in Iraq. “We have 200,000 U.S. men and women in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf. The U.S. has seemed to have forgotten about them. We talk about the war, but we’ve forgotten the soldiers and what they are doing,” Boettcher said. Boettcher said he and his son will be embedded with the Fourth Infantry Division, and they’ll be posting blogs and video clips on NoIgnoring.com (which has yet to launch). TVNewser reports that Boetcher is here at NAB-RTNDA offering local TV stations free content from the site. He plans to leave in a month.
8 Comments Add your own
1. jakelajett | April 15th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
who the hell is paying for this, the bush family?
2. holly drake | April 20th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
look at this
3. holly drake | April 20th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
look at this
4. holly drake | April 20th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Let me just say that I think this is a WONDERFUL
5. Ken Robinson | May 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Actually, we are paying the cost from our own pockets. I am Executive Producing this effort, and it is not political, left, or right, its meant to simply tell a story that is not being covered. How soldiers are living, working, or in sad cases dieing. We want to put a “face,” not a “number” to war. I would think that objective is hard to impeach. I hope you will watch what we do, and leave future comments on our website, where your opinion will matter, and be respected. Thanks. Ken Robinson, EP, NOIGNORING.COM
6. Raymond Owens | May 11th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Ken,
Could you get in touch with me? I produce the news at the NBC affiliate in Charleston, SC, and I’m interested in running some of your stuff on our station. I discussed this with my EP this week, and she loves the idea. If we can’t do anything via satellite, we could still post stuff on our webpage. I also produce and host some radio talk shows, and I’m interested in possibly hearing from you guys when you are in the middle east. Please let me know how to get in touch!
Raymond
rowens@wcbd.com
7. susan | June 25th, 2008 at 11:40 am
When will we be able to see his accounts? I have not seen anything on his website except for a countdown clock that shows all zeros!!
8. Foxy | July 4th, 2008 at 8:48 am
sounds good
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