Quality control hits new low at TWiT

To save money, "This Week in Computer Hardware" was posted without an audio track.
To save money, “This Week in Computer Hardware” was posted without an audio track.

We all know that in tough times, hard decisions must be made. And TWiT is not immune to the vagaries of the tech economy. A recent downturn in advertising has forced Leo ‘n’ Lisa to cut back on everything from employee access to the freebie NatureBox swag, to healthcare for new hires.

But in a new low—even for the notoriously miserly Leo Laporte—”This Week in Computer Hardware” is presented without an audio track. It’s unclear as of press time if the error was intentional or just the result of the video editing staff being overworked to the point of exhaustion. CEHo Lisa Kentzell has said that no stone will be left unturned in looking for cost savings. It might have been determined that leaving out the audio track could have saved upwards of $.05 a show; a savings that the stringy-haired homewrecker might not have been able to pass up.

TWiT watcher and #TotalDrama contributor Richard Yes said, “Making the editors work nights, instead of spending time with their loved ones, seems to have paid off. Great work Team TWiT.”

Update: THEY PULLED THE PAGE DOWN IN SHAME.

Update 2: Comment from Leo Laporte on the Twitlive chatroom:

<Leo> producers and editors are supposed to make sure the files are correct before they go home
<Leo> Hey I pay these guys a lot!
TWiT has pulled the link to the original show page, so we’ve removed the non-working link. But trust us, they had a show up that was an hour of no audio.
Update 3: OK. Hold on to your hats everybody. The link is back UP. But the audio is STILL missing.
Update 4: Aw crap. They fixed it for good this time.

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