It was a snide remark about how the "news" (Gorbachov's fall from grace) loved that sort of thing.
Not taking into account of things like overtime (which manage never gets). Basically just another idiot who did not understand the nature of the industry (at the time). The guy was probably a 9-5 er and didn't understand the real world and Wednesday Nights were not good for our schedule. (actually no weekday really was)