[Updated and bumped to include KOIN. I hate missing stuff, it's embarrassing. Mea culpa, you guys.--L]
Free Press and the Center for Media and Democracy have released another report on undisclosed TV news Video News Release (VNR) use, and two Oregon stations KPTV's "More" got stung:
[A] VNR titled "Sleep Is the New Sex," which was produced by D S Simon Productions for Nelson's Rescue Sleep ... is all about product promotion. After raising concerns about the safety of sleeping pills, the VNR presents an herbal product, "Rescue Sleep," as the next best thing since counting sheep. ...
Unlike the other D S Simon VNRs described in this study, there is no verbal or on-screen client notification at the end of the Nelson's VNR. ...
On September 15, 2006, a KPTV-12 anchor [Andy Carson on "More"] called Rescue Sleep "a natural alternative" that's "cheaper than prescription pills," with "no side effects. Plus ... Jennifer Aniston takes it, so it must be good." ...
KPTV-12 aired the VNR as a "Need to Know" segment and CN8 as an "All About You" segment, again proving the irony of TV news branding efforts. Both segments were derived entirely from the Nelson's VNR. However, neither station made any attempt at disclosure.
KOIN was cited in the report for using another DS Simon-produced VNR for Computer Associates on an internet security software suite it recently released:
KOIN-6 (Portland, OR) aired a self-produced report on ransomware and ID theft that included nearly a minute of non-promotional content from the VNR. In a story created and reported by anchor Lynn Huston, KOIN-6 incorporated soundless footage from the VNR and used [Identity Theft Resource Center co-founder] Linda Foley's soundbite in its entirety.
KOIN-6 failed to identify CA as the source of their video, but according to both Huston and KOIN-6 news director Jeff Alan, the station itself was unaware that the material originated from the company. Huston retrieved the footage from Pathfire DMG, a content distribution service that carries both VNRs and legitimate news feeds. In a phone conversation, Huston and Alan attested that the clip in question wasn't properly labeled by Pathfire.
In April 2004, Pathfire announced new VNR labeling features in the interest of "eliminating the confusion and risk that accompanies sourcing VNR material co-mingled or categorized with news service feeds." Pathfire is currently available to over 1,300 stations across the U.S. and Canada.
Big deal, doesn't everyone do it? Well actually, no. The last study CMD and Free Press did resulted in an FCC investigation that's still underway:
Technically, stations do not have to identify the source of video news releases unless they deal with controversial or political topics. The center argues that the act of not identifying them is controversial in itself.
The Radio-Television News Directors Association has advised stations to identify their VNR's, and say that most do.
CMD says it plans to file FCC complaints against the 46 stations today (11/14/06).
Comments
They should investigate Carson's shirt!
Seriously though..
This is what happens when you try to produce too many hours of TV with too small of a staff. You end up running press releases as legitimate news.
Hang on a sec...
You mean to tell me that other stuff I see on KPTV *isn't* made up??
I just assume that most of what their reporters say starts with something that actually happened, but that's just a suggested starting point for writing a story, which is made much better by using so-called "facts" as guidelines, rather than actual limitations on what one can put on TV.
That's not to say that some reporters at other stations don't operate that way as well (I'm looking at you, Brian Barker!), but it seems to be endemic at KPTV.
It wouldn't kill them...
I hate these things, but if they must be used it wouldn't kill the anchor to say "that was a video news release from...." -- that would be the only honest thing to do.
Try treating your audience like you actually respect them, it might start television revolution!
Why blame the Anchors
All the time. Why is it you guys never seem to blame producers who's job it is to know where the story comes from. Besides, More isn't really a news program anyway. I thought they can get away with other things that normal news can't.
Anchors aren't blameless
Unless you are reading scripts cold on the air, a story that is such a blatant product promotion (like this one) should be a red flag to any anchor. Anchors often have more experience than producers, especially in the morning. It's your name and face up there, you better know what you are reading.
After 4 hours of GDO...
After 4 straight hours of anchoring GDO, I think it's safe to say that Kim & Andy ARE reading most of the MORE stories cold on the air.
KPTV has the honor of making their morning anchors perform on the air for more hours a week than any other station IN THE COUNTRY. Nowhere else does someone anchor for 5 straight hours every day, 5 days a week, like Kimberly Maus does at 12. I hope she gets paid HUGE, because she's doing the same amount of anchoring that 2-3 people share at other stations with similar morning line-ups.
More Should Be Less
This show is absolute junk. It is just produced so the sales department has another hour of commercials to sell. They sell the morning news from 5-9am for about $350 per spot. They run around 24 spots per hour, 4 hours per day, 5 days per week. You do the math folks.....now add in another shameless hour of commericials from 9 to 10am and you get the picture. It's all about the money, program content comes in a distant second! Oh yes, I forgot about the weekends, 6 more hours of their so called news. If they ever get rid of METH, KPTV news would have to shut down their operation!!
More News
I hate to tell you, but ALL news is produced so the sales department has another hour of commercials to sell!
That;s funny...
I thought all news was produced to inform the public.. a service to the viewer in return for being given the free airwaves to make money from.
If it happened one time...
Then I would let the anchors off the hook. They didn't know.. they had just anchored 4 hours of news, whatever. If it happens all the time at KPTV, then the anchors are just as guilty as anyone else. It's an anchor's responsibility to know where stories come from too.
Kim and Andy should be asking their producers about those VNR's. If not before the show, then afterward. When they find out what's going on -- they should put their foot down and say I'm not reading this crap. If you blindly read everything put in front of you and never ask questions then you sometimes get burned. Ask Dan Rather about that one.
Fox News=Press Releases?
No, no, no!!!!
Foxy Nudes is running matress ads as news???
Beats working for a living, huh KPTV kids?
No wonder FoxyNudes political arm (The GOP) got DECIMATED in Biblical ways at the polls last week.
Seems the GOP is already in a deep sleep, so, I wonder, anyone got a shovel???
More is not a NEWS program
Isn't more considered a "lifestyle" program, rather than news? I don't think they're held to the same strict standards. They're talking about fashion and whimsical topics, not hard news.
That's not to say that there shouldn't be SOME standards for shows like that, but we can't try to push shows like More into the same category of rules as your typical newscast.
If More is not a program...
If More is now a news program, they need to find differant people to host it. If I'm not mistaken, one of the current hosts is a KPTV news anchor. Talk about ethical compromise...
features are news too
at least they are journalism. nobody should cut "lifestyle" programmming any slack in that regard.
Crap is Crap
This bullshit has been handed out from government as well as corporate hood-winkers for eons...and still the FFC is blind to this. Media Matters tries hard to expose this crap, I hope Oregon Media keeps doing the same.
In print the same thing is done as a business news item phishing for ad dollars. Our little town wipe does this constantly without shame. And guess what? The big O does it too.
"'More' isn't news" debunk
--"More" is produced by the news division.
--"More" is anchored by Kim Maus and Andy Carson, two highly recognizable NEWS anchors. For crissakes, they start in on More right after they've finished doing the morning NEWS. (I don't blame the anchors for this crap; I've worked in TV, I know how shows are put together.)
To us inside, it's obvious what the difference is between shows like "More" and "AMNW," and the news. To viewers, it isn't.
If you're going to combine the news and entertainment divisions, you either make things as transparent in the infotainment product as you would in the news product, or you don't blur the line. I don't care how hard or soft the content is; shows like this should not be produced by the news division if you don't intend to produce them like news.
And this is not meant to be KPTV bashing. I'm sure others of you out there do it too; 12 just got caught this time. You all need to be aware that people are watching and will call you on your shit.
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Well written, Lynn
I agree with you 100%.
Justification
Why would anyone try to justify this? The line is clear, no matter how gray it's become. You shill, you're not doing your job. If you're a producer and you put this in your show and then try to say it's okay, go take a shower.
Let me bash KPTV
It just goes to show you that they have no standards and live in the gutter. I doubt anyone there can spell 'journalism.
VNR's are rarely used by local Portland stations.
Remember just this week, KPTV said that Don Hewitt was the president of CBS news (reference Ed Bradley death). Don is one of the most famous people in broadcast journalism today and no one at KPTV knew that? How can anyone (not in coma) know that Don Hewitt is the legend behind 60 Minutes. When the error happened in their newscast the anchors did not correct it. They had no idea.
Is there anyone one at KPTV with a clue?
Andy not a journalist
Andy does not do news. He is an entertainer who got his start on Dave Letterman.
don't really care
To the public, he's one of the faces of KPTV's news product.
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Lynn...
You've just pointed to the line that KPTV doesn't see. It doesn't matter that Andy is a big part of their morning news - he's a weather guy so he's exempt from an ethical issues. I'm not sure how they explain Kimberly's involvement.
KPTV VNR vs KOIN Paid News Stories
So KPTV ran a blatant commercial... but they did not actually get paid for it.
Isn't KOIN running health segments chosen and set up by Providence hospitals? Isn't that worse when you sell your newsroom's editorial choice to the highest bidding medical center?
SECRET Fox News memo?
The Huffington Post is running a TOP SECRET memo from John Moody, the top Fox News hack in NYC telling its writers to scour the Internet looking for "bad news" on AlQaeda so they can tie it to the DEMO win.
That's right, Fox News says IN ITS SECRET MEMO that they want to find and air any new AQ insurgent video FAST, so they can tie it to the DEMO win.
That's about as WORTHLESS and PATHETIC as you can get in the press biz and still be breathing.
Here's the link showing Foxy Nudes is not "fair and balanced", but instead "unfair and unhinged":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/14/fox-news-internal-memo-_n_34128.html
I got Moody's email and work addresses, but let's just say his voicemail box is full right now and he has a meeting with Roger Ailes tomorrow on the "leak."
Let's all wish Moody good luck with the REST of his career, shall we.
Get a clue
KPTV, a Fox AFFILIATE, has nothing to do with the Fox News Channel. We simply air the entertainment programming and have access to the news feeds, which we use along with the CNN feeds. Please try to get that through your thick skull once and for all.
Re: Get a clue
Don't forget you also run the VNRs without telling people they are blatant advertising.
Just saying...
as my momma used to say
you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
i just came in this thread
i just came in this thread to comment on andy's shirt. yellow + blond = should never happen. ;-)
What is a no no in a VNR?
Is it running the video, not telling the audience you didn't shoot the video, using their script? I would think using the script would be a big no no, but as for the other I'm not really sure... so someone clue me in. I mean the Zoo shoots stories all the time when crews don't have time to get there to cover the new giraffe or whatever. Everytime you see a Boeing or Intel story, chances are the video you're watching was shot by them, not the news, since they don't let folks in there. I'm just confused. Like a few months ago there was a story on Baush & Lomb and some product that caused problems.. and on the feed was video from Bausch and Lomb showing their product. Should we have not used it?.. even though the script we wrote talked about the dangers and the recall? I swear I'm not trying to be a smart aleck, but I think if people use their brains... I don't see the harm in using hand out video so long as the other side is included. I think the real harm would be if a station was paid to say something, then didn't come clean with the audience... but in these cases, I'm sure no money changed hands. I'm sure the station didn't get a cent for including some story on a feed on their newscast. What happens I think is that most people put in VNR's because they're lifestyle things.. or interesting.. like the newest MP3 player. BAck in the old days when we had tons of crews, we'd call up the local electronics store and devote a photog to go shoot it.. now, it's right there and maybe too tempting to use it. But I really don't see the harm.. with the exceptions I've outlined. What am I missing? How about the newspaper, do they ever use hand out photos of candidates, people, cars, food, etc? Maybe they don't.. I seriously don't know.
Re: What is a no no in a VNR?
I'm coming down hard on this guy, and I apologize to him/her in advance, but I'm not sorry for my stance.
Any time you use material your station doesn't originate you need to be transparent about the source.
Well, then let me clear it up for you: Any time you use material your station doesn't originate you need to be transparent about the source.
Once more with feeling: Any time you use material your station doesn't originate you need to be transparent about the source.
When newspapers use photos of candidates, people, cars, food, etc, they (should) include a photo credit saying where the photo came from. This is standard practice at the O; look through the paper, you'll see where the photos are from.
If a station uses VNR footage--or footage provided by the Zoo or Boeing or Intel or whoever--it needs to state somewhere in the frame where it's from. This isn't just me, this is the RTNDA guideline. I thought this is just what you do, I'm honestly surprised people are confused about this.
Here's the rub: THE REAL HARM IS TO THE STATION ITSELF. Read that again. EVERY TIME YOU USE VNR CRAP WITHOUT DISCLOSURE YOU DAMAGE YOUR STATION'S CREDIBILITY. You look bought, whether you were or not. You look lazy, because you are. I don't want to hear about how you don't have enough crews to shoot the video yourself. Fine, use provided video. But if you're too lazy to add a credit stating where the video came from you can't blame that on not having a crew. You can only blame your own fingers for not taking five seconds to type the goddamn caption.
As for using provided scripts verbatim? Contemptibly lazy. That's even lazier than me, and I was frackin' lazy. Your audience--christ, the poor schlubs who have to read this stuff--deserve better. You're journalists. Act like it.
Sounds okay in theory....
You say:
"Any time you use material your station doesn't originate you need to be transparent about the source."
But stations use stuff from the feeds all the time. Do we have to tell our viewers that the video they're looking at was shot by a photographer in Roanoke? That makes no sense at all. Who cares if the video shown was supplied to the station, as long as the story itself, and the information being shared meets ethical guidelines. It's the information that's important. I could care less if Bausch and Lombe supplied the video to me, I'll still tell people how dangerous that saline solution was. It has no bearing on how I tell the story.
Feeds
OK, an amendment: network feeds, you don't need to identify. But I stand by the rest.
ETA: Trust your viewers to decide what's important to them. Don't make that decision for them.
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When I was a kid...
There was a constant little bug in the corner of the screen that said "File Video" on news programs. For years, I was wondering who "File" was and how they had so much video.
Likewise, when I was a teen, and stations started getting VNRs, or doing news reports on Tamoxifen or whatever the drug was, the bug would say something along the lines of "Video from Bausch and Lomb" or somesuch.
That would be a pretty easy way to note a VNR.
OTOH, I like the KISS theory (isn't that where Paul Stanley is in makeup talking about Max Factor whole it is bugged as a VNR????)
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a simple super
identifying the source of the video is all that's needed.
Wait a minute ...
After years of be in the news business, and running a news reporting service now, I'm sent dozens of written press releases every day.
Some come from the fire bureau, others non-profit organizations, many from companies trying to get free publicity.
Scanning other news sources, I see they've "picked up" the press releae text -- poor grammer, incorrect spelling and all -- and run with it. They don't even bother to do a minor rewrite.
And, you'll often see the source listed as "Contributed Photo".
If video is used as background to tell a story, and it is being used in context, I don't understand why they should disclose more than print sources do -- with a line of CG that reads "Contributed Video" ...
It is just plain wrong for any news source to huck a commercial venture in the guise of a news story. I guess I don't understand why TV should be held to a different standard than print media.
"Guy, mom, everyone ELSE is doing it"
I don't know about *your* mom, but I know what mine would say.
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RTNDA responds
From today's TV Spy: "Even if the allegations made about VNR use by stations in this latest report are true, however, it provides no credible basis upon which the FCC can justify the extraordinary step of inserting itself into broadcast newsrooms and questioning their exercise of editorial discretion."
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Meaning
Correct me if I am wrong, but basically they are willing to investigate a radio stations because someone calls in and says a swear word, but when it comes to protecting the public trust, they balk.
Gotta love government.
You are wrong
The RTNDA is an industry association, the RADIO TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS Association. It is not a government agency. In the report Lynn told us about the RTNDA was telling the FCC -- a government agency -- that it has no business telling TV news operations how to cover the news.
This has nothing to do with the FCC balking at protecting the public trust while prosecuting radio stations that slip up and allow a swear word to get on the air. I happen to agree with the RTNDA.
Thanks for clearing that
Thanks for clearing that up...
I am not familiar with all the broadcast rules and regs.
The question is...
Do you really want the Bush Administration telling local stations what news is?
It That's The Choice...
It couldn't be worse than whom we have now! In any case, demanding disclosure is NOT censorship or "control" in any way shape or form. I can't believe you'd even try to raise this straw man.
It's sad that so many in local news have such little regard for their audience. Lie to your hearts content using the public airwaves.
Retracks
I hate the anchor retracks for someone else's work. "I talk to so and so ..." and the person has an accent from New York, all the cars have NY license plates. Don't use someone else's work and pretend you did it so it looks like you are a reporter, not a script reader.
KOIN Cited for Fake News Too
Not sure why KOIN got a pass when they were also cited in the report.
http://www.prwatch.org/fakenews2/findings/TV_stations
http://www.prwatch.org/fakenews2/vnr64
right you are
I'll promote this to blog post. My apologies for the miss.
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FoxNews pays OJ MILLIONS!
Here is Reason Number 3,000,000 for not watching KPTV or any TV or Radio station that has anything to do with Fox.
CNN reports Fox News is paying OJ, the double murderer, millions of dollars for a book and a TV special, aired on Fox!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/15/simpsoninterview.ap/index.html
Fox News also admits it paid AlQaeda killers a few million dollars to release some kidnapped workers.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/someone-allegedly-paid-terrorist.html
So, my question to young Andy and his bosses at KPTV and Foxy Nudes, why do you work for people who hate America and pay murderers and terrorists millions of dollars?
It's a fair question.
didja ever notice how we seem to get some folks...
...who get fixated easily?
We get about 3 posts a week from this "Foxy Nudes" guy, don't know who he/she is, nor what their problem is with KPTV.
We used to get KOIN Reviewer guy...but he seems to have dropped off after a while.
I just find it interesting that there is ALWAYS someone out to destroy some station or the other. I am not commenting on the merits of the allegations, but rather just the fact that such posts exist, and exist in supposed anonymity.
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why don't you research
"So, my question to young Andy and his bosses at KPTV and Foxy Nudes, why do you work for people who hate America and pay murderers and terrorists millions of dollars?
It's a fair question."
No it's not, since FOX NEWS isn't part of KPTV. They don't pay a dime to FOX NEWS, which is cable moron, not part of the affiliate.
Guess What, your wrong
http://www.kptv.com/news/10362780/detail.html
It looks like KPTV does have a mind of it's own.
FOX 12 Oregon has decided not to air an upcoming two-part special featuring O.J. Simpson previously scheduled to air on Nov. 27 and 29.
Simpson has recently written a book, titled “If I Did It,
KPTV = Fox News
It's right there in English.
On the TV.
On the Buses.
KPTV calls itself FOXNEWS 12. Not ABCNEWS12. Not NBCNEWS12. FOXNEWS12.
Cue the cheesy stinger: Swoosh! Bang! Umpfh!
If the two posters above, who obviously work for KPTV, are embarrassed and humiliated and ashamed they work for America's enemy, then they should quit.
But, then whose gonna hire them? Michelle Malkin to do her nails?
Hey blockhead...
It has nothing to do with embarrassment, and everything to do with trying to help the ignorant understand the difference between Fox News and us. Go to the movies sometime and see how many of them are put out there by 20th Century Fox. Are all of the people involved with the films "Foxy Nudes" too? It's about the entertainment programming you numbskull. KPTV is owned by Meredith, which is mainly a publishing company responsible for magazines like Better Homes and Gardens. We get to air American Idol and all the other Fox entertainment programming. No one from Fox News Channel tells us what to do, what news stories to cover, or how to cover them. Understand yet?
Worth the time to argue with you?
I'm not sure if responding to you is worth my time, but what the hell... I have a minute.
Myth: KPTV is owned and operated by FOX.
Fact: KPTV is owned by Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa.
Myth: KPTV is owned by money-hungry power brokers with a political agenda.
Fact: KPTV is owned by a publicly-traded publishing company (ever heard of 'Better Homes & Gardens' magazine?) who's only agenda is to make a lot of money -- for the company and the shareholders.
Myth: FOX dictates the content of KPTV's newscasts.
Fact: KPTV management dictates the content of KPTV's newscasts.
Myth: KPTV's news has a right-leaning agenda, politically.
Fact: KPTV doesn't cover much political stuff period.
Myth: FOX provides the content for KPTV's national/international news.
Fact: KPTV, like all network affiliates, subscribes to a number of new & video providers... including (but not limited to) the AP, CNN, and FOX.
Myth: KPTV must be aligned with FOX NewsChannel since KPTV brands itself "FOX 12".
Fact: KPTV is affiliated with the FOX entertainment network and agrees to run FOX entertainment programming from 8-10pm.
Got it?
The Truth Is:
Forget the FOX Network, KPTV is much MORE affiliated with businesses that will pay their news people to show-up for a morning live-shot. How much did that place in Astoria shell-out to get Andy Carson out there this morning? I guess we could look at the bright side -- at least it wasn't a VNR.
KPTV wasn't paid a thing for
KPTV wasn't paid a thing for that liveshot.
I find that very hard to believe.
Are you in the sales dept? Otherwise, I'll bet you don't know for sure. Why would they send their most popular person to Astoria during sweeps for a liveshot? Why didn't the new feature guy take that assignment? It's because the sponsor wanted Andy!
It is also hard to believe...
That you would make such an accusation without knowing the truth yourself.
Look..
You act like the accusation has no merit. It's a known fact that KPTV's newsroom and sales dept work hand-in-hand on their morning live-shots. They did it with Drew. I think they're doing it with Andy when they send him to Astoria during sweeps for the opening of a hotel or restaurant or whatever that was.
pdxtvwatcher
don't waste your breath. I, too, get frustrated by the 'non-media' people who seem to clog this blog. The old saying holds true 'everyone is an expert in TV, they grew up watching it'.
Well put!
Nice response. That earlier post made me roll my eyes, but I didn't have the patience to respond!
Re: KPTV = Fox News
On the TV.
On the Buses.
KPTV calls itself FOXNEWS 12. Not ABCNEWS12. Not NBCNEWS12. FOXNEWS12."
No they call themselves FOX12. Not FOXNEWS 12. And there is a BIG difference.
Get your facts straight.
Just like the rest of KPTV bashers on this site you were in rush to keep the hate alive and completely missed a little fact like another local station being involved. Pretty big mistake for a print person. Don't you guys pride yourselves in being more accuarte than the TV people.
It was a big mistake
And it's out there for everyone to see, which I hate hate hate. (There are nights when I'm having trouble sleeping where every on-air/blog mistake I've ever made taunts me from the cluttered corners of the bedroom. What's one more? sigh.) But I haven't worked for a print publication since I did a freelance music review for the Eugene weekly (can't even remember its name) in, like, 1981. Unless you're not talking to me, in which case I have no idea who you ARE talking to.
For the record, I don't have a thing against KPTV. While I don't usually like their take on the news of the day I like the people; the crew there is extremely appealing, and Mark Nelsen is my favorite weather guy. Even on nights when the top story makes me wince and turn to KGW on CW I tune in at 10:32 to catch Mark.
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Sigh...
Well, beat yourself up if you must, but the two stories are hardly equivalent. KOIN is saying they didn't know the material came from a VNR. They used two clips from Pathfire that were misidentified. They've taken steps to insure that this mistake doesn't happen again.
On the other hand, KPTV seems unapologetic and if the posts here are any indication, their attitude is, in effect, "Fuck you, what are ya gonna do about it?"
There is an *enormous* difference.
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Re: Sigh...
It's what I do best. ;)
Wait a Sec..
Oh man...that sucks. Hey, wait a sec, that sounds like ME! And I'm pretty sure I'm much older so I was doing it first.
In the old days, we called that "gimmick infringement."
"Hello, legal departiment?" j/k :)
I know I have to add the "j/k" because - for someone who is just kind of "jokey" and friendly - I get beat up on this site more than anyone else..always by people who don't know what the hell they are talking about, of course.
Also, I'm pretty sure I'm the only person on here who has a deranged stalker hunting for my every post in order to engage in his ad hominem attacks against me. Oh, the joys of public exposure. :)
Some people here REALLY need mental help.
Re: Sigh...
There is an *enormous* difference.
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Chriss seems to know this stuff from the inside. The "F--you.. what are you gonna do about it".. is exactly the attitude they take over at KPTV. One of these days their brash, cocky attitude (which starts at the top--the fish stinks from the head-down) over at FOX-12 news... will get them in trouble.
Attitude
I doubt it comes from a cocky attitude. There are too many kids in the KPTV newsroom to even know better. It is more of a lack of knowledge and experience of their producers and writers that hurts the overall product. Remember, if "The consultants say so, so it must be true and the numbers don't lie."
not an insider
While I appreciate some of Pagani's comments as a viewer, he is not an insider, and has been guilty of bad research and reporting here, much like he accuses the local media of being - I call attention to his insensitive remarks and so-called "facts" regarding the KOIN car lost in flood. I looked at his websites and see no reference at all to any journalism experience.
KPTV calls itself "FoxNews12"
[Deleted at poster's request -- too self-serving -- his words. Seriously. --L]
You also..
..are an embarrassment to left-leaners everywhere with your hyperactive rants.
Chill out, dude.
Koin VNR Use.
I think closer scrutiny at Koin's product and use of vnr's in their stories is required. Anyone wonder how they manage to produce so much 'news' with eight photographers and six reporters?
Journalism
I won't watch Fox 12 because I don't believe what they're doing is anything but flash and trash; and I stopped watching KOIN 6 because I've found them to be journalistically unsound and indifferent to basic professional editorial standards.
Are you kidding me?
I guess because Koin said that it must be true. You know their new management is the gold standard when it comes to sound business practices.
Welcome WWeek readers
OMI was mentioned in the Rogue of the Week story today. No, we're not the rogue; KOIN and KPTV were.
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