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KPNX Phoenix; the gig is up |
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Doesn't Matter, Newsbuff... |
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05/21/2005 |
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That story involving the high school student was reported out of Denver. I know, because I originally saw it in a long package form on the CBS Evening News. If it's such "hideous reporting," perhaps you should also be blasting Channel 5 for running it during their network broadcast? But I guess you know more than the "hideous reporters" at the national level.
BTW, if you want to talk "low" -- how about the story Channel 5 is airing next week where Kent Dana takes a polygraph test, and answers "hard-hitting" questions about whether he really liked working with Lin Sue. That's plain dirty. So if you insist on continuing to fling criticism, why not aim at a place where it will actually stick? |
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The story is out of Denver? So what? I didn't see the CBS News version, so I can't comment on it. 12's version of the story was based entirely on the word of a 17 year-old kid. Shouldn't he be learning how to relate to members of the opposite sex or something, rather than thinking he's going to take down Uncle Sam?? The kid told the recruiter he's a drug user? Throw the book at him. That'll "learn" him, huh??
The problem with 12's story, in my opinion, was its one-sidedness. That brings the news director into the fray.
How could he/she allow the piece to air in that form? Who hired the news director? Does he/she watch the newscast? Why would 12 choose to air such a biased, anti-military report in Arizona, which is chock full of President Bush supporters, and the home state of John McClain. That's just dumb beyond belief, in my opinion. Anger/irritate the audience with "60-Minutes Wednesday" journalism.
That takes courage.
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