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Friday, September 30. 2005

Sloppy News

Live news requires special care, and needs to be done by calm, skeptical people. But does that sell soap? Rick considers the hysterical, unprofessional, and deeply flawed  Katrina coverage, which has been taken to task many times. Sad thing is - that dopey and plain wrong coverage went world-wide and made LA, and the US, look like idiots. No-one reads the corrections - the first impressions stick, however wrong they may have been.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 07:00 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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The sad thing is that, in my experience of 15-years as a TV news producer, accuracy and truth does sell soap. I was always a stickler for accuracy, for testing a story against common sense, and for being sure that every claim and assertion was either witnessed by the reporter, or was attributed to someone.

At every station where I was allowed to enforce my views on the newscast, the ratings went up dramatically. Higher ratings mean more dollars in advertising. Accurate news does sell.
#1 Juan Paxety (Link) on 2005-09-30 15:37 (Reply)
Good to hear. Seems lately that the attention goes to the sensation of the moment. How many of your years in the biz has there been 24 hr TV news, hungry for superficial content?
#2 bird dog on 2005-09-30 17:49 (Reply)

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