Wednesday, September 12, 2012
To local "journalists": This isn't news
I was watching KCTV-5 news last evening when they put on a story they felt was important to us.
The only thing was, it was out of Utah, we found out, and it was about a mom who witnessed another mom, at a different table in the restaurant, who had her kids on "potty chairs."
And this is news how?
With some research, I found that it's also on Fox 4's website. They figured it was somehow important, also. They posted it 6 days ago, so not only is it not news, not only is it irrelevant to us here in the Kansas City, metro area, it's OLD filler, to boot.
Seriously, as I've said before, you'd think these people would be embarrassed. They should be embarrassed, professionally, especially, even if they haven't studied journalism, but especially if they have.
Wow.
I hope they don't also why they have low viewership and why we don't tune in.
Link: http://fox4kc.com/2012/09/06/mom-potty-trains-toddlers-in-middle-of-restaurant/
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Sadly, it was probably the most talked about story aired that night among moms and grandmoms.
Stations should do much less crime news about ordinary ghetto killings in a market this size, and zoo stories. And do many more stories about kids and school districts other than KCMO, and school lunches, and daycare, and health care. And lawn care, and fixing your car, and the evils of payday loans. And getting credit. And buying food at good prices. And choosing a good nursing home for dad and how to get it paid for.
Life stories. Not just the 'off the wall' stuff like restaurant potty training.
They need to get off the crime beat handout news from KCPD, and their meaningless live shots in the dark where crimes happened the night before. Viewers are into LIVING, not DYING!
Moreover, ghetto shootings are just not important to most viewers, other than those living IN the ghetto.
So what do ya think of THAT?
Well, funny you should ask what I think of that because I could not possibly agree less. The one story that needs to be covered locally here in Kansas City are the far too-frequent shootings and killings and they need to be covered until they stop.
Geez, we need awareness of them so they don't get worse and so people, hopefully, one day--and the sooner the better--all stand up, all across the area and decide we will not take this any longer.
Call me an optimist.
We have to do something and we can't fix the problem if we're not aware of it.
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