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One of our reporters here in VA heard from her cousin in Miami. She (the cousin who is a mom) was interviewed for a story on kids and cussing by one of the more sensational station in Miami. (If you know Miami, you know what station) She said after the interview, she was chatting with the photog who said they had plenty of b-roll of kids watching a movie. As the kids were watching the movie, they'd react, "Oh!", "Lookout!", and "Oooo!" The photog then told her they would just bleep out the "Oh!", "Lookout!", and "Oooo!" in editing so it would seem like they were cussing.
Thoughts?
nickg
10-27-2006, 11:17 AM
and we wonder why people are shying away from tv news....i am guessing that station doesn't teach ethics
Tazam77
10-27-2006, 11:52 AM
Changing a story into something it's not is not right. What you see is what it is, even if it doesn't work how you want it to. I do think it is done more then it should be.
Producers don't care what you fill the hole with, "Just fill it" So fill it with ethically correct stories. If the story isn't what the dry erase board says rewrite it to what the story is in the field or kill the story and try something else.
Producers don't care what you fill the hole with, "Just fill it"
The disturbing thing is is that it was the reporter and photog there at her house that were telling her this. I understand when a producer comes up with a half-assed idea. They just don't know better. But this crew should have. Shame!
at the plate
10-27-2006, 12:02 PM
If you would like to blow the whistle on this, drop a note to
jfleischman@herald.com
I would think that would potentially open the station up to a lawsuit. They were planning to intentionally make it appear that the kids were doing something they weren't and behaving badly when they weren't. If I were the parent, I'd have papers served on the station the next day for damaging my kids reputation, and mine in the process for making it look like I wasn't raising them right.
Even if I couldn't ultimately prove any actual injury, it would be worth the effort to give these guys the legal headaches they deserve.
Freddie Mercury
10-27-2006, 04:28 PM
amp, was there any follow through on this? You didn't mention if the cousin of a coworker of yours saw the completed story run with kids being bleeped. If they just said they were going to do it and then didn't, so what? What you are doing is repeating a story third-hand. Shouldn't there be a little more evidence before we all start calling for the ethics police?
5600K
10-27-2006, 06:08 PM
Sounds like WSVN to me.
bassetf5
10-27-2006, 11:04 PM
But was it... compelling?
NoJobTog
10-28-2006, 02:19 AM
Freakin ridiculous, the bleeps take it out of context.
People have an understanding that bleeps=bad words.
The bleeps are apart of our symbolic language. If the original scenario in fact happened it would be unethical.
freedom
10-28-2006, 08:21 AM
why should anyone be suprised? it's tv news
lost focus
10-29-2006, 01:18 AM
there are no redeming qualities in Miami TV News, please don't lump all of Florida in this either. WSVN is by far the worst for flash and trash.
Sounds like WSVN to me.
I'm not saying you're right or your wrong...but you're not wrong. ;)
Isn't this the same station that broke into programming--on nothing more than a news tip called in by an "eyewitness"--to announce that an airliner had crashed into the water near Miami, only to find out when they actually called the FAA that the plane was simply flying low as part of the tall ships festival going on at that time?
Seems like I also remember that when they first debuted their flash and trash format, they jumped from #5 to #1 in a single book and scared the crap out of everybody, only to drop back to #5 the very next book. If it weren't so sad, they would be kind of funny.
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