TMJ4 Viewer Doesn't Like Station's Spin - - And Lets Management Know
From time to time, I pull out a comment left by a reader and turn it into a stand-alone posting.
I thought this communication to a local television station and copied onto a posting about language made worthy points:
To Today's TMJ4:
I have always trusted and respected WTMJ-Ch.4 for thorough and unbiased coverage of local news. But the station's coverage of the rallies in Madison has stunned and appalled me, making me wonder if Fox has taken over the station.
The headline used daily - "Chaos in the Capital" - is grossly misleading. The dictionary definition of chaos is "a condition of great disorder and confusion." In contrast, the rallies have been peaceful and orderly, as the national media have noted, and the protesters are certainly not confused about why they are there. Please drop this misleading tag!
Furthermore, the reports over the weekend left viewers with the impression that the numbers of Tea Party attendees and Walker supporters were as large as the tens of thousands of protesters against the union-busting bill. Your producers and reporters should be ashamed of this sloppy coverage. WTMJ can do better!
Eva Augustin Rumpf
Milwaukee
4 comments:
Apparently this teacher should read the definition again as it perfectly defines the situation.
"a condition of great disorder and confusion."
Senators fleeing the state in buses. Are they gone? Where are they? Are state troopers rounding them up? Will there be a vote?
Are schools closed in your district or not?
Doctors passing out fraudulent sick notes. Are the teachers sick or not?
People sleeping in the Capital?
People smoking pot in the capital?
and of course... who can forget the poor camel that became stuck in the railing? Although I will admit that John Stewart is funny :)
@RD 1:21PM
Are your state representatives in wholesale abandonment of their legislative duties to act on behalf of the general welfare of all their constituents through their wholesale abandonment of those powers to the governor? That surely appears to be chaos.
My Representatives seemed focused and determined to stop that power shift and dereliction of their legislative duty from happening under established rules through quorum and filibuster.
Apparently there is so much chaos in the capital that Assembly Republicans didn't willfully break the law by beginning a session to pass the, "budget repair," bill prior to the legally posted notice for the start time of the session. It's understandable that many Rebumblican rubber stamps are incapable of thinking of anything for themselves much less minding the procedural laws of the own governing body.
And the false reporting of "chaos" likely had nothing to do with the (now former) Indiana Deputy AG tweeting to "use live ammunition," against the protesters in WI. /snark, just because I don't think you would understand my comment without the tag. Cut and Paste:
http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/indiana-official-jeff-cox-live-ammunition-against-wisconsin-protesters
TMJ4 has a public license to broadcast. That could be rescinded with a bit of public complaining.
WTMJ really stinks these days: TV and radio both. A very sorry turn of events for a once proud broadcasting tradition of journalistic excellence.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR BIAS REPORTING,WHY ARE THE MIDDLE CLASS THE BAD PEOPLE,CHECK WALKERS RECORD DOES HE LOOK SQUEKY CLEEN I DON;T THINK SO.
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