Monday, October 22, 2012

WOWO's Cut and Paste Journalism

A few days ago, we took Indiana's NewsCenter to task for a cock n' bull story about a $4.2 million dollar budget shortfall at IPFW. We were perplexed that the journalist writing the story did not bother to ask IPFW officials WHY there was such a large miscalculation of the budget.


Well, in the new era of "cut and paste" journalism, WOWO, 1190 (and now on 92.3 FM) presents the same story, and, of course, does not ask the WHY question, either.

 WOWO will be quick to note that they have some kind of interlocking relationship with INC, but it would be  helpful if that relationship would be noted somewhere in the news story, so that listeners weren't left with the impressions that they were just common thieves.
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2 comments:

  1. CWMartinOctober 23, 2012 at 12:53 AM

    BTW, heard on WOWO 3PM news, spoken by clueless Kayla: "For my New Haven drivers, a water main break is being installed at Doyle Road..."

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  2. Fort Wayne Media MavenOctober 23, 2012 at 7:45 AM

    Hopefully John Zimney will get a handle on things out there. John is a good guy and was a good newsman. I guess Kayla is one of those "bumps in the road" he'll have to deal with..

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