Sloppy Media, As Usual

Media opportunists. Find a national story with a victim, exploit that story and use a local person(s) to illustrate the local impact. That's how the media works these days. 

WANE TV's story: "Food stamp cuts affecting local families" is a perfect example. Thank you to friends of the Maven for pointing out this story. 

Just one problem. The photo is NOT a local family, and WANE TV forgot about the 7 or 8 bottles of liquor/booze in the picture. 

Does WANE TV know that booze is not an eligible SNAP item? They probably don't care, because their job, as they see it, is to portray people as victims and blame others. That creates division and causes conflict, and that, they feel, increases viewers and ratings. Nicely done, WANE TV.