21Alive did their dead-level best to confuse their audience about the whereabouts of a fatal accident early this morning on US 30 just west of the Allen/Whitley county line.
First, US 30 is an East - West highway, so "southbound on US 30 is a physical impossibility. Second, 800 East is a North - South road, better know to a preponderance of the viewing audience as County Line Road. The fact is was referred to as 800 East indicates the dedicated little news writers out on Butler Road copied their homework from a Whitley County law enforcement agency press release. Of course, they did not copy very well since they botched which way US 30 runs.
Reading this journalistic masterpiece, a reasonable person might draw the conclusion that two trucks, traveling southbound on two different, non-intersecting roads, suddenly hit each other through a freak of nature and in opposition to the laws of physics.
The story on the 21Alive website still contains the error. You can see it here:
http://www.21alive.com/news/local/1-killed-in-Wednesday-morning-crash-on-US-30-323833071.html
Knowing the direction of local streets and highways can pay big dividends towards not making your news operation appear incompetent and foolish. As the Maven says, "if you were from around here....you'd know that."
FWMM:
ReplyDeleteI also get SO angry over the media when they cannot state the OBVIOUS.
I used to have to READ A MAP when on the road in decades past, so KNOWING a given route become ESSENTIAL.
And with the news media riding ALL over the counties in Indiana (to get the "news"), you'd THINK they get this right most ALL the time.
(guess not).
Good call.
Roll safe.