Many reading this blog will have no idea who the gentleman in the meme is, but his message conveys the frustration of many in the mass audience. If you work here, you should, at the least, have a handle on local geography.
Besides jumbling facts and figures (which they contort and confuse regularly), it appears those young "journalists" on our nightly newscasts, er, shows (sorry), seem to have no understanding of local geography.
The Maven has a few examples:
The intersection of Broadway and Taylor, in the shadow of the transformative Electric Works project, wreaks havoc with the kids in the newsroom. Some say it's downtown, south of downtown, or west of downtown. A map would have been helpful on this one. Hint (it's southwest of downtown).
It's not just Fort Wayne geography that confuses the newsrooms. Hoosier state geography is also a mystery. Linton is a pleasant little town southwest of Indianapolis.
The Journal Gazette, a fixture in downtown for more than a century, is also confused about what downtown means. For the record, 2213 Fox Avenue is southwest of downtown.
What is it about Broadway that confuses these young skulls full of mush? It's still southwest. Hasn't changed in years.
Another example of misidentifying location. The 400 block of Poplar is South of Washington/Jefferson, and West of Calhoun (the traditional divisions on NE, SE, SW, and NW as used by the City of Fort Wayne). This makes it Southwest...but, apparently WPTAABC21Alive has other ideas...
So, what's the big deal you say. Besides the property damage caused by irate viewers hurling the shoes, dentures, and small animals at TV screens across the tristate region...these "errors" chip away at local TV's already dwindling credibility.
