All the bias is coming from the west coast chain of newspapers owned by a single group, no name to be said but most people know who I mean. The main paper in Anchorage is the worst and especially hates anything or anyone related to the Tea Party.
Posted on 11/02/2010 5:55:57 PM PDT by kristinn
UPDATE: Second Press Release Added November 2, 2010: 4:05 p.m. (Alaska Standard Time)
Anchorage, Alaska, (11/02/10) - KTVA today released findings of its internal assessment of allegations that the "news director for CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, along with assignment editor Nick McDermott, and other reporters, openly discussed creating, if not fabricating, two stories about Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller," as alleged by the Miller campaign. KTVA states that its review included multiple staff interviews, a review of that day's actual news coverage and a forensic transcript of the recorded audio conversation.
General Manager Jerry Bever stated, "As we worked through this fact-finding process we noted that actual story assignments for that day had already been decided before the recorded conversation took place. At no time did any of the elements associated with the recorded comments become part of any coverage or broadcast. The recorded conversation in question specifically involved how that evening's Miller rally might be promoted and the ensuing dialogue went down hill from there. These particular comments were not in line with KTVA standards."
As a result of this incident, the two producers involved in the recorded conversation are no longer with the station. As a matter of policy KTVA did not identify the staff members involved, however KTVA clarified that neither the News Director, Assignment Editor Nick McDermott nor any other KTVA reporters were involved in the recorded conversation as previously reported by the Miller campaign.
KTVA believes that its actual broadcast coverage of Miller has been sound and fair during this election cycle and the history of our coverage speaks for itself. Bever noted that in the coverage of this issue, FOX News correspondent Dan Springer reported that in a review of recent Miller coverage by KTVA, Fox News could not find any articles or stories that showed any obvious bias or hit pieces against Joe Miller.
KTVA has contacted the Miller campaign to set up a meeting to review its findings.
Glad they fired ‘em.
Good conclusion to a slimy story. The bright light of getting outed in the national spotight helped this “news” station do the right thing.
> Lesson: getting caught is a firing offense.
Exactly.
Now back to business as usual: one-sided, smear politics.
Just don’t get caught by the opposition.
> Lesson: getting caught is a firing offense.
Exactly.
Now back to business as usual: one-sided, smear politics.
Just don’t get caught by the opposition.
> Lesson: getting caught is a firing offense.
Exactly.
Now back to business as usual: one-sided, smear politics.
Just don’t get caught by the opposition.
> Lesson: getting caught is a firing offense.
Exactly.
Now back to business as usual: one-sided, smear politics.
Just don’t get caught by the opposition.
> Lesson: getting caught is a firing offense.
Exactly.
Now back to business as usual: one-sided, smear politics.
Just don’t get caught by the opposition.
Or to put it another way, I sympathize with just about anybody who loses their job, but I definitely feel the station took the proper action in firing these two.
Dude. Get ahold of yourself.
Aw, it’s the lousy DSL.
I didn’t think the “Post” button was registering.
Apparently, each click on “Post” gets queued.
But wait, I thought they said they didn’t do anything wrong. How can they fire them for no reason? Surely they just “misspoke.”
Oh. I figured it was alcohol fueld excitement over the sudden end of the Obama Era.
But as some lefty turds up here will try to tell you, it’s no big deal. Riiiiiiight.
> Oh. I figured it was alcohol fueld excitement over the
> sudden end of the Obama Era.
Never touch the stuff.
:)
We’ve still got a LONG, LONG way to go before we can write off the communist kenyan imposter.
Agreed, my FRiend. Agreed.
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