Posted on 12/08/2004 4:47:19 PM PST by Gomez
Last Wednesday night, Bill McGraw stayed up past his bedtime to watch the 10 o'clock news on KCTV Channel 5.
What the 80-year-old Tonganoxie farmer thought he'd see was an interesting feature that mentioned his longstanding fertilizer business.
Instead, he saw a broadcast that wrongly depicted McGraw's business as an irresponsible company that would sell ammonium nitrate -- in huge quantities -- to anyone who came along.
(Excerpt) Read more at tonganoxiemirror.com ...
Dave Helling
Below is from: http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=215822
Dave Helling has been a member of KCTV5 News since March of 1999. Dave came on board as weekend evening anchor and KCTV5 news reporter. He co-anchors KCTV5 News at 4:00 p.m. with Dana Wright and continues to cover local, state, and national politics. Prior to joining KCTV5, Dave was a member of WDAF-TVs news team.
Dave writes a column on politics here on KCTV5.com. To sign up for our free 'Living In The Political World' netletter by Dave Helling, see the sign-up form below.
Dave received a BA from Creighton University in 1977, and was the Student Body President in 1976-1977. Dave has received a number of awards including the Freedom of Press Award from the ACLU in 1991 for his Truthwatch series, as well as a silver medal from the International New York Film Festival. He was also a Washington D.C. reporter from 1981 to 1984.
Daves hobbies are reading, listening to popular music, and pushing around the weeds in the garden. He is happily married to his wife Teri, and they live in Lenexa. They have two children, Jackie, a college student, and Rachel, a junior in high school.
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