WNEM Sweeps

[Luke]

Just saw an ad on WNEM for a David Custer sweeps piece about a school shooter drill. It ended the ad by asking if such a drill helped save more lives at the Oxford shooting.

I couldn’t believe it. I get it’s sweeps but using a local school tragedy as a ratings ploy is despicable. This is why the media gets a bad reputation.

[Luke]

https://www.facebook.com/664270283/post ... 25284/?d=n

[smallwonder]

It's as if Meredith is still running things. It is quite tacky and way too soon for a story like this.

[Realist]

Just saw an ad on WNEM for a David Custer sweeps piece about a school shooter drill. It ended the ad by asking if such a drill helped save more lives at the Oxford shooting.

I couldn’t believe it. I get it’s sweeps but using a local school tragedy as a ratings ploy is despicable. This is why the media gets a bad reputation.

The ad, along with Custer’s Facebook post promoting this, is completely tacky and offensive. Then again, I would expect nothing less from both Custer and TV5.

[Deleted User 15555]

The hard on some of you have for David is incredible.

What about that is offensive? Oxford is a current event that happened in our own state. Active shooter drills are becoming common in schools. Is it not relevant to find out whether those drills are working?

Maybe you all are more comfortable with the journalism integrity that’s happening on Parler on Pierson Rd.

[Realist]

The hard on some of you have for David is incredible.

What about that is offensive? Oxford is a current event that happened in our own state. Active shooter drills are becoming common in schools. Is it not relevant to find out whether those drills are working?

Maybe you all are more comfortable with the journalism integrity that’s happening on Parler on Pierson Rd.

We’ve discussed Custer’s lack of journalistic integrity as nauseam.I stand by my statement.

My issue is they are COMPLETELY exploiting this incident. These kids in Oxford just physically came back to the building and a news operation wants to intrude with this? Sickening. Let these kids heal in peace.

I take the political spin from the Pierson Rd operations with a grain of salt as I’m more than aware who runs that operation.

[Deleted User 15555]

The hard on some of you have for David is incredible.

What about that is offensive? Oxford is a current event that happened in our own state. Active shooter drills are becoming common in schools. Is it not relevant to find out whether those drills are working?

Maybe you all are more comfortable with the journalism integrity that’s happening on Parler on Pierson Rd.

We’ve discussed Custer’s lack of journalistic integrity as nauseam.I stand by my statement.

My issue is they are COMPLETELY exploiting this incident. These kids in Oxford just physically came back to the building and a news operation wants to intrude with this? Sickening. Let these kids heal in peace.

I take the political spin from the Pierson Rd operations with a grain of salt as I’m more than aware who runs that operation.

So you would prefer to open the wound back up a few years down the road rather than talk about it when it’s a relevant topic?

No one had to talk to David. They chose to. So maybe it’s not as crazy as you think Ed Murrow.

[Luke]

If Custer did an investigation into the safety protocols at Oxford and discovered something significant, like protocols that were being ignored or skipped that could have helped prevent deaths and injuries, that would be a story. I would still tread very lightly, but that would be good journalism. This isn't that. It's literally a lazy fluff piece used to bring in ratings during sweeps. It's disrespectful to the victims and the community.

I also hate the political spin on Pierson Rd, but that's another thread.

[Realist]

If Custer did an investigation into the safety protocols at Oxford and discovered something significant, like protocols that were being ignored or skipped that could have helped prevent deaths and injuries, that would be a story. I would still tread very lightly, but that would be good journalism. This isn't that. It's literally a lazy fluff piece used to bring in ratings during sweeps. It's disrespectful to the victims and the community.

I also hate the political spin on Pierson Rd, but that's another thread.

[Martin Stett]

Never forgot the Dale Kildee hit piece.
A mistake in ethics, judgement or journalism standards? Does it matter which?

[Realist]

Never forgot the Dale Kildee hit piece.
A mistake in ethics, judgement or journalism standards? Does it matter which?

Great memory on that. Absolutely no ethics or standards in running that . It was pretty obvious when watching that piece that the alleged victim was very mentally unstable

[DAC]

The hard on some of you have for David is incredible.

What about that is offensive? Oxford is a current event that happened in our own state. Active shooter drills are becoming common in schools. Is it not relevant to find out whether those drills are working?

Maybe you all are more comfortable with the journalism integrity that’s happening on Parler on Pierson Rd.

We’ve discussed Custer’s lack of journalistic integrity as nauseam.I stand by my statement.

My issue is they are COMPLETELY exploiting this incident. These kids in Oxford just physically came back to the building and a news operation wants to intrude with this? Sickening. Let these kids heal in peace.

I take the political spin from the Pierson Rd operations with a grain of salt as I’m more than aware who runs that operation.

So you would prefer to open the wound back up a few years down the road rather than talk about it when it’s a relevant topic?

No one had to talk to David. They chose to. So maybe it’s not as crazy as you think Ed Murrow.

What the hell is wrong with you?

[Deleted User 15555]

What the hell is wrong with you?

What did I say that was incorrect?

[smallwonder]

It had a Goodrich spin to it. Good typical fluff piece from TV-5.

[dirtymind410]

hard hitting fluff journalism...