Wednesday, July 06, 2005
SWOP homepageKOAT's RSS Feed - Carnage You Can Count On
The top 5 stories from KOAT's RSS (Really Simple Sindication) feed as of Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 10:54 pm: The NewMexicoChannel...Carnage you can count on!
(KOAT's "local" RSS Feed can be viewed in the right margins of this web page - check right now to get your daily dose of carnage!)
Police: Baby Shot In Head At Independence Day Party
Police: Man Causes Crashes During Pursuit
Fireworks Spark Brush Fire In Manzano
Explosives Found In Los Alamos Garage
Report: Rural Families Should Fear Dogs, Not Wolves
Workers Rescue Man Pinned Under Boulder
If It Bleeds It Leads (copied and pasted from an old post on the old SWOPblogger)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/14/business/media/14broadcast.html
A study of 11 major markets shows local news were 8 times more likely to show viewers car crashes than local election coverage.
I'm sure Albuquerque's local coverage isn't much different.
We have to demand local news teams cover things that affect our everyday lives. Sensasionalism and a corporate culture of stenography are winning out over objectiviy, fairness and accuracy in today's TV journalism.
