Former Southwest Missouri State and St. Louis University basketball coach Charlie Spoonhour passed away earlier this week. By all acounts of those who knew him he was a good man.
So, how did the local Fox TV affiliate write up his obituary? By, plagiarising a Wikipedia article onto it's own website. The "Fox 2 News" article appeared to have been copied and pasted onto the station's website. Apparently no one edits the website either, because the loser who copied it left Wikipedia's footnotes in the Fox "report". ("Son, lazy and stupid is no way to go through life") To make the matter worse KTVI put a "staff writer" byline on the article and then put it's copyright on the whole thing.
Charles Apple of the American Copy Editor's Society does a wonderful job of explaining the theft on the ACES website.
Showing posts with label KTVI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KTVI. Show all posts
February 03, 2012
May 26, 2010
Roofing King Strikes Again
So, I'm watching TV last night ("Glee" to be specific) and out of the blue an ad pops up on my TV screen for the roofer referred to below this post. Yep, good old John Beel is doing the same thing with the Fox affiliate in St. Louis. He's sponsoring "severe weather" alerts.
So, while I am trying to enjoy Fox's top rated comedy, I get distracted by the ad for the roofer. But, what is even more infuriating is that the so called severe weather is for a Flash Flood warning out in the sticks 70 miles southwest of the city. AAaargh!
Apparently Roofer Boy doesn't get it. People don't want to see his nasty advertisements during prime time shows covering the lower right quarter of the screen. But, the practice is probably here to stay since the idiots running the Fox station bill the guy every time they run this crap.
So, while I am trying to enjoy Fox's top rated comedy, I get distracted by the ad for the roofer. But, what is even more infuriating is that the so called severe weather is for a Flash Flood warning out in the sticks 70 miles southwest of the city. AAaargh!
Apparently Roofer Boy doesn't get it. People don't want to see his nasty advertisements during prime time shows covering the lower right quarter of the screen. But, the practice is probably here to stay since the idiots running the Fox station bill the guy every time they run this crap.
January 22, 2008
You Go Albert
Albert Pujols met with the media for the first time since December and has told them how frustrated he is with the sloppy reporting linking his name with steroids. Pujols particularly expressed his frustration to the St. Louis Fox TV affiliate by asking a crew it had sent to his news conference to leave the room. And he has every right to do so to express himself. At least the rest of the media in the market and some national outlets picked up on the story.
As background, a New York media outlet reported Pujol's name was in the Mitchell report. Then KTVI in St. Louis aired the story without checking the facts. As a result it made a mistake a first year journalism student wouldn't make. It ran pure unadulterated gossip. There is no excuse for this.
Pujols says he will forgive them. Pujols is a class act and realizes there's nothing he can do. But, in the meantime, the person or persons at KTVI responsible for airing the gossip continue on their merry way of irresponsible, shoddy journalism.
As background, a New York media outlet reported Pujol's name was in the Mitchell report. Then KTVI in St. Louis aired the story without checking the facts. As a result it made a mistake a first year journalism student wouldn't make. It ran pure unadulterated gossip. There is no excuse for this.
Pujols says he will forgive them. Pujols is a class act and realizes there's nothing he can do. But, in the meantime, the person or persons at KTVI responsible for airing the gossip continue on their merry way of irresponsible, shoddy journalism.
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