Horrible Media Coverage

In general Saint Louis and national media have made asses out of themselves in attempting to cover the Kirkwood murders.

The worst offender is the NBC TV affiliate in St. Louis. It has asked more inane "how does it feel" type of questions than are generally asked by junior high journalism students. Now it's "news" team is pandering to the audience with it's news anchors going "live" to the scene. The idiot management and consultants at KSDK, owned by Gannett, were so arrogant that they wanted to be a part of the Kirkwood vigil held last night for the victims. So what stunt did they pull? The station broadcast it's ten o'clock news live from the vigil; two hours after it was over. Why you might ask? Simply put this is ratings month.

KSDK is not the only medium to behave like idiots. The other three TV stations and at least one radio station ran unverified rumors in an effort to get a jump on the competition. As I have written before this is horribly shoddy journalism. First year students are taught you verify your facts before your publish or broadcast. Whoever is running the newsrooms at these outlets should be fired for gross incompetence.

Finally, the worst offense by the TV reporters has been a total lack of respect for the privacy of the people who have lost their loved ones. This is not acceptable. Being a journalist doesn't give these individuals the right to behave like rude children. Please grow up and show some self restraint.