Some people have asked if there are things that we leave out of the news.
We don't intentionally leave out information. However, we as journalists need to find the key points to every story to inform you, and we only have a minute and thirty seconds (at best) to do that.
This is one of the things that makes the job difficult. We'll go a whole day, sometimes longer getting information from various sources for a story and then we'll have to condense everything to that one minute slot in the newscast.
Fortunately, with the internet we are often times able to give you those additional details that we simply run out of time for during newscasts. But, just note we're not hiding any juicy details. After all, it's our job to keep you informed. ; )
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
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i know you hide information you all do
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ReplyDeleteI removed my previous comment because I wanted to add more....
ReplyDeletenewsstinks! made a very broad and unsubstantiated comment. I'm just wondering what the true meaning of the statement is.
Maybe he/she is upset that we didn't report on the Planning and Zoning commission's motion to approve the construction of a carport at a residence in the 2500 block of S. 35th. We have access to all that information, but didn't report it. Does that mean we were "hiding" it?
Maybe he/she mistakenly thinks we're in collusion with government officials, business leaders, etc. No one tells us how to do our job, period; that's one of the great things about the USA. Of course, if an official decides not to tell us something, there's really not a lot we can do. Certainly there are things going on in Abilene, and every town in the world, that the media (and thus the public) will never know about.
And we're not bound by our advertisers, either. We report the news, even if it's negative for businesses that give us money.
You see, in the t.v. news business, we have to make judgements about the stories we do and don't cover. How many people are affected? What's the emotional impact? Just because we decide not to cover a specific story, or don't deliver every ounce of detail, doesn't mean we're "hiding" anything. It just means we're trying to give the "big picture."