Having worked as a newspaper reporter for almost two decades of my life, I realize there has always been some natural friction between print people and electronic news gathering folks. But sometimes the local TV people — in smaller markets especially — can just make you want to throw the teevee out in the yard or use it for sighting in your rifle
My case in chief: Today, local station KBMT Channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas, reported that the police are looking for suspects in a home invasion robbery.
They have some pertinent information in the story such as the suspects tied up the homeowner, stole something then fled. They even gave a description of the vehicle the perps were driving.
What is glaringly missing is that the story does not mention where this home invasion robbery happened? Why? Did the cops not want to give it to the media? Did the media even ask? Did the media not want to embarrass anyone? Were the media just having a synaptic misfire thus not remembering “where” is one of those elements important in a news story?
At the place where I reside a home invasion robbery wouldn’t be too difficult to imagine. But if I was regular Joe Beaumont Citizen, I would want to know where a home invasion robbery took place.
Channel 12 says they will have more on story on their broadcasts at 5, 6 and 10. I hope so, maybe they will finally tell the public where in the hell this robbery occurred.