Thursday 11 February 2010

Journalism vs. responsible communication

I think it is time that CBC got back into the business of reporting news, not gossip. On this web post,

Trenton colonel's charges spur cold case review

they have closed comments, and rightly so. This is now a justice system issue. Best left to the professionals.
The CBC has, however, requested those who knew the accused to send in an email. This is disgusting.
Shameful spending our tax dollars on this crap. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

If it bleeds, it leads.CBCnews
And, apparently, if there is no more blood the media look for it, or look for tears and fears.

Let the professionals do their job.
They are convicting this man, and destroying my faith in CBC.
My apologies to the military, who are apparently being targeted my THE MEDIA, not the public.
The media have gone out of their way to find the one person that took revenge on the military.
Most of us can understand that we are not our bosses.
Most of us understand that there are sick people in this world. They are clever, or they would not get away with criminal activity.

Move on, CBC. You owe it to the family of the victims to stand back, not to create news. You continue to victimize family members and those who know the accused, by exploiting them in the media.

"Two sources, including Williams's neighbour, Larry Jones, told CBC News that police investigated Williams after his tire treads matched the tracks at Lloyd's home. However, Rae would not confirm that Tuesday."

The 'man in the street' interviews are not news. Let the justice system do their work. Unlike the cop shows on TV, police work is time consuming and must be thorough. The world is not a CSI lab in which murder is solved in 52 minutes.

3 comments:

The Weaver of Grass said...

Seems that your media coverage is very similar to ours in UK Jenn. I get really sickened by the way the press pounces on any so-called 'juicy' issue and does it to death, with no thought for the people involved, innocent or guilty.

Megan said...

Uggghhhhh...

at the cottage said...

I sometimes wonder if I have turned on a Buffalo news station - the ones that shove the mic in the face of the victim's family SECONDS after the incident/accident/fatality - and not the CBC! I have always turned to the CBC (and the BBC) for sensible journalism and not the infotainment garbage some media outlets spew out.

Everyone is convicted before they are tried these days and victims are re-victimized over and over and over again!

Great to still read you Jenn...I like your point of view