Sunday, January 4, 2026

Getting AL TV stations to do better in 2026 elections

Email sent by a Facebook friend to Kerri Sutton, WVTM13 news director
From: 
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Subject: 5:00 News re: Portland shooting
To: kerri.sutton@hearst.com <kerri.sutton@hearst.com>
Although I am generally pleased with your news reporting, I was very disappointed in the way you presented the shooting of the married couple in Portland, Oregon by border patrol agents. While no one knows yet exactly what happened, your reporting leads viewers to believe these people were dangerous criminals. But from the New York Times “The police were alerted to the shooting on Thursday when the injured man called 911, according to Bob Day, Portland’s police chief. The immigration agents involved in the shooting were no longer on the scene when local officers arrived.”
Immigration agents failed to inform anyone that they had shot and injured two people and instead fled, leaving these injured shooting victims to an unknown fate. And if these individuals were so dangerous, why did they not pursue an arrest?
Please do better.
Cordially,
_______________

No comments:

Post a Comment