Tony, what, do you work for KCTV5? "KCTV... and every other TV station... doesn't lure its "victims" out of their workplace with flowers and candy. " "Lure" them? The Pitch came to their front door. If they hadn't have had a cover story, whats-her-nuts wouldn't ever have "graced" them with her presence. I take it you would have preferred that the Pitch staffers wait for her to leave, then follow her home and jump out and start haranguing her? Kinda like KCTV5 does? She is a public figure, yes? And this is a news story, yes? And KCTV5 has denied to speak to the Pitch before, yes? Did you think this out before you started bitching?
It's called competition. You don't want your competition to have an exclusive!
The hotel incident was probably one hotel guest that complained about it to both stations, it happens all the time. The MySpace was a local story...if they didn't both have the story, then they wouldn't be doing a good job of local news would they? I think you're just mad YOU didn't have the story.
Oops. I addressed that to josh, when I meant to address it to Tony. Josh seems all right.
And, Josh, would it have been more acceptable if the reporter would have camped outside the Channel 5 woman's house? This was sneaky, but it wasnt invasive.
josh, you're bending around a lot to justify your distatse for this case. The point of the piece seems to be to get us to think about channel 5's tactics. I hardly think the pitch reporter is endorsing these tactics or planning to use them in the future.
Channel 5's ambush interviews are theatrical bullshit designed to look good on TV but not get any answers. This was, too, with one key difference. It actually made a point.
Actually, Josh, I'm not "worked up" over flowers and candy.
My point is that you can't say this "ambush" is the same as KCTV's "ambushes". KCTV... and every other TV station... doesn't lure its "victims" out of their workplace with flowers and candy. The vast majority of "ambushes" done by TV stations are done only after the reporter asks repeatedly for an interview... and usually, the "victims" are public (or high-profile) officials who've been involved in wrongdoing.
Don't justify this "ambush" by pointing to the ones done by KCTV, because they are ENTIRELY different.
I'm not saying KCTV is perfect or that they didn't steal that story... or even that a small number of its "ambushes" are not questionable, BUT there's simply no legitimate comparison between KCTV's behavior and what this Pitch girl did.
It's called competition. You don't want your competition to have an exclusive! The hotel incident was probably one hotel guest that complained about it to both stations, it happens all the time. The MySpace was a local story...if they didn't both have the story, then they wouldn't be doing a good job of local news would they? I think you're just mad YOU didn't have the story.
Oops. I addressed that to josh, when I meant to address it to Tony. Josh seems all right. And, Josh, would it have been more acceptable if the reporter would have camped outside the Channel 5 woman's house? This was sneaky, but it wasnt invasive.
josh, you're bending around a lot to justify your distatse for this case. The point of the piece seems to be to get us to think about channel 5's tactics. I hardly think the pitch reporter is endorsing these tactics or planning to use them in the future. Channel 5's ambush interviews are theatrical bullshit designed to look good on TV but not get any answers. This was, too, with one key difference. It actually made a point.
Actually, Josh, I'm not "worked up" over flowers and candy. My point is that you can't say this "ambush" is the same as KCTV's "ambushes". KCTV... and every other TV station... doesn't lure its "victims" out of their workplace with flowers and candy. The vast majority of "ambushes" done by TV stations are done only after the reporter asks repeatedly for an interview... and usually, the "victims" are public (or high-profile) officials who've been involved in wrongdoing. Don't justify this "ambush" by pointing to the ones done by KCTV, because they are ENTIRELY different. I'm not saying KCTV is perfect or that they didn't steal that story... or even that a small number of its "ambushes" are not questionable, BUT there's simply no legitimate comparison between KCTV's behavior and what this Pitch girl did.
Tony - what a load of bullshit. Some unsuspecting dimwit walks out of their house or place of business only to have one of these douchebags and camera crew run up to their face and start demanding answers?
And you get worked up about candies and flowers?
This was a great way to point out to KCTV5 and the rest of the local "gotcha" hacks that turnabout is totally fair play.
Channel 5 should investigate Jack for reading trashy publications.
You can see in the video the exact moment when she realizes the "surprise".
Way Cool!!! It seems only they feel that they have the right to surprise people and embarrass them on TV. She apparently didn't like it when the tables were turned on her!!! She should take that into account when pulling the same thing on unsupecting people.. Why isn't this on "The News Channels Too???????? Keep up the good work and keep trying like they do until you get to the truth and she admits her screw up!!!!
The difference between any ambushes KCTV does and your ambush is that KCTV doesn't offer flowers or use other trickery to interview the subject. As the news director, said, it is indeed very uncool.
What if a reporter from KCTV pulled the same trick and asked your editor, "How do you respond to the allegation that no one reads your newspaper and that it's merely a forum for uneducated opinion and defamation?" I don't think you editor would look any less shocked and uncomfortable than this woman did in your video.
Tony - what a load of bullshit. Some unsuspecting dimwit walks out of their house or place of business only to have one of these douchebags and camera crew run up to their face and start demanding answers? And you get worked up about candies and flowers? This was a great way to point out to KCTV5 and the rest of the local "gotcha" hacks that turnabout is totally fair play.
Channel 5 should investigate Jack for reading trashy publications.
You can see in the video the exact moment when she realizes the "surprise".
Way Cool!!! It seems only they feel that they have the right to surprise people and embarrass them on TV. She apparently didn't like it when the tables were turned on her!!! She should take that into account when pulling the same thing on unsupecting people.. Why isn't this on "The News Channels Too???????? Keep up the good work and keep trying like they do until you get to the truth and she admits her screw up!!!!
The difference between any ambushes KCTV does and your ambush is that KCTV doesn't offer flowers or use other trickery to interview the subject. As the news director, said, it is indeed very uncool. What if a reporter from KCTV pulled the same trick and asked your editor, "How do you respond to the allegation that no one reads your newspaper and that it's merely a forum for uneducated opinion and defamation?" I don't think you editor would look any less shocked and uncomfortable than this woman did in your video.
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Tony, what, do you work for KCTV5?
"KCTV... and every other TV station... doesn't lure its "victims" out of their workplace with flowers and candy. "
"Lure" them? The Pitch came to their front door. If they hadn't have had a cover story, whats-her-nuts wouldn't ever have "graced" them with her presence.
I take it you would have preferred that the Pitch staffers wait for her to leave, then follow her home and jump out and start haranguing her?
Kinda like KCTV5 does? She is a public figure, yes? And this is a news story, yes? And KCTV5 has denied to speak to the Pitch before, yes?
Did you think this out before you started bitching?