Sunday, June 4, 2017

CHAK'S EDITORIAL: Revisiting the KSBW 2009 Editorial and Near-Mishap

It was late-January and early-February 2009 - KSBW, a primary NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television, broadcasted an editorial that angered some top officials from the Salinas police department. Has anyone recalled this news report from 2009?





If you recalled the investigation by the Salinas police department, recalled that during the time, interim police chief Daniel Ortega held nothing back in accusing KSBW anchor Dan Green and KSBW's management, particularly the president and general manager Joseph W. Heston and news director Lawton Dodd.

What KSBW's management was unaware was that the bias is to a much less extent a version of a bias of media in Hong Kong involving the former Asia Television for false reporting, such as for the death of a Chinese leader. KSBW has no false reporting as of so far, including those of former Salinas councilman Jose Castaneda, but KSBW's parent company Hearst Television (the TV arm of Hearst) has a reputation of not buying any FOX-affiliated stations upon my review of the television portfolio. Hearst has yet to give any reason as to why they were unwilling to buy any FOX stations. In addition, it is unknown what KSBW's or Hearst's position on freelancing apps that allow users to upload organic content to an app, of which a television station receives. Fresco is one, but Stringr is another, as I handle content for both for separate stories exclusive to apps.

And is Hearst is against any freelancing news app? Upon my review of Hearst's style, I see fewer cameramen on average by media market, which puts me into question about how many cameramen should be in a particular media market. There may be some mishaps such as the encountering of a freelancing news app user and an actual reporter like those at KSBW. Like KSBW said about the mishaps in their report by president and general manager Joseph W. Heston, I do apologize for any of those mishaps.

Even so, I do promise to develop any rules regarding encountering non-Fresco or non-Stringr partner stations, particularly regarding duplicate content. If you have any questions or comments, please inform me below.

Original Work: Kyle Chak
E-mail: chak595301@gmail.com
Twitter: @KyleSChak

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