Rating the (TV) reporters

KCAL-9 did the best job of covering the Kobe Bryant story on the day charges were filed, says Ron Fineman. The worst single effort he spotted was a people-in-the-street piece by KABC's Micah Ohlman. Of KCAL, he says:

I got no sense of bias from them, and they covered all the angles, including a story by KCAL's Joel Connable in which the rape expert said that only two percent of rape charges are false. They also had lawyers discuss the case from both sides.

Fineman's annual poll of readers to determine the best TV reporter in Los Angeles is down to three finalists: David Jackson of Channel 7, and Patrick Healy and Beverly White of Channel 4. Healy has won the last two years. Fineman's site On the Record is for subscribers only -- and he's calling on them to vote for the winner. Free trials are available if you do a Paypal thing with him.

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Notice what Fineman finds so objective? A so-called rape expert proclaiming that two percent of rape charges are false. This is based on the 1975 work of a rabid feminist, Susan Brownmiller.

An exhaustive academic survey found the rate closer to 50%. What feminist media, eh Kevin?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,92536,00.html

Posted by: Luke Ford at July 22, 2003 02:43 PM

Luke, if one comment in one report on one TV station is proof to you of a "feminist media," more power to you.

Posted by: Kevin Roderick at July 22, 2003 02:53 PM

Kevin, it obviously meant enough to you that you chose to quote that 2% number. You didn't just blindly select a paragraph from Fineman to highlight. You selected something that fit in with your worldview.

I linked to a long discussion by Wendy McElroy on this topic to back up my claims.

So Kevin, you seriously doubt that the news media is feminist? Then please list all the pro-life reporters you know. When LA Times media reporter David Shaw went to write an article on this topic, he could not find one at the LA Times. Not one among a thousand. To the overwhelming majority of reporters, it is axiomatic that women have the right to abortion.

It's also axiomatic to most reporters that mens-only clubs are discriminatory and immoral. Look what the NY Times tried to do to Augusta golf club.

How come the news media almost never covers studies that show working mothers are not good for their kids and always highlight studies that show it does not harm kids to have working mothers?

Posted by: Luke Ford at July 22, 2003 03:07 PM

That graf was Fineman's entire statement on KCAL.

Well, there was also an innocuous sentence about the 8 pm newscast that I felt was repetitive.

Posted by: Kevin Roderick at July 22, 2003 04:40 PM

Kevin, you win that point.

Posted by: Luke Ford at July 22, 2003 04:46 PM
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