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What’s missing from the local news
By James | July 1, 2007
When someone you know is involved in a news-worthy tragedy, you quickly find that the vast majority of local news sites are inadequate. For example: When a forest fire nearly burned down my mom’s house in South Carolina, all I could find was a quick blurb about it that didn’t even mention the fact that people might lose their homes.
After an event is over, it is a frustrating exercise to try to find follow-ups. Stories of on-going events often state things like “it wasn’t clear if…” or “no further details were available…” or “the cause of the incident was not known…” and then never bother to follow-up on the missing facts. In the case of the forest fire, I had to call the news station to get updates.
There is plenty of room on the Internet for follow-up. I don’t ask that they print it, I don’t ask that they air it, but if they would post it on the Internet I - and I’m sure plenty of others - would appreciate it.
Why don’t more stations do follow-ups?
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