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Topic: Letters Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 1/31/2006 10:12:43 AM
Title: Is ABC's PR department directing news coverage?
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
From JOHN GILARDI: Without a doubt my thoughts and prayers are with Bob Woodruff, Doug Vogt and their familes at this harrowing time. However, I can't help but wonder whether the ABC News team has full editorial freedom on this story or the network's PR department is dictacting the coverage. Why does the public have to rely on publications other than ABC News to get a realistic view on the medical conditions of these journalists? Why do the New York Times and others such as USA Today give us fact-based, unsensationalistic assessments of the severity of Woodruff's condition while the ABC News coverage smells of a good spin doctor at work? Seems to me another case of separate standards for sensitive issues involving journalists. We all realize that the families of these two journalists have rights to privacy, but it's time for ABC News to stop sugar coating the story. [Permalink]

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