03-04-2005, 12:19 AM
Selective reporting and sensationalism are becoming real problems. The loss of ethics in journalism is a real issue for me. Report the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
A man in Renton had a dye pack placed in his withdrawl and it went of when he exited the bank. He has a 2nd degree burn on his thigh and when it went off he thought he had been shot, so he called 911. The police asked him if he had robbed the bank, he said no. Things got sorted quickly and he got medical treatment, now he's waiting on the bank for an apology. The bank refuses to comment. The afternoon anchor on the news channel headlined the story as "Bank customer gets suprise with cash." Then the evening anchor came on and headlined the story as "Local man cashes check and is treated like a criminal." The website is showing the afternoon anchor's headline.
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There is a different local network news channel broadcasting out of Seattle that will show almost anything during their broadcast. Violence, death, drug use, they seem to show almost anything. It doesn't seem to be helping their ratings much either.
A man in Renton had a dye pack placed in his withdrawl and it went of when he exited the bank. He has a 2nd degree burn on his thigh and when it went off he thought he had been shot, so he called 911. The police asked him if he had robbed the bank, he said no. Things got sorted quickly and he got medical treatment, now he's waiting on the bank for an apology. The bank refuses to comment. The afternoon anchor on the news channel headlined the story as "Bank customer gets suprise with cash." Then the evening anchor came on and headlined the story as "Local man cashes check and is treated like a criminal." The website is showing the afternoon anchor's headline.
To see this story go to NWCN.COM (you may have to register with the site)
Quote:Bank customer gets surprise with his cash
03:48 PM PST on Thursday, March 3, 2005
KING Staff
Arturo Santiago reports
LAKEWOOD, Wash. - A Lakewood businessman was mistaken for a bank robber after he cashed a check and the teller gave him a dye pack with his cash.
The businessman, Rajiv Diwan, was walking out of the bank Wednesday with the cash in his pants when the dye pack exploded.
He put his hand in his pocket, and when it came out red he thought he had been shot.
He called police, but they didn't respond quite the way he expected.
"They asked me 'did you just rob the bank?' and I said 'no, I didn't,'" he said.
He was taken to a hospital and given a hazmat shower for the dye-pack paint, which had a strong ammonia smell.
He's now recovering from a second-degree burn on his thigh - and waiting for an apology from the bank.
"I got no explanation, they said they were just investigating what had happened," he said.
Calls to Bank of America's headquarters in San Francisco were not returned.
There is a different local network news channel broadcasting out of Seattle that will show almost anything during their broadcast. Violence, death, drug use, they seem to show almost anything. It doesn't seem to be helping their ratings much either.
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The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein