RESULT FOR MAG HERO JANE CARROTT, AKA MRS ROOTVEG! From: Jane > To whom it may concern > > I am extremely concerned regarding the irresponsible, poor quality and > frankly lazy reporting of your news item “Villagers win speed battle > against noisy bikers”. > itv/news/wales/2015-01-12/villagers-win-speed-battle-against-bikers/ > > My main areas of concern are as follows: > > 1. The reporter states that 17 accidents have occurred on a particular > stretch of road between 2005 and 2011. Most people won’t bother to do the > maths but that is slightly less than 3 accidents a year, which is hardly a > remarkable figure. > > Furthermore, there is no breakdown of the kind of vehicles involved in > each accident or the cause of accident (e.g. single vehicle, SMIDSY, etc). > The reader is led into assuming that all of the accidents involved > motorcycles, but there is no clarification. I assume that this was > deliberate to cause readers to reach a conclusion desired by the reporter. > > 2. References to “Hell’s Angel-style bikers”, a “gang” and “battling > neighbours” are deliberately inflammatory, possibly a misrepresentation > and very last century. We have come a long way since the equally > sensationalist reporting of “Mods & Rockers” in the 1960’s. > > 3. The photograph of motorcyclists that has been used is obviously from > stock and not even taken in the UK – the riders are clearly in a country > that uses the right-hand side of the road with road markings that are not > used in this country. The photograph used therefore bears no relation to > the article. > > 4. The whole article smacks of sensationalist “red top” newspaper > reporting at its worst and demonstrates a worrying level of immaturity on > the part of the reporter. > > If this is a typical example of how ITV generally represents a news story > it is of great concern and casts considerable doubt on the accuracy, > even-handedness and quality of its reporting in general. > > Yours in disappointment > > Jane Carrott > Concerned motorcyclist and upstanding member of the community > > Dear Jane Carrott, > > My thanks for getting in touch regarding the article which appeared on our > website. > > I have looked into the background of this article which was supplied to us > by a large Welsh-based news agency and published in good faith. > > I understand your concern about some of the words used in the article and > the accompanying picture. > > The picture was supplied by the Press Association as what is often called > a stock shot. Looking at the number plates, it seems to have be taken > in Germany and no claim is made that it was in Monmouthshire. But given > what I have said about the wording, I have arranged for the photograph and > the article to be removed. > > ITV News does not seek to be sensationalist - but rather to report the > facts in a fair and engaging style. I am sorry that this did not appear > to be the case on this occasion and thank you once more for raising the > issue. > > Yours Sincerely, > > Andy Collinson > Programme & Digital Editor > ITV News Cymru Wales >> > Andy Collinson, Programme & Digital Editor, ITV News Cymru Wales >> andy.collinson@itv; 0844 88 10 215; 07770 925416 >> itv/wales
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 06:54:37 +0000
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