Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Sloppy, Just Plain Sloppy, WJTV.

 WJTV finally reported a Hinds County grand jury indicted Beth Ann White: 

 

Questions about why it took so long to indict White filled the pages of social media after WJTV "reported" the story.  Well, it didn't take long to indict White as the grand jury indicted her in March 2022.  WJTV was just plain sloppy and that, my friends, is the bottom line.

 



32 comments:

Anonymous said...

WJTV is an embarassment to the industry.

Anonymous said...

Has WJTV aired a correction yet?

Anonymous said...

All of the local outlets are pathetic, but they may be the worst.

Anonymous said...

Who even works there now? Anybody know?

Anonymous said...

"Kaitlin is the Digital Executive Producer for WJTV 12 News. She started working at WJTV in 2013 as a producer before becoming executive producer of the morning show."

https://www.wjtv.com/author/kaitlin-howell/

In other words, she's been there long enough to learn the four Ws and an H of reporting (who, what, where, when, why, and how).

Anonymous said...

Make that five Ws. My bad.

Anonymous said...

I stopped watching them years ago.

Anonymous said...

There's just nothing to watch on WJTV News - it covers all the standard, pre-annoumced press conferences & reads prepared statements from politicians & companies that we can get anywhere. That's it.

Anonymous said...

When I moved away I found other CBS affiliate's across the country are miles better than WJTV.

Anonymous said...

WJTV is bad, but WLBT and WAPT aren’t any better. All local news stations routinely misspell words, use bad grammar, have clueless reporters and do little or nothing to bring local news to us. Instead, they all show national news stories which can be seen again at 5:30 PM.

Anonymous said...

The qualifications of an investigative reporter in Jackson are having the ability to steal leads on this blog.

Anonymous said...

Like many of the residents of NE Jackson, the decent reporters have left town.

Anonymous said...

WLBT actually blocked me on Twitter several years ago after I pointed out their infantile writing skills and lack of investigative enthusiasm.

Anonymous said...

WJTV news is still a thing?

Howard Ballou and Scott Simmons are the only ones worth watching.

Anonymous said...

All of the stations focus too much on national news instead of state and local news. Nothing but repeat news. Why do they have news at 4 in the afternoon.
The weather reports are too long and detailed. They need to just get to the point!

Anonymous said...

@7:30 PM The long winded weather reports are fillers due to the lack of real local reporting. They do get into the weeds too much with their weather reports.

Anonymous said...

Scott Simmons is worth watching? Wow, talk about setting the bar low.

Anonymous said...

WAPT News Team is the best!
Keegan Foxx, Troy Johnson, Megan West are great at communicating the news.
We get enough news in our life.
What we really need is direction.

Anonymous said...

9:53, There are plenty of newsy entertainers willing to give very specific directions on just about every facet of life. Unfortunately, it's usually in the wrong direction.

Anonymous said...

What fun it used to be when the local affiliates had comment sections. I could troll for hours. They didn't keep those comment sections around very long for some reason. They all just kind of disappeared at about the same time.

The Bar Is Low With No Cover Charge said...

Scott Simmons always appears angry and about to blow a neck vein. Fifty bucks to the first one of you who can show me a picture of that clown smiling.

Howard Ballou is a stuffy anachronism straight out of the sixties. And his sidekick, Magnolia...Lord help us. I guess this duo is sort of like the old soap operas that our mothers and aunts use to watch - Old people just can't do without their daily dose.

Anonymous said...

Top headlines tonight. . .
yet another murder, this time . . .
another child was shot by a stray bullet fired from a car . . .
the Jackson City Council and Mayor appear at odds again . . .
boil water notices are in effect for . . .
problems persist at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant . . .
Jackson's Mayor Chokwe Lumumba held a press conference . . .
The Capital Police arrested a suspect in the _____, drawing the ire of the Mayor. . .

Now you've seen all the news to be reported for the next 12 months in Jackson.

Thank you all for tuning in.

Anonymous said...

First of all, I agree with you on all points 2:40(am??!!? my God man)

Secondly, Simmon's Twitter bio pic is him smiling. Albeit almost more disconcerting than his typical scowl, I will be happy to provide my Venmo or PayPal.

Kingfish said...

Simmons is pretty funny. When we are all just standing around waiting for things to start, Simmons is usually the one cracking up all the reporters.

Anonymous said...

Don't get me started on local news. And where do they get some of these novice reporters? They sound like they are in high school and reading a script. I know Jackson would not be considered a major market, but surely they can find reporters more professional than these. And last night one of the stations had a segment about open and running fire hydrants all across Jackson, but they failed to ask the obvious question - Why are the running in the first place?

Anonymous said...

JTV does a much better job at avoiding racebaiting and controversial reporting that wlbt is built on and apt has been moving towards more and more in recent years.
They also focus a heck of lot more on local and positive stuff.
Special programing is also an emphasis that's obvious with Walt and Sports and such that is typically lacking with the other two.

Anonymous said...

7:08 you forgot:
How conservatives are to blame for all of Jackson's problems.
And the police are too mean and need to be reigned in.
(according to residents who clearly love crime and blight)

Anonymous said...

The main issue with local TV news is the lack of content -- quality and quantity. The insert the weather 3 times in a half hour, and there are still more commercials than news.

Anonymous said...

The main issue with not only the local but national news also has people who insert their opinions as news.

Anonymous said...

From WJTV I like Melanie Christopher’s “Friday Fur Babies” and Walt Grayson’s “Focus on Mississippi”. Otherwise they aren’t much.

Anonymous said...

1:35 for the win.

The fact that opinion somehow became factual journalism is probably the root of all problems.

Anonymous said...

I can’t watch WLBT. They can’t get the sound worked out. Have to turn the volume way up when the newscasters are talking. Then when they go to a reporter or a commercial it is 3 times as loud and have to turn it way down. Very annoying.


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