Friday, November 15, 2013

WHAS News

http://www.whas.com/articles/national-news-104668/school-bans-mother-with-cancer-from-11831488/
WHAS recently reported a news story on their website about a mother and who has not allowed to enter her daughter's school because her cancer treatment caused her to let off a strong odor. There is a short 2 minute video to accompany the article. The article reads,
"Tierra Antigua Elementary had their Thanksgiving lunch today in the school's cafeteria, but because of what happened last week, Kerri Mascareno and her daughter Lynsey decided to spend the day relaxing at home together.
For Kerri, it's time that she doesn't want to waste.
"It's precious. Every little time is precious being with them," Kerri said."
What is shown above is the entire article. That might be okay if the video consisted of more information, but the article was taken from as a direct quote of the video.
 Aside from the lack of a legitimate article, this news story also violated the yardstick of "fairness." The reporter gave a brief summary of what the story was about, then spent the rest of the time interviewing the mother and child. The principal nor any administration members were interviewed, and the reporter didn't imply that any administrators had even been asked. Not even students, teachers, or other parents involved with the school were asked to comment. The news story only had one side of the story, which wasn't fair to anyone who had a problem with the mother being in the school.

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