KCTV 5 Caught Fear-Mongering Again
It's well known among most in town that KCTV thrives on fear-mongering, distortions, and hysteria. (After all, this is thee station infamous for The Fertilizer Story and for Katie Horner telling parents to put helmets on their kids and make them sleep in the basement under a mattress any time there's a blip on the radar within a 6 county radius.)
Early last November there was a shooting on 71 Highway near the Emmanuel Cleaver exit. The local media reported it for what it was. All the local media except KCTV, who instead reported it as a Plaza shooting. Nevermind that this shooting took place 2 miles east of the Plaza. But a Plaza shooting is scarier.
Now they're at it again.
Apparently at 3:30am this past Saturday morning, two people were shot and robbed near 8th & Grand. This location is 3 blocks inside the downtown loop. So how did KCTV portray it? As a shooting in the River Market (which is 3 blocks plus an interstate highway crossing away) to a couple who had just left Harry's Country Club. Which is amazing, since Harry's would have been closed for 2 hours by then.
KCTV could have reported the facts of the story and it would still have been a tragic story about a senseless crime. Instead they decided to make it scarier by changing the location to a popular destination area and by tying it in with a favorite neighborhood spot.
Inexcusable. Shame on KCTV!