Tuesday, June 14, 2022

AL TV stations and ill-informed people

At 15:21 of below video, Dale Jackson says, "If you are looking to touch the people that are ill-informed, TV ads are the way to go. If you're looking to touch people who understand what is going on, especially in politics in this state, talk radio is the way to go."

Email to TV stations
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: comments@abc3340.com, programming@abc3340.com, Susana.Schuler@hearst.com, blong@hearst.com, wcromwell@cbs42.com, rmartin@cbs42.com, collin.gaston@wbrc.com, jama.killingsworth@waff.com, julie@waff.com, paul.caron@whnt.com, mwright@waaytv.com, sgallien@waaytv.com, eric.duncan@fox10tv.com, Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com, news@mynbc15.com, dsingleton@mynbc15.com, PAlbrecht@wkrg.com, clombard@wkrg.com, robby.thomas@wtvy.com, stephen.crews@wtvy.com, TCole@wdhn.com, RWare@wdhn.com, mbunting@wsfa.com, sduff@wsfa.com, ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net, jrainey@alabamanews.net, sdiorio@wvua23.com, knorred@wvua23.com
Cc: mnelson@ua.edu, alfranks@uab.edu, jzb0124@auburn.edu, mcarey@samford.edu, cofieldj@montevallo.edu, ntdavis2@ua.edu, dralewis@uab.edu, brown11@auburn.edu, rchorn@samford.edu, doerflerc@montevallo.edu,
david.hughes@aum.edu,
Sent: Tue, Jun 14, 2022 8:09 am
Subject: Alabama TV stations and ill-informed people
Dear TV stations:
On his most recent Alabama Politics This Week show, Dale Jackson said, "If you are looking to touch the people that are ill-informed, TV ads are the way to go. If you're looking to touch people who understand what is going on, especially in politics in this state, talk radio is the way to go."
You can listen to Dale saying that at 15:21 of the video of his show at https://yellowhammernews.com/britt-to-face-brooks-in-runoff-governor-ivey-rolls-easily-and-more-on-alabama-politics-this-week/.
If your TV station is doing any soul searching about your election journalism, please include thinking about what Dale Jackson said on his show, including whether you think your viewers are ill-informed in connection with the 2022 elections, the things about which you think they are ill-informed, the extent to which your TV station contributes to your viewers being ill-informed, and what your TV station tries to do or could try to do to lessen the extent to which your viewers are ill-informed in connection with the 2022 elections.
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/06/al-tv-stations-and-ill-informed-people.html
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/post-mortem-of-al-tv-stations-election.html
Thank you for your attention to this email.

6/15/22
6/16/22 Email to TV stations
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: comments@abc3340.com, programming@abc3340.com, Susana.Schuler@hearst.com, blong@hearst.com, wcromwell@cbs42.com, rmartin@cbs42.com, collin.gaston@wbrc.com, jama.killingsworth@waff.com, julie@waff.com, paul.caron@whnt.com, mwright@waaytv.com, sgallien@waaytv.com, eric.duncan@fox10tv.com, Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com, news@mynbc15.com, dsingleton@mynbc15.com, PAlbrecht@wkrg.com, clombard@wkrg.com, robby.thomas@wtvy.com, stephen.crews@wtvy.com, TCole@wdhn.com, RWare@wdhn.com, mbunting@wsfa.com, sduff@wsfa.com, ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net, jrainey@alabamanews.net, sdiorio@wvua23.com, knorred@wvua23.com
Cc: mnelson@ua.edu, alfranks@uab.edu, jzb0124@auburn.edu, mcarey@samford.edu, cofieldj@montevallo.edu, ntdavis2@ua.edu, dralewis@uab.edu, brown11@auburn.edu, rchorn@samford.edu, doerflerc@montevallo.edu,
david.hughes@aum.edu,
Sent: Thu, Jun 16, 2022 6:27 pm
Subject: TV stations, #al05 debate, and ill-informed people
Dear Alabama TV stations:
Continuing on with your soul-searching about your 2022 election journalism, please consider the 5th Congressional district debate that WHNT hosted and evaluate whether it mitigated the condition of ill-informed voters, which Dale Jackson has talked about. https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/al05-debate.html
A video of the debate can be found at https://whnt.com/news/politics/your-local-election-headquarters/5th-congressional-district-gop-runoff-prime-time-debate/. There is also post -debate news of "Mrs. Wardynski tells Strong ‘I’m coming after you’." https://256today.com/im-coming-after-you-sparks-fly-in-al-5-post-debate-exchange/
If you review the debate, keep in mind Dale Jackson's full comment: "If you are looking to touch the people that are ill-informed, TV ads are the way to go. If you're looking to touch people who understand what is going on, especially in politics in this state, talk radio is the way to go." https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/06/al-tv-stations-and-ill-informed-people.html.
Also, note how 256 Today says, "North Alabama is a region with all types of smart people. There are rocket scientists, health care professionals, stay-at-home parents, computer analysts, educators, farmers, contractors, engineers, artists, military personnel, and so much more. No matter the occupation, the Tennessee Valley is tied together by people who are all (S)elf-sufficient, (M)otivated, (A)dept, (R)esourceful, and (T)rustworthy. People who deserve to have their local news reflect that. People who are – as the dictionary defines it – “capable of independent action,” and as we define it, smart as hell." https://256today.com/about/
While time is running out in the runoff elections, I think your soul-searching about your 2022 election journalism should continue after June 21st.
Thank you for your attention to this email.

6/20/22
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