Stories Critical of EP Police Department & Sweeps Period
There has been a lot of public discussion over the El Paso Police Department and various charges of abuse, etc.
Chief Greg Allen even issued a press release on the coverage.
The only note I wanted to add about it that has gone largely undiscussed is the fact that we are in the sweeps period. Its not like these issues are new and suddenly happened this week.
So I checked with the News Director of Canal 26 KINT, Zoltan Csanyi to find out if sweeps period had anything to do with the stories being run now as opposed to any other period.
"It is 100% related to sweeps", Csanyi explained.
I'm not saying that PD doesn't have issues and I realize that any organization has room for improvement. But I think part of the conversation should be the fact that we are in the middle of the sweeps period and I think it has an absolute bearing on the framing of the overall story.
Canal 26 has been running stories for the sweeps period regarding escaping the violence in Juarez, robotic surgery in El Paso, and premature births.
Chief Greg Allen even issued a press release on the coverage.
The only note I wanted to add about it that has gone largely undiscussed is the fact that we are in the sweeps period. Its not like these issues are new and suddenly happened this week.
So I checked with the News Director of Canal 26 KINT, Zoltan Csanyi to find out if sweeps period had anything to do with the stories being run now as opposed to any other period.
"It is 100% related to sweeps", Csanyi explained.
I'm not saying that PD doesn't have issues and I realize that any organization has room for improvement. But I think part of the conversation should be the fact that we are in the middle of the sweeps period and I think it has an absolute bearing on the framing of the overall story.
Canal 26 has been running stories for the sweeps period regarding escaping the violence in Juarez, robotic surgery in El Paso, and premature births.
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