Will someone please correct WFTV9 Orlando?
With Halloween approaching, we monitor the local news stations, waiting for the Halloween scare stories to come out.
This morning, Orlando’s ABC affiliate, WFTV put one out, suggesting, “parents can also take matters into their own hands by searching online to find out where in their neighborhood registered sex offenders live” in order to make their children safer this Halloween.
Where’s your story about pedestrian safety or DUI offenders, WFTV? If you’re going to put out suggestions as to how parents can make their children safer, why not actually suggest tips that have any validity?
Children are more than twice as likely to get hit and killed by a car while trick-or-treating (analysis of U.S. government data shows that 115 pedestrians under 18 were killed on Oct. 31 over a 21-year period from 1990 to 2010. That’s an average of 5.5 deaths each Halloween, compared with an average of 2.6 on other days). Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also shows that between 2009 and 2013, 43 percent of all motor vehicle deaths occurring on Halloween night resulted from a drunken driving-related crash.
There is absolutely ZERO (0) increased rate of sex crimes against children on or around Halloween. (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1079063209340143#articleCitationDownloadContainer
What happened to the days when journalism held standards of ethics and responsibility?
Please feel free to post this to WFTV’s article: http://www.wftv.com/news/local/parents-can-check-site-for-neighborhood-sex-offenders-before-trick-or-treating/630851778
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I just don’t get it. Fox 35 in Central Florida ran a report this morning about a serial killer in Tampa who is randomly shooting people on the street. So far 3 people have been shot. They reported, however, that the Tampa police says it is safe to go trick-or-treating.
What kind of signals are they sending to the community about SO’s? In one breath, they tell everyone to identify the local SO’s, and make sure you protect your family from them. Then they tell parents not to worry about a serial killer who has already claimed 3 victims. So the underlying message from the police is that people on the registry are far more dangerous than serial killers who are shooting people in public.
There has never been a conviction of a compliant RSO attempting a molestation of a child in the USA on Halloween. Why would any deviant criminal attempt a heinous crime when the parents are waiting in the car. Channel 9 every Halloween features stories on sex crimes and monsters. The real Monsters are Producers at WFTV causing a vigilante mentality. Last year their Reporter was knocking live on camera on RSO doors and asking if they intended to hand out candy. The sickness is not the potential molester, its greedy TV Affiliates dying for ratings. LOCAL TV News do not protect nor serve. They are performers! Writing the GM at channel 9 does very little. You need to write the FCC and report exploitation of news broadcasting. BTW, I plan on a wild adult costume party! FIGHT BACK.. JEV