To: James Keith, Assistant News Director, KABB-TV (San Antonio, TX), KABB-TV, and News KABB
Tell Fox News to Give Reporter Chance to Apologize with Accurate, Updated Story
By signing this petition you are helping Fox News to uphold the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics: Seek truth and report It, minimize harm, act independently, and be accountable. (Taken from: http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp)
Why is this important?
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at about 9:50 p.m. on the access of Potranco and Hwy 151 in San Antonio, Texas, my brother, Abraham Valadez, was side-swiped by a black SUV while on his motorcycle. The motorist of the SUV stopped to see what they did and then sped off. The Fox News reporter (unknown) on the scene fabricated a story by reporting that my brother was joyriding. This is completely false. His main form of transportation is a motorcycle. The reporter never mentioned that there was a black SUV that changed lanes without signaling and by doing so hit my brother on his bike causing him to fly and tumble 3-4 times. He hit the curb on the island and as a result a part of the handlebar of his bike caught his hand and almost severed it. Does Fox have a habit of fabricating stories on the suffering of others?
This is the response from the Asst. News Director of KABB-TV in San Antonio, TX, James Keith:
Please accept our apologies for the poor reporting and for the unfortunate incident. We will address this with the employees who wrote the story. It's never our intention to report false information. Again, my apologies. Thanks for letting us know!
James Keith
Assistant News Director, KABB-TV
(210) 442-6301
[email protected]
Although it is never the "intention to report false information" from any news source, it is unfortunate that this happened and it would only be right to correct the error in an updated news story.
This is the response from the Asst. News Director of KABB-TV in San Antonio, TX, James Keith:
Please accept our apologies for the poor reporting and for the unfortunate incident. We will address this with the employees who wrote the story. It's never our intention to report false information. Again, my apologies. Thanks for letting us know!
James Keith
Assistant News Director, KABB-TV
(210) 442-6301
[email protected]
Although it is never the "intention to report false information" from any news source, it is unfortunate that this happened and it would only be right to correct the error in an updated news story.