STRATHMAN SAYS BLOG NOT SOURCE FOR SWEEPS PIECE Jenn Strathman, "Call for Action" reporter at KSHB, said in no way did she get her idea for a sweeps story on Franklin Suzuki from any blogs (KSHB vs. Blog?). Strathman responded to the question during an interview on the Darla Jaye talk show on KMBZ-980 Thursday morning that she received much of her information from a blog site. Bloggers on kctalk.com claimed the story had been on their site for months with officials from Franklin Suzuki attempting to explain their actions. Moderators at kctalk were expecting Strathman to give them credit for it and notified their members to watch the piece. However, that never happened. Strathman was adamant that she first began hearing about the story from viewers last spring. "We absolutely, positively did not get the story from the blogosphere," she told Jaye. "We have received hundreds of calls on our 'Call For Action" about Franklin and those were the source for our story." Officials from kctalk.com have refused to respond to repeated inquiries to comment on the story.
FEEDBACK FROM JENN STRATHMAN, 5-01-2008:
"...I became aware of the blog concerns over whether we would or would not give credit to KCTalk yesterday afternoon. I can assure you that I did not take the story from the blog. I did not become aware of the blog until midway through my research. "My complaints came directly to me and Call for Action. We get hundreds of complaints a month, and the complaints to CFA directly were the source of the story. I've had pretty frank conversations with my victims and gotten to know them quite well and in candid conversation the blog has never come up. So, I'm not sure any of them even blog there. "I believe in giving credit where credit is due and our station has given credit to bloggers on previous stories where they have been the source. Right now KCTalk did not fit into my story because it's not how I found out about this story. I hope this clarifies some of the concerns. Thanks."
-----Jenn Strathman, Call for Action Reporter, NBC Action News
