Thursday, February 14, 2008

WASA LEADS?

The Water and Sewerage Authority is proposing a 100% rate increase. The Regulated Industries Commission holds a press conference to throw some light on the matter.
Is that a natural lead story at 7pm Wednesday?
Yes it is, for CNC 3 and CNMG.
But what about TV6?
Well they decided to go instead with the story (which was an overnight piece) about the teenaged girl who was kidnapped. They didn't even show us a picture of the girl, like CNC did later in their newscast.

TV6 ran the WASA story after their first break, and after a story on an earthquake that 'spared' Tobago. Was Trinidad destroyed?
Does the TV6 producer understand that the WASA rate increase will affect 1.3 million people, or at the very least every home and business with pipe-borne water?
Steups!

Well the WASA story was suddenly good enough to lead TV6's 10pm newscast. Can someone tell us what changed between 7pm and 10pm that made the story lead material that was not apparent to all and sundry in that newsroom at 7pm?

And even though they did not use the WASA story as the lead at 7pm, guess what the People Meter question was based on?
You guessed right: the proposed WASA rate increase!
Steups!

And, TV6 even though Picton was your lead story on Tuesday replete with an on-the-scene anchor, there was not even a copy story follow up in the 7pm news Wednesday.