After reading these posts about Mr. Keady and hearing some parts of
our lovely radio host refering to it last night, I must say many are
missing the point.
ABC News was here to cover - shootings. The report was going to be
bad. No one could do any kind of covering, ignoring or any other
word you choose, to make the bad report look, in the final analysis,
postive. No one is suggesting Keady had the power to do that.
Although you must tell the truth, you don't have to make the
situation look worse than it is. I agree Keady shouldn't tell
falsehoods to make us look good, but certainly telling a falsehood
to make us look worse than we are is bad too. That's what he did
wrong.
The viewers were already getting the confirmed story that something
scary was happening here. A councilman's job would be to then tell
the rest of the truth - that are police department is revamped, the
county is helping and we are working hard against it.
I hope all of you screaming for "truth" will admit telling the whole
truth is more fair and makes us look better, so it is truthful and
good for AP.
Keady has not yet realized he is no longer some guy with a picket
sign rallying against the man. As a public official, his words
carry weight now. He has a duty to you and me to make sure the
picture of Asbury Park to a tri-state TV audience is a balanced one.
We are rarely on TV. For him to use a false fact to make us look
worse than we are was what he did wrong.
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