NOVA is represented well here. Mr. Chiang, add one more to the E-mail heap waiting to bury Geraldo.
All,
My name is XXX and I tend to watch Fox News over CNN, MSNBC, or even the local news. However, the irresponsible actions of Geraldo Rivera following the murders of 32 people at VA Tech have me seething. In the rush to grab headlines Geraldo Rivera did not do the simple, the responsible, the simple thing of confirming his facts.
Geraldo Rivera, with no evidence at all, slandered VA Tech alumnus Wayne Chiang by identifying him as the murder of those 32 people. Just in case he needs to know, the murderer of those kids, those teachers, those friends and family is named Seung Hui Cho. An innocent man has been put in danger by Geraldo Rivera's irresponsibility. Mr. Chiang has received death threats as a result of Mr. Rivera's form of yellow journalism. I can only imagine what hells Mr. Chiang has been going through as a direct result of Geraldo Rivera's pandering and posturing for his image.
Mr. Rivera has always been in a rush for bigger and better headlines, his escapades range from discovering that Al Capone's treasure vault didn't exist to giving away battle plans of our troops in Afghanistan. One would think that after being in the TV "reporting" business for the last 30 years, Mr. Rivera would have learned to think things through, and actually confirm the facts before sending false information out to the entire world.
Since Geraldo Rivera is more concerned with breaking a 'story' and grabbing the next "Vault" headline than with truth, and since his actions reflect directly on FOX News as a whole. I will not be watching your news program while Geraldo is still a part of your organization.
Geraldo Rivera owes Mr. Wayne Chiang a direct, public apology and FOX News owes the public Geraldo Rivera's resignation. If these two conditions are not satisfied, myself and others will be contacting your sponsors.
I await your response.
CTV E-mail:
Hello,
My name is XXX. I am not sure whom I need to contact to address
my concerns regarding your sloppy reporting, so I figured I would start
with "All". I figure this correspondence will be forwarded to the right
people in your "news" organization.
I need to vent my disgust at your sloppy reporting. I am speaking of the
news report on the VA Tech massacre that featured photos of innocent
Wayne Chiang along with the VA Tech murderer Sueng Hui Cho. I realize
your station was probably parroting Fox News' Geraldo Rivera's
"discovery" that Wayne Chiang was the perpetrator of these crimes.
However, even Mr. Rivera didn't show the pictures side by side. I have
some simple questions: Do all Asians look alike? All gun owners? Does
your organization actually CONFIRM rumors and stories? Obviously not; in
fact, your comparison of the photos takes the yellow, muck-raking
journalism beyond Gerldo Rivera's stupidity. I am still trying to figure
that out.
Your media company owes Mr. Chiang a public apology and your customers
deserve a full retraction. It's ultimately up to Mr. Chiang if there
will be any lawsuits, I will be among the many contributing to get it
moving along.
I await your response.