Winter 1999 Vol. So have the fears of viewers who have an exaggerated sense they might be victims of such crimes. At KVUE-TV, we decided it was time to fight back against a perceived crime wave we in the media helped create. We vowed to take a more responsible approach, trying to paint a more balanced picture of violent crime in our community. We've been working all year to raise the standard for covering violent crime news on television.
Violent crime can be easy to cover.
It's shouted out to us on police scanners in our newsrooms. The video is dramatic. The police do the research. Often all the people we need to interview are right there at the scenethe victim, the suspect, the police, the neighbors. Our tendency has been to gather our video as quickly as possible and rush to air.