[Fwd: KATU Contact Us]

Resolution...

Personal Telco: 1
Misinformation: 0

I also responded to Leslie and suggested that the reason Mike's original 
email might've gotten lost is that there is no clear place to send 
"corrections". I picked a successful destination entirely by accident.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: KATU Contact Us
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:11:56 -0700
From: Martin, Leslie <LMartin-/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>

Caleb,
We have removed that item from our website. Your email is the first we
received regarding it.  I do agree that the entry was not professionally
posted, as the intern directly copied the guest's email onto the site.
So the information was sent directly by her-- so we had no idea of the
inaccuracy of the information.
It is now dead.
Thank you,
Leslie

Leslie Martin
AM Northwest Exec. Producer
KATU-TV (ABC)
2153 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
503-231-4692

-----Original Message-----
From: Caleb Phillips [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:27 AM
To: Fontaine, Doug
Cc: KATU Web Staff; Michael Weinberg
Subject: Re: KATU Contact Us

Doug,
	Thanks for your prompt response. However, I sent the correction
after
being notified by Mike, a fellow Personal Telco Volunteer, that he had
contacted the "guest" and she said that those were not her words. He was

having trouble getting KATU to remove this article, and asked for others

to write in support of it's removal. I'm CC-ing Mike on this, and I'm
sure he can send you a copy of his correspondence with the guest, if
need be. It would seem that since the article is patently wrong and is
attributed to a guest who won't take ownership of it, it qualifies for
removal? Seems like it might have just been a case of poor transcription

from interview to web?

Fontaine, Doug wrote:
> Caleb, the web item you refer to is a Seen On AMNW listing related to
> that person or company's appearance on AM Northwest. As such it
reflects
> that guest's personal opinion and was posted in the AMNW section by
the
> AMNW staff.
> 
> If it had been a News story there would have been a higher standard of
> fact checking and objectivity applied.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion about using the Personal Telco Project as a
> resource for information about wireless issues. I'll share that with
our
> Newsroom Web Producers who may cover the topic in future stories. 
> 
> Doug Fontaine
> KATU Webmaster
> www.katu.com
> dougf-/[email protected]
> 503-231-4246
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
> 
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 2:48 PM
> To: Mespelt, Julie
> Subject: KATU Contact Us
> 
> From: Caleb Phillips
> Email Address: [email protected]
> Phone: 5038914985
> Comments: http://www.katu.com/amnw/seenonamnw/4865761.html
> 
> This article refers to the product "RoboForm" and incorrectly suggests
> that it will encrypt wirless network communication. It does not do
this
> - the article is dangerously misleading. A (locally developed) product
> which does actually do this is JanusVM:
> 
> http://janusvm.peertech.org/
> 
> In future stories concerning wireless networking, I suggest that you
> take a moment to consult with Portland's Personal Telco Project, a
> 501(c)(3) educational non-profit whose focus is wireless networks. It
> would be free advise and would help to avoid future inaccuracies.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

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