vision2020@moscow.com: Re: Flood and KRFA's (non) coverage
Re: Flood and KRFA's (non) coverage
Lois Melina (lmelina@moscow.com)
Mon, 12 Feb 1996 12:56:55 -0800
At 10:47 AM 2/12/96 PST8PDT, Matt Kitterman wrote:
>> KRFA our "news and views" NPR station did not exactly distinguish
>> itself during the flood.
>>
>IMO, KRFA has never distinguished itself re: local news coverage i.e.
>Palouse and North Idaho. They just don't seem to think it is a
>priority. We get "glowing reports" from Charlie Compton in the
>TriCities but no coverage of Idaho stories. (It is after all an
>Idaho station--shouldn't we expect more?)
>matt .. .. ..
Ditto the so-called "Idaho" Spokesman that doesn't even include Latah County
as part of "North Idaho."
BTW, I was amused to hear the national news on NPR say this morning that
"now that flooding is subsiding in Oregon and Washington, attention is
turning to Idaho." Which direction do they think rivers flow out here? (Is
this Continental Divide bias?)
I sent them an Email.
Lois
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