So I'm watching the local news tonight, and one of the stories was about a guy who went to his girlfriend's place of employment (a local fast food restaurant), held a gun to her head, then shot her in the shoulder area. She's in the hospital, expected to recover and he's in jail.
http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=13232314
My question: The over the shoulder graphic (or OTS to my old news producer bretheren) behind the anchor showed the logo of the fast food chain. Proper or not, to identify the restaurant chain?
Jeff says nope, that the OTS should have been about the shooting, not the chain (but it's fine to identify it in the story itself). Had the crime been Arby-Q inspired, now that would be a different story.
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YOU ARE MY FIRST COMMENT!!! There HAS to be a prize associated with that! And yeah, I tend to agree with Jeff. Fine to mention it in the story. The OTS was in bad taste though.
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Oh, and yeah... I'm totally using that threat the next time they don't give me enough Arby's sauce.
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