Two independent sources confirmed that Aaron Pero, KRON's news director, was the individual that used the credential to attend a game involving the Giants and Texas Rangers.
One other source said that assistant news director, Stacey Baier, also used a credential that was intended for a reporter covering a game.
The reporter was said to be furious over the matter, but has not pressed the issue as of now.
This kind of thing happens from time to time when management sees a working media credential as a perk for themselves or -- even worse -- advertisers! The real working professional assigned to cover the event is then up the proverbial creek. It is behavior not characteristic of a first-class pro outfit!
ReplyDeleteThis explains why Gary Radnich was reporting from OUTSIDE the stadium during the series!
ReplyDeleteWhat else would you expect from KRON?!?! Come on, Rich. This kind of JV behavior is totally par for the course at the worst news outlet in town from the worst news managers in the business!
ReplyDeleteAnd,were any blond weather woman on their arms as company?
ReplyDeleteRadnich? he made it clear he couldn't care less about the Giants W.S. run.
It was almost -or was- forced on him to talk Giants and he now is having a much better time telling his same old stories,same old jokes,just everything the same,on his show. He makes it easy to watch ch7,travel channel,ESPN,as options. If your stuck with only radio-sorry you.
Well, the solution to this is for the Giants and Major League Baseball to refuse to credential KRON going forward...
ReplyDeleteMy sources tell me the reporter in question had his credentials pulled because he twice missed deadline covering the Giants because he was too busy watching the game. All criticisms aside, in reality who wouldn't use a ticket to go to the world series that would otherwise go unused? In addition, anyone who watched their coverage would have seen they had the game - inside and outside - aptly covered. Anyone with real newsroom experience knows stations credential more people than needed to cover a story like this - so he went to the game...big deal.
ReplyDeleteMy sources tell me you should do your homework. Wednesday night, after Game 1 of the World Series, KRON had no coverage from inside the ballpark at all. Instead, they had at least two nearly-identical stories about fans outside the park. You might also want to learn about Major League Baseball's credentialing policy, which states that credentials can be revoked if used by someone other than the individual they're issued to. It's a violation that can get the whole station in trouble, and with reporters' names and photos prominently printed on each credential, there's a big risk of getting caught.
ReplyDeleteThe only station that hit their World Series coverage out of the park was Comcast (a sports station). Watching horrible taped reports of drunk fans constantly screaming into the camera does nothing for the game. Watching numerous live shots from every bar in SF is stupid because they all result in the same loud fan dribble. Listening to anchors banter about a team and players they could barely recognize only a month earlier is horrible. The simple fact is, most of the coverage during events like this sucks. I think KRON has bigger problems than pointless World Series credentials. The ship seems to be slowly sinking and bigger fish are bound to fry.
ReplyDeleteFor years, when I worked at KRON, we were told, "Come on, just talk your way into the game, we can't find the credentials anyway". Then the Sports Anchor(not covering the game) and his date would bump into us on the sidelines, wearing my pass...It will just keep on happening until someone REALLY comes down on KRON.
ReplyDeleteI bet The Sports Leader would never do anything like this!
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