Stow beating story shows lack of Bay Area Media Investigative reporting

When it became apparent that the LAPD got the wrong guy in the Brian Stow beating incident, you'd have thought at least one Bay Area reporter--TV, radio, newspaper, net--would have immediately headed for LA to ask police why the suspect, Giovanni Ramirez, (now exonerated), was still considered the prime suspect.

Not the case.

This is no Monday-morning quarterbacking. I've said from day one that I had wondered why there was hardly any SF media coverage of the activity days after Ramirez was still being held, (on a probation violation), but not charged with the Stow beating.

Now comes word, LAPD have their guys. Apparently--we'll wait and see and look at the evidence, but that's really not the story here.

Where was all the investigative reporters? Did our esteemed local news contingent fall asleep at the wheel, again? Sure, we had, and have had, endless stories about Stow's condition and his prognosis, which is perfectly fine and legitimate, after all, the true horrendous nature of the crime and the endless images of Stow and his kids brings out tons of emotion.

But the lack of real dogged reporting regarding the validity of the first suspect, the obvious conclusion that he was held so may days without being charged begged for an honest analysis and some observance, but we were too busy fearing the beard and looking at the panda.

Where was "I-Team?" Yo, Matier and Ross? KGO, KCBS, KTVU, KPIX? Anybody home? Knibber, you don't count because you couldn't do an investigative piece if your life depended on it, (the flagship station, my ass). And while we're lambasting the Giants' media partners, where the hell was Comcast Sports bay Area? They would have you believe that they "report" on issues outside the chalk lines, but they were no where to be found. Maybe they spent too much money on Jaymee Sire's make-up and didn't have any money to send a team down to LA.

Once again, welcome to the new modern world of Bay Area media. "Investigative reporting" a mere afterthought to bright new shiny pictures on SFGate; TV people shouting sweet nothings and radio "anchors" telling the gullible mutts to be sure to log on to Facebook and "friend us."

Shame on all of you.

Once again, you prove to the max how thoroughly ineffective and irrelevant you all have become and most of the public knows it. That's why they have such little faith in you. All of you.

Go back to your smart phone and text that!

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