Channel 12 Changes Tale on Confederate Memorial Vandalism After New Times Story
Source: Phoenix New Times
Channel 12 News has changed its story about the vandalism of a Confederate memorial at the State Capitol following a New Times article that raised questions about the station's report.
The station, (KPNX-TV), also removed video from its August 17 story about the vandalism that claimed its reporter and videographer saw the vandal leaving the scene when they showed up. The Facebook site of the reporter, Bryan West, has been taken down, too.
In the deleted video, which originally aired the night of August 17, anchor Tram Mai repeated West's claim that when West and a cameraman "pulled up to the State Capitol, they watched a man quickly leave with spray paint, then noticed the monument had been vandalized."
As New Times reported, surveillance video obtained from the Arizona Department of Administration shows that the vandalism suspect and the news team arrived at roughly the same time, at about 4:40 a.m. It showed the vandal was near West's news van before he began spray-painting the monument, that the van's headlights illuminated the memorial during the whole incident, and that the suspect casually walked back toward the van when he was finished.
Read more: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/confederate-memorial-vandalism-report-by-channel-12-news-gets-changed-video-deleted-after-new-times-story-9628634
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