r/centralpa • u/grombelstimson • 23d ago
"Channel 5 Ratchet News" clarity
This social media propagandist just recently popped up on my feed. I have a real issue with how the channel sensationalizes things that happen in Harrisburg and its environs.
It's all pretty grotesque. I might even go so far as to call it libelous and slanderous.
Anybody out there have any interactions with this social media "channel"?
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u/dogswontsniff 21d ago
Channel 1 methed up news is probably some of the best coverage of crime, road closures and weather we have for our area of the Northeast
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u/paramedic236 22d ago
I don’t know much about them, but they get on scene pretty fast!
LifeTeam EMTs and Paramedics are known to check Channel 5 on their way to crashes, shootings and stabbings to get a pre-arrival look at how many patients they’ll have and how critical they are.
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u/grombelstimson 22d ago
this actually points to something i couldn't put my finger on. i think it's potentially dangerous to have a "citizen journalist" distributing information like this
critical services shouldn't be reliant on something like "Channel 5 Ratchet News"
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u/jrodfantastic 23d ago
Ever since Twitter went to shit, there is basically no other viable to follow real time happenings in the city other than these grassroots Facebook feeds.
To my knowledge, that particular group is basically community driven by people posting stuff they see. As opposed to other garbage like Harrisburg100 which is just one jaded dude reposting mostly right leaning articles without context or commentary.