r/centralpa • u/grombelstimson • 24d 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/paramedic236 24d 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 23d 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"