Misreported news about IB, by KUSI, gets re-posted

IMPERIAL BEACH, CA - "Ugh... unbelievable", was the overwhelming thought in Imperial Beach when locals discovered that KUSI re-posted a glaringly inaccurate news story titled, "Imperial Beach residents catch acts of vandalism on camera".

Residents, within the geographical boundaries of Imperial Beach, complained to KUSI producers about the negative news report incorrectly targeting their city after this Patch article was posted on Facebook, "Misreporting by KUSI is Negative Publicity for Imperial Beach".

Initially, KUSI complied with requests to retract the misleading story by removing it entirely from their website.

However, after this follow-up article called-out the incident as "shabby journalism" and suggested a political motive may behind the story, the traditionally right-leaning news agency doubled-down and re-posted the fake news.

In addition to re-posting the article, KUSI's owner, McKinnon Broadcasting Company, filed a copyright claim to have a back-up of the video taken down from YouTube.

Do you believe KUSI's handling of this issue is shabby journalism, politically motivated, mussel flexing, bully posturing, excess testosterone, or something else?

If you don't believe IB deserved erroneous negative reporting, let KUSI know by sending an email to news@kusi.com, and a tweet to @KUSINews, and Facebook messenger them, and tag them with @kusinews on Facebook posts.

You can also post to KUSI's tweet of the bogus story here.

RELATED ARTICLES & POSTS

Imperial Beach residents catch acts of vandalism on camera - KUSI

Misreporting by KUSI is Negative Publicity for Imperial Beach - Patch

KUSI removes story after Patch article calls for correction - Patch

Local's social media post 1 - Facebook

Local's social media post 2 - Facebook