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Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by sandworm101 »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #228
sandworm101 wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> A naval historiographer I follow will show, for instance, ship photos or archival video that is not exactly the ship or event he is describing. It isn't about money or resources. Even the biggest budget Hollywood productions regularly pass off incorrect ships in full understanding that most viewers cannot tell a sloop from a brig. Sometimes it is about cost or practicality, but more often it is about which ship co…

Which, in my books, invalidates either as a learning resource. I mean, as a viewer, if I spot a naval historiographer routinely using wrong footage, then how certain can I be they're not also playing fast and loose with what they're saying? After all, the only piece of clear evidence that I have points towards them not caring. As for what "comports with audience expectations", maybe this is an extreme position, but t…

Like in Master and Commander when they swapped out the American ship for a french ship as american audiances dont like seeing american ships as the bad guys.

Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by [deleted] »

dageshi wrote: post #226
wly_cdgr wrote: post #221

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See, that'd be my job as a photo editor. To know the answer. That's the job. That's what makes it a real job when actually done right. Any high school age intern can find a picture of a random radio tower. If you can't meet that standard, don't run a photo, or don't run the story. The world won't come to a standstill because a partisan rag from a provincial backwater didn't run a filler item about a wacky heist halfw…

In other words, you don't know how practical or not it is to find a picture of the tower and your opinion on the subject is worthless.

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Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by ChrisHardie »

1over137 wrote: post #209
seadan83 wrote: post #199

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A single example of one inaccuracy many years ago is not evidence for (at least as far as the Guardian is concerned): "The media did not really care much about accuracy then, and its even worse now." To say that, you would also need to know the actual accuracy rate of media over time. I don't think anyone really knows that without perhaps having done a PhD thesis on the topic. What's more, good media publishes citati…

>In this case, I think the resource was looking for just a stock photo. God forbid they just write their article with no photo at all. Better to use a wrong one apparently.

Articles should not have images that are misleading or confusing, but I do understand why most news articles have something when it comes to imagery. Most news website designs are optimized for at least one image per article, and social media sharing almost requires it if you expect any kind of engagement at all. But it’s not a problem the media world should have to solve at the expense of the reader experience. (Disclosure: I’m a journalist and digital editor who spends way more time than I’d like trying to pick the least harmful stock or file image in the cases where we just don’t have a good image for a story.)

Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by [deleted] »

m463 wrote: post #134
huytersd wrote: post #65

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Sure, but if you’ve ever been around high tension mental cables before you’ll realize you need a huge pair of balls to cut those. It’s not safety protocols, it’s fear that it might cut you in half.

If you cut a wire under tension at the very limit of its range on one end, can it hurt you?

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Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by 15457345234 »

amelius wrote: post #172
Angostura wrote: post #157

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Shame they can't set up 1 1-Watt transmitter on a poll to meet the regulations and then sent a direct feed to to the FM transmitter

Shame they can't just retransmit an internet radio station they receive over satellite.

How would that provide any sort of unique service to the local community? Anyone who wants to hear that dreck can presumably do so.

Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by Sakos »

dageshi wrote: post #207
wly_cdgr wrote: post #197

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Question is moot because I would just do my job to the minimum acceptable standard of competence by sourcing a picture of the actual tower

How and where would you source it from? The tower is gone, there's likely no public domain images of it, no stock images of it, so where do you get a picture of it?

Somebody else here in the comments found it on Google Maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/Y9QMBDPnazGT1cgj9

I feel like that would be part of the bare minimum of your job for a newspaper.

Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by nazgulsenpai »

I lived in Jasper about 15 years ago for about 5 years. Meth is a huge problem on this area and so is metal theft. Many facilities and even homes have their outdoor AC units in cages to prevent theft. Even church vans/busses not parked in garages often have their catalytic converters stolen. It is a sad state of affairs.

Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by jackfoxy »

sandworm101 wrote: post #241
TeMPOraL wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which, in my books, invalidates either as a learning resource. I mean, as a viewer, if I spot a naval historiographer routinely using wrong footage, then how certain can I be they're not also playing fast and loose with what they're saying? After all, the only piece of clear evidence that I have points towards them not caring. As for what "comports with audience expectations", maybe this is an extreme position, but t…

Like in Master and Commander when they swapped out the American ship for a french ship as american audiances dont like seeing american ships as the bad guys.

The real Master and Commander story, https://www.amazon.com/Journal-Cruise-CLASSICS-NAVAL-LITERAT..., is from the American perspective and is way better than the fictional one. To do it justice it would have to be done as a mini-series because it would be too long for a movie.

Re: Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says

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Post by graphe »

rbc wrote: post #137

There's a lot of detailed discussion in the Radio community here: https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/wjlx-200-tower-repo...

Thanks for sharing, interesting forum post by radio experts. The conclusions they suggest like it being removed because they didn't pay their lease and just transmitted from their translator makes sense.
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