[nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and the negative impact

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Right but if this was a story say about child porn, there is no way in hell a reporter would break the law to do a story on that. The penalties are just too stiff. 
I'd argue that if these dogs really are a problem, then work it through legal channels and make the penalties so people really think before they do it. It wn't stop the problem of course, but it will slow it down.
Plus, anybody can say "I'm a freelance reporter" if that's all it takes to get Fido into a store or whatever. 


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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Fake service dogs and the negative impact

Leaving out the possibility that the emphasis is in the wrong place on this story, how would you recommend the reporter get the story? They do these kinds of things. I would ask why the story in the first place? What prompted it? Investigative reporters do things that help them with investigation, but why would you do that story for the TV news? Is it a slow news day, or did they have a really good reason for producing such a story? Anyway, I do see your points, but investigative reporters do make arrangements. And, of course, that business is pretty competitive, so they want to have a story that allegedly knocks their public's socks off. 
Cindy

On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) wrote:

> My understanding is that they don't get permission. Under cover guys and gals do, not reporters which is what frustrates me about reporters breaking the law.
> Plus, if reporters were doing really bad stuff like the under cover guys, we wouldn't know who they were.
> Reporters are going after the fruit with no real penalty behind it.
> I still say what the reporter did was wrong given the aim of her story.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:57 AM
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> Who does what because the penalties aren't that stiff? You mean write the stories by way of taking the dogs into the places? They aren't going to get penalized if they let the authorities know they are doing so, are they, and if they are writing a story? I may be all wrong about this, but this is often how people get their stories. It is very much similar to an under cover agent work, so they probably get cooperation. Maybe I'm just wrong about this, but that's my thought on it.
> 
> Cindy
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