Action Alert: Protest Phoenix Dad-Bashing News Report
In one of the most biased news reports I’ve ever seen, Phoenix KSAZ FOX 10 beat up on so-called “deadbeat dads” in its recent piece Deputies Round Up Deadbeat Dads. In it, Rochelle Black, the mother of a 3-year-old girl, blasts her husband as a deadbeat, holding the picture of their daughter up to the man’s face. When her ex-husband, in handcuffs, begins to respond “you won’t let me see her,” FOX abruptly cuts away from him. Later, she claims poverty and he accuses her of lying before he is again cut off.
I have no idea if Jeffery Black is really the louse that his ex-wife claims he is–I do know that FOX 10 wouldn’t allow us to hear what he had to say for himself. There was no hint of balance in the piece–not one word to contradict the noxious “deadbeat dad” stereotype being pushed.
We’re asking Fathers & Families supporters to email Andrew Hasbun, the segment’s reporter, and Linda Williams, the news anchor, by clicking here. Also, call the station at 602-257-1234 and voice your disapproval.
Again, to email the relevant parties, click here.
Hasbun, Williams, or the station may defend themselves by pointing to their recent piece Deadbeat Moms & Child Support Payments. Don’t buy it–just as we don’t want to see noncustodial fathers publicly humiliated, neither do we want the same done to noncustodial mothers. There certainly are fathers and mothers who don’t come through for their children, but research clearly shows that most so-called “deadbeats” don’t pay because they are unable to do so. The recession has made this even more dramatically true.
Again, to email the relevant parties, click here.
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