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Does the local TV news deceive you?

Published Thursday, July 22, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Yes. One classic example: KPNX, the NBC affiliate in Phoenix, likes to tell viewers that its reporters are coming to you live from "central Phoenix," then take you to said reporter with locale billed as "Central and Roosevelt." The actual location? KPNX's rooftop, which just happens to be near the corner of, you guessed it, Central and Roosevelt. All for the sake of being live somewhere...