DHS director: TV report 'sensationalized' [Evelyn Miller Murder]

WHO-TV ^ | November 4, 2005 | Sonja Heitshuisen

[richierichIII]

Report airs DHS issues in the tragic murder of five-year old Evelyn Miller and others under DHS care.

Click on DHS Invesitgation to view video

[richierichIII]

DHS playing CYA? Follow report on WHOTV.Com with video.

See follow-up Des Moines Register article at http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/NEWS10/511040370/1001/galleries

[memories_of_evelyn]

Full text of the memo the DHS director sent is on the Register website at http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/NEWS/51103012.

I watched the video online, it didn't seem that sensationalistic.

[newgeezer]

Thanks but, that URL doesn't work (at least in my browser) because of the period at the end.

So, here it is again (it will open in a new browser window):
     DHS director's memo about WHO-TV series


Evelyn Miller ping.

[richierichIII]

Thanks for the post. The link will work without the period at the end.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/NEWS/51103012

[memories_of_evelyn]

Thanks for correcting that.

This sitaution seems very CYA. Why else would you issue a memo criticizing a report that hasn't been released yet?

[newgeezer]

This sitaution seems very CYA. Why else would you issue a memo criticizing a report that hasn't been released yet?

Well, if my company's CEO had the opportunity to see an advance copy of a local news org's investigative report in which my company is portrayed in a very bad light, I would expect the CEO to send a memo to all the employees to (1) prepare us for what we're about to see and (2) respond to the allegations -- false or otherwise, it really doesn't matter -- in order to minimize the damage inside the company (morale, etc.).

So, I don't question why the memo came out before the report aired. In my opinion, the timing of the memo is not indicative of whether the report contains any truth.