According to a recent independent survey of North Carolinians interested in politics and public policy, “NC SPIN” is the most-watched program of its kind in the state.
Gov. Roy Cooper will deliver his inaugural speech Saturday morning even though all of Saturday’s and Sunday’s inaugural festivities have been put on ice. Cooper will deliver the address from the Executive Mansion at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. UNC-TV plans to carry the address live. On Thursday, the inaugural committee announced that Saturday’s and Sundays festivities...
RALEIGH — Ethics watchdogs say UNC-TV’s conflicting roles as both a journalistic enterprise and an arm of state government led to an ethical muddle for lawyer/lobbyist Bruce Thompson. One of his lobbying clients is Stanly County, which spearheaded efforts by the state to take over Alcoa property via legislation, but he also was a member of UNC-TV’s board, which oversees the network’s programming and fundraising.
RALEIGH — A panel from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication has criticized harshly UNC-TV for a “breakdown in the editorial process” that led to “an unbalanced and slanted view” in a series of stories on Alcoa and the state’s efforts to take over four of the company’s hydroelectric dams.
RALEIGH — The state’s efforts to take over Alcoa’s hydroelectric dams in central North Carolina precipitated the showdown, with Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-Cabarrus, on Thursday ordering UNC-TV General Manager Tom Howe and legislative reporter Eszter Vajda to provide a copy of “all footage (including all interviews, B-roll and camera masters) in your possession regarding the Alcoa Corporation’s activities in Stanly County.”
