Telling it Like it Isn't

CBS 5 Reporter Claims Chronic Pain and Gets a Medical-Pot Card, Then Implies Wrongdoing

By Matthew Hendley Thu., May 16 2013 at 1:07 PM
Categories: Telling it Like it Isn't
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Reporter Morgan Loew, telling it like it isn't.
Hopefully you missed CBS 5's "investigation" into the state's medical-marijuana program, in which they claim that "young, healthy" people are getting medical-marijuana cards.

To prove it, reporter Morgan Loew, acting undercover, tells a doctor he's had back pain for months -- pain he said was "distracting." He couldn't tell the doctor whether the pain made it difficult for him to concentrate on things but admitted that it limits his ability to run.

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Telling it Like it Isn't

KPHO Not Letting Go of Belief in Bigfoot -- Alleged Sasquatch Toenail Found

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Feb. 14 2013 at 9:31 AM
Categories: Telling it Like it Isn't
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The Valley TV station that claims it's "Telling It Like It Is" seems to report on mythical creatures a lot more than any other news outlet in the state.

This time, the news-hounds at KPHO -- often glorified by New Times for their ongoing Chupacabra hunts -- are reporting on the alleged find of Bigfoot's toenail.

See also:
-KPHO Reporting on Mythical Creatures Again
-KPHO Thinks it Saw a Chupacabra...Again
-Mysterious Light Seen Over Valley; KPHO's Report
-KPHO Still Thinks Chupacabras Are Real
-KPHO Thinks Ugly Dog Might be Chupacabra


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Pass the Tinfoil

Conspiracy Theory Alert: People Think KPHO's Involved in Grand Obama Reelection Scheme

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Oct. 23 2012 at 8:45 AM
Categories: Election 2012, Pass the Tinfoil, Telling it Like it Isn't
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Folks, take your early voting ballots and throw them straight in the garbage -- KPHO, Channel 5, has already "called" the election for President Obama.

"The 2012 presidential election is still more than two weeks away, but on Friday a CBS News affiliate in Arizona called the race for President Barack Obama," writes Daily Caller "investigative reporter" Matthew Boyle.

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Telling it Like it Isn't

Cats High-Five Each Other, KPHO's on Location to Tell it Like it Is

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Apr. 23 2012 at 3:32 PM
Categories: Telling it Like it Isn't
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There's apparently a chupacabra shortage over at KPHO, because the TV station is "telling it like it is" about a new animal phenomenon -- high-fiving cats.

Here's the entire story: A bobcat was on a guy's porch in Cave Creek. One of the guy's house cats goes up to the glass door, and at one point, it looks like the bobcat and the house cat high-five each other with the glass between them.

In a story the KPHO anchor says "we just have to share," the TV station's coverage of high-fiving cats is absolutely incredible: Three different videos on the high-five on the station's website, on-location reporting, an interview with the homeowner -- and the homeowner's re-enactment -- and the "back story."

Get this -- it was also Friday the 13th, which was mentioned twice in the online version.

There's no follow-up story from KPHO as of yet, but we would assume it would tackle the issue of whether cats allegedly rule, and dogs allegedly drool.

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Telling it Like it Isn't

KPHO Reporting on Mythical Creatures and UFOs Again

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Mar. 2 2012 at 2:32 PM
Categories: Telling it Like it Isn't
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That's a video of something that isn't Bigfoot, as KPHO is "Telling it Like it is."
In less than a year, KPHO -- always "Telling it Like it is" -- has managed to run three stories about chupacabra sightings.

Now the local news station is tackling bigger and badder mythical beasts, hooking up with the Navajo Nation Rangers to check out "investigative reports" of other creatures that don't actually exist.

KPHO is now looking into the non-chupacabra side of the paranormal, including -- in the words of our local KPHO anchor -- "ghosts, witchcraft, UFOs, even... Bigfoot."

The Navajo Rangers have been investigating these types of things for about 10 years now, but when there are UFOs and chupacabras to be found, KPHO always seems to be there.

According to the investigative reporter in the segment, "Here in Arizona, so-called paranormal activity is abundant."

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Media, Schmedia

KPHO Thinks it Saw a Chupacabra...Again

By James King Wed., Jan. 4 2012 at 11:24 AM
Categories: Media, Schmedia, Telling it Like it Isn't
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KPHO: "Telling it like it is" -- even when it comes to animals that don't actually exist.
​Say what you will about the local TV news-hounds at KPHO, but the station is again leading the way in chupacabra-related journalism -- for the third time in less than a year, KPHO is reporting a sighting of the mythical animal, which doesn't actually exist.

If you're unfamiliar with the fictitious beast, click here.

Under the headline "Could it Be? Another Chupacabra Sighting?" KPHO reporter Steve Stout tells the tale of a Tucson meteorologist who claims he saw a chupacabra.

According to Stout, "some think it's the chupacabra, the creature of urban legend."

"Rumors of the mythical creature have been bouncing around the Southwest for half-century. [Chupacabras are] said to attack goats and livestock," Stout explains in the article.

Again, just to be clear, chupacabras aren't real -- but that hasn't stopped KPHO from reporting on them every time someone sees a sick coyote.



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Down on Brown

"Dream Act" Signed by California Governor Jerry Brown. KPHO Suggests the "Dream" Could Be Coming to Arizona. Ha!

By James King Mon., Oct. 10 2011 at 2:33 PM
Categories: Down on Brown, Immigration Spotlight, Telling it Like it Isn't
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Dream Act for Arizona? Shyeah...right.
​The "Dream" came true for illegal immigrants in California over the weekend -- Governor Jerry Brown signed a version of the controversial Dream Act into California law Saturday. Now, local TV news station KPHO is suggesting the "Dream" may be coming to Arizona (insert Wayne Campbell's "Shyeah...and monkeys might fly out of my butt" here).

California's "Dream Act" makes illegal immigrants eligible to receive state financial aid to attend California universities and community colleges. A federal version of the bill failed in the United States Senate last year.

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Animal Use and Abuse

DPS Closes Highway During Rush Hour to Rescue a Wayward Rabbit. Yeah...a Rabbit *VIDEO*

By James King Thu., Sep. 29 2011 at 2:59 PM
Categories: Animal Use and Abuse, Telling it Like it Isn't
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The DPS shutdown a highway to save a rabbit.
​As if rush hour in Phoenix isn't miserable enough, about 8 this morning, the southbound State Route 51 was briefly closed by Department of Public Safety officers as they chased a wayward rabbit off the freeway.

That's right -- they shut down the highway to rescue a rabbit.

DPS spokesman Bart Graves didn't have a whole lot of information on the road closure, telling New Times "we had a report of a rabbit scurrying about the freeway nearly causing an accident on SR 51 as drivers swerved to avoid hitting it. We tried to locate the animal and get it off the road, but it apparently hopped off before we got there."

KPHO -- always "telling it like it is" -- got its hands on some video of the officers chasing the rabbit. The TV news station hammed it up on its website with the following headline: "DPS Officers Save Rabbit From Hare-Raising Experience" (wocka, wocka, wocka).

See some video of the rabbit below.

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Everybody, Just Calm Down

Mysterious Light Seen Over Valley; KPHO's Report, and the Phoenix P.D.'s (Perfect) Response

By James King Wed., Sep. 14 2011 at 9:53 PM
Categories: Everybody, Just Calm Down, Telling it Like it Isn't
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​You may have witnessed a mysterious light flash over Phoenix earlier tonight. Apparently, a lot of people did. We didn't -- but a "slew" of KPHO viewers, and Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos, the Phoenix P.D.'s Air Unit, and several other Phoenix police officers certainly did.

Of the aforementioned witnesses, KPHO's the only one taking the "event" seriously.

We corresponded with Martos about 20 minutes ago. He reports the following:

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Telling it Like it Isn't

KPHO Still Thinks Chupacabras Are Real

By James King Wed., Jul. 20 2011 at 9:52 AM
Categories: Telling it Like it Isn't
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Unless it comes to mythical beasts that don't actually exist.
​For the second time this year, KPHO is "Telling it Like it is" about mythical chupacabras. The problem, obviously, is that chupacabras aren't real.

On the TV station's website right now is a story with the headline "Teens Kill Possible Chupacabra."

It's a story about a Texas teen named Carter Pope, who claims he shot and killed "a real live chupacabra."

Again, chupacabras aren't real.

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