WHSV-3, ABC (TV Station)

Fake TV News: A CMD Special Report

This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's special report, Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed. Click here to read the report summary.

WHSV-3 is a Harrisonburg, Virginia-based television station and a part of the ABC network.

Station Owner

Gray Television Group

Use of Video News Releases and/or Satellite Media Tours

In the 5pm news bulletin on February 14, 2006 the station broadcast an edited and re-voiced version of a video news release produced by D S Simon Productions for DaimlerChrysler on child passenger safety. The station disclosed D S Simon Productions as the source but not DaimlerChrysler. [1]

Contact Details

WHSV-TV3
50 North Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22802 USA
Business: (540) 433-9191
Fax: (540) 433-4028
News Fax: (540) 433-2700
Web: http://www.whsv.com

SourceWatch Resources

• Audio news releases
• B-Roll
• Brand Hype
• Branded Entertainment
• Media releases
• Satellite Media Tours
• Radio Media Tours
• Public Service Announcements
• Video news releases: PR for California's Schwarzenegger administration

External links

• Diane Farsetta and Daniel Price, "Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed: A multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clients", Center for Media and Democracy, April 6, 2006.