10News: Winners Of The Lazy News Team Award

Earlier today, the Design Review Board for the City of Escondido held a meeting that included a case review of proposed changes to the design guidelines and amendment to the specific plan for the ERTC to incorporate hospital uses. The applicant for the proposed changes was the Palomar Pomerado Health district.

As a part of its 6:30 pm news broadcast, 10News ran a report on the Design Review Board meeting.

Similarities between the actual Design Review Board meeting and the contents of the 10News report were few. A significant segment of report was focused on a scale model of the hospital. The scale hospital model shown on the 10News report was not shown at the meeting.

Another significant segment of the 10News report covered another hospital having a "healing environment." Apparently 10News has decided to act as the propaganda arm of the public relations department of PPH (a local government agency) in its effort to"persuade" the Escondido City Council to enact a zoning change to permit construction of an expensive resort-style "healing environment" hospital across the street from a 550 Megawatt electric power plant.

For being too lazy to attend the meeting and become informed on the issues, I am expressing my disappointment with the 10News Team. Particular mention is given of Hal Clement, Carol LaBeau, and Michael Chen.

Maybe the next time the 10News Team comes to Escondido, they can exhibit a better work ethic.