Where to Put Our Trust - a Media Critique

When a news organization quotes only one source in an article you naturally question the truth. Often when only one source is present the truth is distorted in some way. On October 26, 2018 Lauren Adams published a news story on WLKY titled, 'Police: Shoplifters become physical, pull a gun on security officer.' The article mentions several quotes coming from the police department, but does not include anything from the witnesses. 

The story is not able to be denied, but if the police are the only source provided in an article you can definitely question a story's validity and verification. The article does not mention or provide surveillance footage regardless of its possible existence. If there is in fact surveillance footage it should have been provided, or at the very least mentioned in the article. The public deserves the full truth and that can only be given with multiple sources. Below I have provided a link to the article.

https://www.wlky.com/article/police-shoplifters-become-physical-pull-gun-on-security-officer/24294936

-Guinn