KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey has an interesting post up about community activists allegedly arranging media coverage for their constituents/clients — for a few grand a pop.
Here’s Carey’s advice to anyone approached by a community activist/shakedown artist:
People: You don’t have to pay for news coverage. Just pick up the phone yourself and call KRIV, KHOU, KTRK, KPRC, KTRH, The Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, Houston Defender or CW39 yourself. We all will take your call and if you have a legitimate issue – you will get news coverage without costing you a penny.
