KPTV Fox 12

What ever happened to genuine news? The morning news monday through friday mornings are a complete joke. Two cackling hens yucking it up, as if they shared a pitcher of Margaritas before starting work, silly segments on youtube postings, and countless banter amongst the «anchors» about their personal hee-​hah stories. Only one word to describe the degradation of what used to be a decent news station, when Pete was part of the team: SAD.

KPTV is amateur at best. Their reporting is superficial and never investigative. The station needs to spend time gathering information for both sides of every story before reporting but being «first» is priority so if one side of the story is all they have at air time, then one side is all that viewers get.

To me Fox News Channel 12 means Wayne Garcia Shauna Parsons first class broadcasters in a Tough Reporting world everchanging always on top of breaking news morning crew is a whole different review just as good better than a cup of coffee brewed by the finest brewery in the world.
Love their positive reflect Shin of breaking news as well as upbeat stories always fun to listen to Andy Carson and Joe … all the crew they are fantastic
They seem to cover the local news and national news with class and keep you the smile on your face and gives you a good start to a good day

For a Fox News outlet, they are absolutely legit. They don’t reflect the idiocy of the national Fox «News» at all.

I want to express the great job that fox 12 did supporting the Children’s Cancer Association and the valentine telethon.
Fox 12 supports this and many events for the CCA through out the year.
Thank you

The Fox 12 weather people seem to be nice people, but seeing them several times a day is plenty at best, but now we have to endure the very juvenile ‘outfitters guide’!! What a waste of time, we don’t need that crap. Bad enough is seeing these people many other times on commercials standing under umbrellas having water hosed on them proclaiming that liquid sunshine rain won’t stop Oregonians!!” If that wasn’t enough, to follow up on that childish event, (who thinks up these things and why???) we got to see a virtual breakdown of just how that scene was accomplished!!! How utterly interesting and ingenious, Wow? Couldn’t believe it.
Enough is enough.
Lastly, if Mark Nelson and other weather reporters would be courteous enough to once in a while at least, offer an apology for making a huge misjudgement on upcoming weather conditions it would look better for them. Once again it was forecast there would be two inches of snow in Portland one day end of December, (forget which day) and NOTHING came not even a flurry! These wrong diagnoses put many people in panic status, schools, colleges etc are closed, transport limited. and hundreds of people take days off work… it’s a big deal only to get a smirk and silly comment. What about ‘boy did we get that wrong”

I don’t understand why the bad reviews. Whereas I don’t agree with Fox’s political views, I love KPTV! The afternoon and evening newscast is the only one we watch.

(rant on)
I get really tired of a NEWS broadcast using air time to pimp entertainment shows on the same network.
If I want to watch American Idol, I’ll tune it in. As it turns out, I DON’T !
Not a News show at all, but an infomercial for entertainment.
And it’s not like we get the same from ABC, CBS, & NBC affiliates.
(rant off)
I feel much better now.

Fast local coverage and the best weather/​radar app for ‘droids.

TV news is, for the most part, circling the drain.
KPTV is already in the sewer.
The worst local news station by a mile, KPTV is both embarrassing and sad. It’s all sensation-​based features (crime, animals, accidents) that are visually stimulating (car chase, store robbery) and little real news. The station covers a lot of trifling stories that rarely affect anyone except the victim, a victim that is oftentimes across America and nowhere near Portland — first live, LOCAL? No coverage of politics, no analysis, no true journalism. Just 95% garbage (a man in Beaverton who collects pencils) that matters not. Oh, and lots of weather coverage with gads of pretty pictures and graphics. Neat!
First Live Shallow — KPTV News: Newsertainment with a lot of blondes.

Mark Nelson is far and away Portland’s most experienced and correct weatherman. I usually watch KPTV just for his evening forecast. Other than their wonderful weather team, KPTV loves focusing their regular newscasts on CRIME. CRIME CRIME CRIME.

This is concerning their news programs. They are awful. I have never seen a story about LOCAL politics. Never. Not one. The only time I ever hear or see city hall or the Mayor (or the capital) on this channel’s news is when there is a scandal.
Their news consists of a few violent crime stories from around the state, then whatever lame America’s Funniest Home Videos-​like «stories» come off the satellite feed!
Honestly, I don’t care that a Quickie-​Mart clerk in Alabama hit the guy who robbed her over the head with a bottle of RC Cola!
The sad part is that our local officials could be undertaking any number of policy initiatives that adversely or positively affect this city/​state. But if this channel was your only source of info on them, you’d never know the difference. You’d just be worrying about the guy who’s secretly videotaping girls in the tanning booth.
I always thought news was a tool to strenghten our democracy…

This station is owned by Meredith Corporation, a media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa.
Shauna Parsons, Wayne Garcia, Sophie Soong, Amy Troy and Mark Nelsen are all just excellent. Mark Nelsen is one of Portland’s very best weather people, he’s in the top 3 I’d say and should not be missed. It’s way cool that Amy Troy is joining KPTV, she is one of the best.

I hope Unilocal is the apporpriate outlet to tell KPTV TO STOP AIRING STUPID SEATTLE SEAHAWKS GAMES EVERY WEEK! There are 15 other teams in the conference (that Fox gets somewhat exclusive rights to), so pick a few new ones! And quit showing just the Seahawks game, then switching to some garbage programming! I don’t appriciate that because of a deprivation for the NFL! And I’m sure 90% of Portland doesn’t give a damn about FOX News, or whatever stupid Sunday Matinée movie is on!
(However, I do enjoy Good Day Oregon, hence a two-​star rtg, as opposed to one.)

Little known fact: Glyzewski is Polish for «man who stands in the rain»

The only reason that KPTV get two stars is that waaaaay back in the day I won a trip to Disneyland from this station (before it was KPTV if I’m correct). How killer is that? I was like 9 and I got an ALL expense paid vacay for the entire fam to freakin disneyland. Yeah. It was like winning the 9 year olds lottery. Perfection.
Sans winning a trip, KPTV has done nothing for me. It is the MOST sensationalized news channel we have in this town. (NOTE: I am omitting Good Day Oregon from this review).
I do appreciate that they pack all their punch in at night during a two hour 10 and then 11 pm broadcast (when I’m least likely to turn on the TV). At least they’re not flooding the airwaves with 10 shows at 5 pm.