WOWT Cited As Source In World-Herald Story

The Omaha World-Herald credited WOWT (Cox Channel 8) as its source of information that a teenage boy who had been hit by a vehicle Sunday night had died.

In some Monday editions including its online story at Omaha.com, World-Herald reporter Susan Szalewski wrote, "Paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the boy as he was taken by ambulance to the Nebraska Medical Center, a 911 dispatcher said. The child later died at the hospital, television station WOWT reported.

In a search of the World-Herald's archives, the last time the state's largest newspaper cited one of the five Omaha television stations as a news source was for a Nov. 10, 2004 story about an investigation into a black Ciy of Omaha employee's report that a white co-worker showed him a noose at work and said "this is for you."

"The man who allegedly made the remark told Channel 3-KMTV News that he didn't mean any harm. The man declined to comment to The World-Herald Tuesday morning," read the story written by World-Herald reporter Joseph Morton.

The accident last night happened before 8. All five Omaha television newscasts at 9 and 10 p.m. provided some type of coverage. WOWT reporter Rebecca Kleeman reported live from the scene, near 32nd & Q.