Another lesson in what is and what is not Lake Worth

On December 4th, last Thursday, there was a horrific crime in John Prince Park, which is located in suburban Lake Worth, or unincorporated Palm Beach County. The crime didn't happen in the city of "Lake Worth". Recently, I wrote a post explaining the geography of central Palm Beach County, specifically what is Lake Worth and what is not Lake Worth. You can read my explanation here. The day after the crime in John Prince Park, Friday, the news media reported on the terrible incident.

Joshua Repp at WPEC (Channel 12) got it partially correct. In the text on the Ch12 website he correctly states the location is "Suburban Lake Worth" however in the video he gets it wrong. The screen grab is below. One was generally accurate by saying "near Lake Worth."

Here is a list of all the 'reporters' who got the location wrong:

David Gould at WPTV (Channel 5), who should know better.

Ari Hait at WPBF (Channel 25)

Adam Sacasa at the Sun Sentinel

This was indeed a heinous crime and we have our share of these type of crimes within our city borders from time to time. However, repeated misinformation of this type distorts the notion of what is really Lake Worth and the people that are responsible for what goes on here, in this case, District 14 of PBSO and our city of Lake Worth elected officials. 

Consider this, if any of the above 'reporters' got the suspects name wrong they would feel compelled, being the professionals they purport to be, to set the record straight, correct? If they misreported the age or sex of the victim they would also set the record straight, correct?

I am asking my readers for some creative ideas to solve this problem. Renaming of the city is not off the table, but let's see if we can come up with our Lake Worth version of the Razzie Award. This award would be bestowed on future 'reporters' who, either through laziness or time constraints (which is not an excuse according to long-standing journalism standards), cannot distinguish between the City of Lake Worth and suburban Lake Worth. As always, you can email me at wesblackman@gmail.com