We Should Have Done a Better Job

It appears that WGCL (Atlanta) hyped a story about security at a local mall and the number of police reports that involved the mall.

The newly taken over Gray station was doing a story on security measures at Lenox Square mall, but the Atlanta Police Department called the station out for their reporting.

The video of the original story has been taken down from the WGCL website and the headline of the story has been changed.

The station also added this disclaimer at the bottom of the story, in which they admit, they should have done a better job.

This is not a good start for a struggling station that is trying to rebuild their reputation as a credible news source for the Atlanta market.

Atlanta Police posted this to their social media, after the station’s correction: