Cashing in on Crime?

WVNS (West Virginia) is running a promo about a new podcast that they release at midnight on every other Tuesday.

Here is the promo:

A station insider sent us this email with their take:

“Notice how it’s edited to look like American Horror Story and the release time is at midnight. 

In my opinion, this is very insensitive. They need to remember at the end of the day, they are covering someone’s loved one. It’s not like they are trying to bring light to cold cases or unsolved crimes, in an effort to solve them. Instead, they’re sensationalizing the murder or crimes of people in the same community they cover. 

The fact that management approved this podcast and promotion is ridiculous.

Nexstar at its finest.”