Misleading the Viewers

I can’t say that I’m surprised that WGCL Weather Anchor Ella Dorsey would do this, but the fact that she was so blatant about it is head-shaking to say the least.

Dorsey went on her social media posted that she is on the cover of People magazine and thanked People for featuring her in their publication.

Dorsey claims that she can now scratch this one off her bucket list.

But, here is where she is misleading viewers into thinking People choice her for the cover and the article.

This is a paid advertisement and is not the “real” cover of people magazine. Meredith, who owns People and also Dorsey’s station (at the times this was done) did a special advertising deal that would highlight some of the different Meredith TV stations.

People did not choose Ella Dorsey, it’s a paid ad. And it was only available to people living in the Atlanta area.

If you want to spend the money, you can also be “featured” in People and be on the cover.

Then just like Ella Dorsey, you can cross it off your bucket list and give a shoutout to your mom.

This was nothing more than Ella Dorsey trying to mislead viewers into believing that she was featured on the cover of a national magazine.

Then again, we’re not surprised.