{"id":141,"date":"2007-06-16T12:10:12","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/2007\/06\/16\/my-wrbl-news-3-appearance-on-the-cobra-collections-story\/"},"modified":"2016-10-30T07:46:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T11:46:40","slug":"my-wrbl-news-3-appearance-on-the-cobra-collections-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"My WRBL News 3 Appearance on the Cobra Collections Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JaniceIt appears persistence and momentum does pay off.\u00a0 WRBL News 3<\/a> finally paid attention to the Cobra Collection scam story on June 14, 2007.\u00a0 However, they called it the “Cobra Collection Controversy<\/a>“.\u00a0 Boy, is that an understatement.\u00a0 I liked WTVM’s title much better because it was more bold but also accurate.\u00a0\u00a0In their broadcasts, they\u00a0titled it a “business scam” and “collection scam”.<\/p>\n

I don’t really know how the process of getting a local story\u00a0on-air at all.\u00a0 I have managed to stumble my way through the process a few times but it has always been a chaotic process.\u00a0 But I am happy Janice Park of WRBL finally caught wind of it and decided to move on it.<\/p>\n

She said my email sounded like I was angry with them (WRBL).\u00a0 Actually, I was more frustrated because I didn’t understand why I got a poor response.\u00a0 I thought there was so much put together and the client accounts of $6 million would be large enough.<\/p>\n

I was thinking to myself, does Cobra Collections have\u00a0have to blow up a building or the client accounts to reach $10 million to make the news?\u00a0 If it wasn’t going to be a good story, why not?\u00a0I simply wanted to know.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, after scrambling around making\u00a0calls, I provided Janice Park a list of people who would appear on camera to talk.\u00a0 Steve Klemetti of Central Print & Signs and Nancy Wilhite of Dr. Jay Brodwyn’s office\u00a0were both willing to help the cause.\u00a0 I was grateful and they did a fantastic job.<\/p>\n

In my interview with WRBL<\/a>, I attempted to be concise.\u00a0 As always, it was interesting to see what they would choose to air.\u00a0 I looked like hell after standing\u00a0in the sun sweating while talking to the cameraman.\u00a0 But we finally came into my air-conditioned private office and knocked out the interview.<\/p>\n

The June 14, 6pm airing was nice clocking at nearly 3 minutes, however the 11pm airing was a bit more disappointing.\u00a0 Nevertheless, it was far more than we were getting before.\u00a0 You could see my website CobraCollectionScam.com<\/a>\u00a0in the news story.<\/p>\n

I asked Janice Park to be straight with me after I thanked her.\u00a0 I said if this piece was done and did not warrant an update, I would not supply her any new information.\u00a0 I had said the same thing to Zaneta Lowe of WTVM.\u00a0 Fortunately, both reporters were open to updates.\u00a0 So, for now, I have a direct line and email to the two reporters if there are any significant developments.<\/p>\n

If any of you want to see the WRBL news story, you can see the\u00a0video on WRBL.com\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0CobraCollectionScam.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It appears persistence and momentum does pay off.\u00a0 WRBL News 3 finally paid attention to the Cobra Collection scam story on June 14, 2007.\u00a0 However, they called it the “Cobra Collection Controversy“.\u00a0 Boy, is that an understatement.\u00a0 I liked WTVM’s title much better because it was more bold but also accurate.\u00a0\u00a0In their broadcasts, they\u00a0titled it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,32,28,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-affairs","category-cobra-collection-agency","category-columbus-ga","category-television-movies","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/janicepark-tv1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p927L-2h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=95","url_meta":{"origin":141,"position":0},"title":"Cobra Collection Agency – Cease & Desist Order","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"March 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Typically, I would not make a post of this kind here.\u00a0 But seeing as I have found some information on Google which negatively associates me with Cobra Collection Agency\u00a0of Columbus, GA, I must post a response that will also be Google-able (is that a word?) to offset that negative association.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Business Affairs"","block_context":{"text":"Business Affairs","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?cat=27"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":124,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=124","url_meta":{"origin":141,"position":1},"title":"My WTVM Channel 9 Appearance on the Cobra Collections Story","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"June 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Two days ago local TV station\u00a0WTVM Channel 9 got wind of the brewing Cobra Collections story here in the Columbus GA area.\u00a0\u00a0Zaneta Lowe, reporter for WTVM,\u00a0paid a visit to Janice Ledden and several \"victimized\" business customers.\u00a0 I was one of those unhappy business customers.\u00a0 I was informed that a fellow\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Business Affairs"","block_context":{"text":"Business Affairs","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?cat=27"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/wtvm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/wtvm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/wtvm.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/wtvm.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/wtvm.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":119,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=119","url_meta":{"origin":141,"position":2},"title":"Unsolicited Email Regarding Cobra Collection Agency","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"May 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I received an unsolicited email today from Jennifer,\u00a0an office manager based in Sumner, GA.\u00a0 Her company is the latest victims of Janice Ledden and Cobra Collection Agency.\u00a0 It appears she Google searched Cobra and found my blog report.\u00a0 I spoke to Jennifer earlier today and received permission to share her\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cobra Collection Agency"","block_context":{"text":"Cobra Collection Agency","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":127,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=127","url_meta":{"origin":141,"position":3},"title":"Onslaught of New Information for CobraCollectionScam.com","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"June 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I have to tell you, I am really tired. 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