Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

US: "National Hispanic Journalist of the Year" suspended.

  • 18-10-2007 5:01am
    #1
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    (That the US feels such an award is necessary is another matter entirely!)

    http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2007/10/kdfw_suspends_rebecca_aguilar.php

    "KDFW Suspends Rebecca Aguilar After Controversial "Ambush""

    We are all aware of claims of media bias. In this case, a journalist seems to have allowed her personal opinions on a subject interfere with her objectivity. Usually journalistic screw-ups when it comes to anything relating to firearms comes from simple ignorance, but not in this case.

    Short story is that she 'ambushes' (interviews on the street) a 70-year-old who was newsworthy after having killed two burglars in three weeks. The youtube link is on the website above, the TV station has pulled the report. Her opinion on the use of lethal force, quite legal in Texas, seems quite clear from her line of questioning as she brings him to tears. The public response was such that the report had been pulled from the website only a couple of hours, the suspension came two days later.

    Doubtless she'll be back on the job, but hopefully not before she meets up with the bloke again and offers a truly honest apology.

    NTM


Comments

  • #2
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Two burglars in three weeks? This woman doesn't seem to possess much... prudence, whether for her job or her life :)

    I think if I was interviewing someone with that reputation I'd be treading a bit more carefully...

    The journalist was flat out rude.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



Advertisement