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Bureau Chief
Jun 17th 2008, 09:15 AM
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/16/news-channel-8-photojournalist-charged-dui/?imw=Y
luvtosleep
Jun 17th 2008, 09:44 AM
Wow, that was a very heated discussion!!
Old Shooter
Jun 17th 2008, 11:10 AM
OK, he allegedly committed a crime. He'll probably lose his job and it will seriously mess with his life.
WHY IS THIS NEWS and how many other people were arrested in Tampa for DUI last night that didn't get their picture in the paper.
News Is Broken
Jun 17th 2008, 11:19 AM
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Spike
Jun 17th 2008, 11:40 AM
WHY IS THIS NEWS and how many other people were arrested in Tampa for DUI last night that didn't get their picture in the paper.
Seriously. These idiots are reporting on DUIs?
News Is Broken
Jun 17th 2008, 11:54 AM
Seriously. These idiots are reporting on DUIs?
Obviously it was a slow news night, considering that the overnighter had time to hit the bar. :whistle:
adam & doctor drew
Jun 17th 2008, 11:43 PM
all I can think of is that they thought it was news that he was driving the station car.
otherwise, it's a non-story.
SamG
Jun 18th 2008, 03:02 AM
I agree. The fact he was in the news car makes it news. Would you not run the story if someone was arrested for DUI driving a police car? What about a city vehicle?
Gail sirens
Jun 18th 2008, 04:17 AM
We have the best news personnel here in Tampa!
GM's, anchors, photogs, equal opportunity to screw up.
I agree. The fact he was in the news car makes it news. Would you not run the story if someone was arrested for DUI driving a police car? What about a city vehicle?Wrong comparison. Those are taxpayer-supported government entities.
Would you have run the story if he worked for, say, an architecture firm and was driving a company vehicle?
SamG
Jun 18th 2008, 10:49 AM
Wrong comparison. Those are taxpayer-supported government entities.
Would you have run the story if he worked for, say, an architecture firm and was driving a company vehicle?
Good point.
My only counter argument is does the "public visibility" of the company makes a difference?
Spike
Jun 18th 2008, 12:06 PM
Good point.
My only counter argument is does the "public visibility" of the company makes a difference?
Okay, suppose it was one of those college students driving one of the Red Bull promotional cars with the giant can of Red Bull mounted on the back. Those are at least as visible as a news vehicle. Would a DUI arrest in one of those be considered news? I seriously doubt it.
NewsguyMark
Jun 18th 2008, 12:44 PM
The visibility of the company and his driving the news vehicle made it "newsworthy."
DUI's should be reported, but are too numerous to make the news in most cases. A DUI is potentially very dangerous and is showing a complete inconsideration for other people.
SamG
Jun 18th 2008, 01:09 PM
Okay, suppose it was one of those college students driving one of the Red Bull promotional cars with the giant can of Red Bull mounted on the back. Those are at least as visible as a news vehicle. Would a DUI arrest in one of those be considered news? I seriously doubt it.
Not what I meant.
What if a FedEx/UPS driver was arrested for DUI? A beer truck driver? Who's your largest employer in your area? What if someone was driving one of their company vehicles?
Spike
Jun 18th 2008, 01:17 PM
What if a FedEx/UPS driver was arrested for DUI? A beer truck driver? Who's your largest employer in your area? What if someone was driving one of their company vehicles?
You seriously think that a DUI for a FedEx driver would be newsworthy?
Call this what it is. The fact that this story ran has nothing to do with the visibility of the company or even whether the story is newsworthy. It has to do with a long-running petty smear campaign among news operations in Tampa. The paper hates the television stations (even their "partners," owned by the same company), the stations hate each other, and every one will jump at a chance to use their public reach to embarrass the others. They're using "news" as a medium to attack their rivals in some weird attempt to prop themselves up as superior.
It's pathetic.