Posted on 09/28/2012 12:58:06 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A man committed suicide live on Fox News a few minutes ago. FNC had been carrying a car chase in the Phoenix area and when the suspect pulled over, he ran down a dirt road, then stopped, put a gun to his head, and fell to the ground. You could hear Studio B crewmembers, who were watching a live feed of what was happening, gasp and Smith say, “Get off, get off, get off,” asking the control room to cut away. But they didn’t in time.
Fox then went to a commercial break. Upon returning, Smith said, “Well I’ve got some explaining to do.”
Smith explained that after the suspect excited the car, the network went into a five second delay, but that they failed to cut away.
“We really messed up, and we are all really sorry. That didn’t belong on TV. I personally apologize to you that that happened,” Smith added “That will not happen again on my watch, and I am sorry.”
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Filter - great song
Before the thread gets pulled:
The guy was stumbling out of the car - clearly had a gun and began running wildly - it took several seconds - all the while Shep was repeating “I don’t have a good feeling about this”
That was when he should have cut off the live feed.
So what's a little suicide from a distance?
I have no problem with a piece of human debris taking himself out of the gene pool, even if it happens on live tv. Unfortunately, he has probably procreated with several different baby mamas so his genetic crime spree will continue in a few short years.
Huh.. That was a pretty tame suicide. You couldn’t see any brain matter or blood or anything. I don’t know why the simple Shep got so worked up about it. People at car races don’t turn away when there’s a wreck.
SNUFF TV! For the masses.
BUT, it was perfectly okay for Fox, including faggot Shep, to do their best to convict George Zimmerman of murder, day after day.
I just hate these pc people. He killed himself move on. Show it.
Ratings. Also, 24-hour news networks need to fill 24 hours of broadcast time, and sometimes there's not 24 hours woth of news in a day. But, mostly, ratings.
I know supposedly Fox is supposed to be not quite as left as the other networks, but as far as a being a news organization, they are a complete joke.
A lot of people feel like doing the same thing after listening to Shepard Smith.
“If it bleeds, it leads.”
Yes it did. More gritty reality might equal less crime.
Give the People What They Want - The Kinks
Well, it’s been said before, the world is a stage
A different performance with every age.
Open the history book to any old page
Bring on the lions and open the cage.
Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please
The Roman promoters really did things right.
They needed a show that would clearly excite.
The attendance was sparse so they put on a fight
Threw the Christians to the lions, sold out every night
Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please
Give ‘em lots of sex, perversion and rape
Give ‘em lots of violence, and plenty to hate
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
When Oswald shot Kennedy, he was insane
But still we watch the re-runs again and again
We all sit glued while the killer takes aim
“Hey Mom, there goes a piece of the president’s brain!”
Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
Blow out your brains, and do it right
Make sure it’s prime time and on a Saturday night.
You gotta give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
this is the media dream isn’t it....
Never understood why Fox News thinks a moron driving at high speed is national news? No other network covered it. Sheppie might get fired for it. Not a good day for Fox to say the least.
Not quite as bad as live coverage of airliners crashing into tall buildings....
Worth repeating in Bold Font...
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