Chicago Reporter Fired for Swimming With Missing Mom Lisa Stebic's Husband is 'Devastated'

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[Froufrou]

A television reporter who lost her job after being videotaped wearing a swimsuit at the home of a man whose estranged wife is missing says she's "devastated," according to a published report. Former WMAQ-TV reporter Amy Jacobson told the Chicago Sun-Times she knows she "made a lapse in judgment," but she thought the station would suspend her and then support her. In a story in the Sun-Times' Wednesday editions, Larry Wert, the station's president and general manager, said the matter was "a complicated issue" and "a close, tough call." He praised Jacobson's work as "a valued member of the team for more than 10 years."

[Froufrou]

>:o(

[Gay State Conservative]

Lapse in judgment? Assuming that the estranged husband is a suspect in his wife’s disappearance then her actions represent a whole lot more than that.

[OKIEDOC]

Surely reporters would not do a unethical thing like having a relationship with a client surely.

[Dixie Yooper]

I believe her side of the story. Where’s the video?

[techcor]

Surely reporters would not do a unethical thing like having a relationship with a client surely.

Yes they would and stop calling them shirley.

[Sir Hailstone]

PING

This wouldn’t happen to be a daughter of longtime Chicago TV newsman Walter Jacobson would it?

[FReepaholic]

[Froufrou]

Apparently, his sister invited Jacobson to come over and discuss the case. No mention of the sister being in the video, however.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Not sure.

[Lurker]

Another bubble headed blonde info twit does something stupid in Chicago.

Quick. Alert the media...

Oh, they already did.

L

[Red_Devil 232]

I hope the “Spelling Bee Police” are not out on their skateboards today ...

[kaboom]

Reading further:

"Jacobson told the newspaper she was on her way to go swimming with her kids on her day off when Stebic's sister, Jill, invited her to the house to discuss the case. "My kids were in the car with me," Jacobson said. "It was a way for me to do my work and have fun with my kids." She said the video didn't show others who were at the home, including Craig's sister and other children."

Not great, but less ominous.

[OKIEDOC]

LOL Sharp very Sharp.

[Obadiah]

... she "made a lapse in judgment,"

Huh?

How can you make a lapse in judgement. Does she mean she HAD a lapse in judgement?

[Osage Orange]

If true....I wouldn’t have fired her.

[r9etb]

The "more to the story" part:

Jacobson told the newspaper she was on her way to go swimming with her kids on her day off when Stebic's sister, Jill, invited her to the house to discuss the case.

"My kids were in the car with me," Jacobson said. "It was a way for me to do my work and have fun with my kids."

This sounds like a truthful account -- I can see how the whole situation might have come about. "Well, but I've got my kids with me. We're going to the pool...." "Why not bring them here, and let them use the pool here while we talk?"

Her lapse in judgement is in creating the appearance of wrong-doing. But if she's telling the truth, there's a lot less "there" there than the story would otherwise indicate.

[Lexington Green]

Journalists should never wear bikinis. They should wear clown suits.

[Revolting cat!]

Amy, Lisa and now Shirley? Is Shirley a suspect too?

[mtg]

Somebody needs to work on their Headline proofing.

[Red_Devil 232]

How can you make a lapse in judgement. Does she mean she HAD a lapse in judgement?

You caught that ... but not the title?