[mhking]

Just damn.

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[tsmith130]

"Honey, what's that grinding sound coming from under the car?"

Gone with the Schwinn!

[Onelifetogive]

A traffic officer and about five pedestrians ran after Cafferty's car to stop him after the accident, but Cafferty drove through at least two red lights and around other vehicles without stopping, according to a police complaint.

Jack acted responsibly in this, as he always has," said Cafferty's attorney, Seth Rosenberg.

Acting responsibly...lawyer style!

[steplock]

Tell CNN your opinion

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[theDentist]

Who does he think he is? Ted Kennedy?

[Eva]

This is off the subject, but the mention of CNN made me think of it.

I was calling Comcast to drop the premium movie channels from our subscription and the salesperson was trying to discourage my decision by mentioning that they now carry BBC News on Comcast digital cable. I told her that I thought that BBC was an a leftist, anti-American propaganda machine and that I was offended to have come into my home. I would like to encourage anyone else who has Comcast digital cable to call and complain about them carrying BBC. Maybe we can have it blocked.

[1Old Pro]

Ted Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene, the minimum sentence of 20 days in jail was illegally suspended.

My Summer Vacation- The visit to Dike Bridge on Chappiquiddick Island, the crime scene.

[BunnySlippers]

$250 fine and perform 70 hours of community service

When you think about it, it pays to "run" instead of being popped for drunk driving. Someone should look at making the penalty higher for this.

[mewzilla]

There went the last reason I watched CNN. Good going, Cafferty. Since you're not getting any jail time, and you should have, consider yourself lucky and get some help. You need it.

[martin_fierro]

Cry Havoc! and let slip the Pings of Schadenfreude!

[Timesink]

Gee, WNBC seems to be conveniently forgetting a bit of its own history here...

[OldFriend]

Is his excuse that at least he didn't drive home with the biker in his windshield, therefore, he's not guilty?

[TontoKowalski]

When Cafferty looked in his mirror, he saw the man getting up off the ground but was unaware he had hit the bicyclist, the anchor told police.

Then this would be his normal driving behavior:

...Cafferty drove through at least two red lights and around other vehicles without stopping, according to a police complaint.

What does it take to have someone's license revoked?

[Timesink]

Schadenfreude

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[N. Theknow]

CNN Anchor Admits Leaving Scene Of Accident

First thought upon reading this...

Big deal...he admits leaving work at CNN.

[jagrmeister]

Stupid white man.

I also like it how the CNN spokesperson says Cafferty acted responsibly. Uh, let's see: he mowed down a biker, and fled the scene. CNN can't shoot straight if they tried.

[Tamzee]

A traffic officer and about five pedestrians ran after Cafferty's car to stop him after the accident, but Cafferty drove through at least two red lights and around other vehicles without stopping

Not to jump to ANY conclusions, mind you, but doesn't this behavior essentially prove he knew he hit someone?

[L.N. Smithee]

If Cafferty wanted to get away with it, he should have taken the Halle Berry approach -- say that he woke up in his own bed with a bruise on his head, and had no idea how it happened.

I will never be able to prove it, but I believe that Berry's ability to pull that story off inspired her to greater acting on the screen, resulting in her Oscar -- and that nauseating, self-congratulatory speech.

[joesnuffy]

One set of laws for the elite
another for the sheep

[EnquiringMind]

I think he also had a cocaine problem in the 80's. He always looked high and had a nasal-y sound to his voice. Once, Liz Smith used her spot on WNBC to "send a message to a well-known NYC anchorman to get help for your drug problem". I just knew she was addressing Cafferty.