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...TV murderer was criticized by bosses...reprimanded for wearing an Obama badge to report
Daily Mail ^ | August 26, 2014 | BEN ASHFORD

Posted on 08/26/2015 4:19:23 PM PDT by maggief

Warped TV reporter Vester Lee Flanagan exasperated bosses with his 'stiff and nervous' delivery, his inability to use a teleprompter - and by wearing a President Obama badge during an election report, Daily Mail Online can reveal.

Management at WDBJ dubbed the failed newsman the 'human tape recorder' because he frequently parroted what interviewees had told him rather than doing his own journalism.

Flanagan, 41, clashed repeatedly with photojournalists, belittling them in public and intimidating them with his violent temper, according to internal reports.

He was also censured for wearing an Obama sticker while recording a segment at a polling booth during the 2012 US Presidential Election - a clear breach of journalistic impartiality.

The complaints are outlined in court papers seen by Daily Mail Online that include a scathing performance review carried out prior to his termination in Feb 2013.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
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EXCLUSIVE: 'The human tape recorder' - how TV murderer was criticized by bosses for appalling journalistic standards and reprimanded for wearing an Obama badge to report on elections

1 posted on 08/26/2015 4:19:23 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Further proof that LIBs should never be allowed to carry guns or knives.


2 posted on 08/26/2015 4:20:30 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: maggief

Unexpected.


3 posted on 08/26/2015 4:20:54 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: maggief

This story will be gone in 3 days.


4 posted on 08/26/2015 4:22:43 PM PDT by ecomcon
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To: hal ogen

Or work in journalism.


5 posted on 08/26/2015 4:22:56 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: maggief

You coulda knocked Twinkie over with a feather when I read that part about him wearing an Obama sticker. - Is he one of Obama’s chilluns?


6 posted on 08/26/2015 4:23:39 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: maggief

My wife worked as a local reporter for 25 years or so. As soon as she heard about this guy in general, she recited “the type.” Then when she saw he was black, she said, “He must have really been difficult to work with, because stations love having a diversified staff.”

He seems to fit her profile: not very good at his job and everything that went wrong was somebody else’s fault.


7 posted on 08/26/2015 4:23:42 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: maggief

We know why he was hired. Affirmative action. I’d venture to say he couldn’t read a teleprompter because he couldn’t READ.


8 posted on 08/26/2015 4:24:07 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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To: ecomcon

Right down the ol’ Memory Hole.


9 posted on 08/26/2015 4:24:40 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: maggief

10 posted on 08/26/2015 4:24:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: maggief

So where are the “White Lives Matter” signs?


11 posted on 08/26/2015 4:25:16 PM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUse)
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To: maggief

We need a screencap of him wearing that Obama badge.


12 posted on 08/26/2015 4:25:21 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Labyrinthos

Actually, LIBs should never be allowed to have any authority, responsibility or power.


13 posted on 08/26/2015 4:26:20 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: maggief
 
 
Am trying to figure out if this is him too, supposedly involved in a road rage confrontation yesterday. Looks like him.
 
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7dd_1440613976
 
 
 

14 posted on 08/26/2015 4:27:13 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: thouworm; Protect the Bill of Rights; hoosiermama; SE Mom; LucyT

He improved his web posting. :o/

15 posted on 08/26/2015 4:27:38 PM PDT by maggief
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To: hal ogen
Further proof that LIBs should never be allowed to carry guns or knives.


or do journalism
16 posted on 08/26/2015 4:27:45 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: hal ogen
Further proof that LIBs should never be allowed to carry guns or knives.

I favor the wholesale banning of any weapon of any type for all leftists. In fact since liberals are a subhuman species, they're best contained in cages, like the lower form of life they are. Had Vicki Gardner, the person being interviewed by the Roanoke CBS station been armed, the holderite-sodomite Vester Flanagan would have been dead in short order.

An armed society (except subhuman liberals) is a polite society.

17 posted on 08/26/2015 4:28:04 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: maggief

Well, at least by wearing the Obama badge, he was honest. The rest of the so-called journalists should be forced to wear Obama badges. At least the public can be reminded of who they are when they are reporting the news.


18 posted on 08/26/2015 4:33:58 PM PDT by kabar
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To: lapsus calami

Whoa!

FROM AUGUSTA CO SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Vester Lee Flanagan
Reportedly driving 2009 Silver or Gray Ford Mustang – VA tags WZE8846
10:03 AM - 26 Aug 2015


19 posted on 08/26/2015 4:34:04 PM PDT by maggief
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To: pocat

p i n g


20 posted on 08/26/2015 4:34:39 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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