KDFW in Dallas has suspended reporter Rebecca Aguilar for an ambush-style interview of an elderly armed citizen.
In the comments, several folks correctly noted that there’s no way this interview aired without the knowledge of several other employees. Based on my experiences in local television news, the following people had to have known about this interview before it aired.
- the photographer who filmed the interview
- the producer of the newscast in which the interview aired
I don’t know how big a shop KDFW has, but I’m guessing there was a seperate editor who put the story together. I would also be shocked if the Executive Producer or News Director did not see the interview before it ran.
I’m glad to see her suspended for this, but this was a failure of the newsroom as well.
I saw that video before it got pulled off of youtube. I can’t believe that Fox let that trash get on the air. No wonder they asked youtube to take offline. I think they should fire her as well as those who were responsible for allowing the piece to air.
[…] There’s some chatter on the blogs today about a controversial television news report from my ex-hometown of Dallas. Well, truthfully there’s been low-grade chatter on the blogs about it for nearly a week now; my friend Cam reported on it last Thursday. But the chatter today is specifically about distributing copies of the televised report after the station that broadcast it pulled it from their Web site. […]
I agree that she should be fired and also management I am tired of liberals getting away withe propaganda