This is beyond horrible, and hits me at least indirectly. Anyone who has ever
worked with an unstable person probably feels it every time there is a
workplace killing. But working in media where there is, shall we say, probably
a larger concentration of inflated and/or easily bruised egos - it's different.
People get fired every day for the usual reasons, but also because of ratings,
new management, whatever.
I've worked with such a person, and the ego thing was magnified by the fact
we're an entertainment trade, and the job comes with access to important
business people as well as famous artists. Not supposed to get all wrapped up
in that, let alone abuse the access and line up freebies, VIP passes or
impersonate the editor and claim to be "booking" a festival...all happened in
this case. Naturally he was fired. We were subjected to Facebook threats, he
was calling agents and telling them what horrible homophobes we were, etc. Some
of us were sure he was coming back someday with an Uzi. Nobody talked about it,
of course. A few of us are talking about it today.
Fortunately, he moved cross country two years ago.
I think I need to turn off the coverage now.
-Deb
On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 8:29 AM, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
What just transpired in the last twenty minutes:
- Former WDBJ reporter Bryce Williams, apparently the shooter, posted video
to Twitter and Facebook that he took as he shot the victims.
- The video spread pretty rapidly thanks to morons who retweeted it without
thinking, hey, maybe some folks on my timeline don't want to see a snuff film.
- Twitter suspended Williams' account. Facebook, as usual, is moving slowly
and had not suspended his account there at last report.
- Everything is terrible and I feel like I'm going to throw up. I did not
watch the video, but knowing that it exists, and knowing that other people
unintentionally (or intentionally!) saw it, is too much.
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Mike Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
Holy crap. I used to work in that market, in radio (WFIR/960 Roanoke).
WDBJ/7 is the local CBS affiliate. Here is their latest web story:
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/law-enforcement-investigating-incident-at-bridgewater-plaza/34923086
Moneta is a tiny town just north of the Smith Mountain Lake resort area. It is
not at all known for violent crime.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:47 AM, kbrabant via World News Now Discussion List
<[email protected]> wrote:
Of course, what is scary for me is that my eldest son is interning at a TV
station in Tuscaloosa, AL and going on all sorts of reports in both tech and
shadow-reporter roles. All I need is to start worrying that this can become a
new area for crazies to start exploring their inner serial killer.
Prayers to those in VA.
And so it goes,
Kevin Brabant (can't even come up with a dark joke for this)[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: danny burstein <[email protected]>
To: wnn <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2015 9:44 am
Subject: two tv news folk shot, killed, in Virginia
probably just about everyone's caught this already, but
just in case:
Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Of WDBJ7
Plus a third shot and wounded.
https://www.facebook.com/FBNewswire/posts/943286142376174
VIRGINIA TV SHOOTING: Television journalist Alison Parker and cameraman
Adam Ward were shot dead by a gunman on Wednesday while reporting live on
air at Bridgewater Plaza, Moneta, Virginia. The WDBJ7 crew was carrying
out an interview when gunshots were fired. The crew could be heard
panicking before transmission quickly returned to the TV studio.
The Facebook profiles for Adam Ward and Alison Parker are here:
Adam Ward: https://www.facebook.com/adam.ward.3388630
Alison Parker: https://www.facebook.com/alisonparkernews
- me, I'd be checking into any former boyfriends. Just saying..
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