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Reporter fired for his inappropriately exposing his bright blue scrotum
IHateTheMedia.com ^ | 02/27/09e

Posted on 02/27/2009 9:14:38 AM PST by slomark

[photo of scrotum]

A Baltimore television reporter been fired for creating the infamous John Gibson “bright blue scrotum” video.

In the doctored video, comments Gibson made on Fox News about an escaped monkey were cut together with completely unrelated comments he made about U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

WBAL-TV, an NBC affiliate, admitted that one of its former employee had posted the video on YouTube without its knowledge. Other media outlets revealed that the WBAL reporter responsible for the doctored video had been fired.

This seems unfair to us. What color is the attorney general’s scrotum? Do we know for sure it’s not...

(Excerpt) Read more at ihatethemedia.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: johngibson; monkey; richolder; scrotum

1 posted on 02/27/2009 9:14:39 AM PST by slomark
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To: slomark
Fired?

I would have expected an award.

2 posted on 02/27/2009 9:16:40 AM PST by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union, then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: slomark

That’s what you get for making your ideological pals at the Huffington Post look bad.


3 posted on 02/27/2009 9:17:20 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Lazamataz

Fired, but he’s probably got a job in the new Administration now. LOL


4 posted on 02/27/2009 9:17:48 AM PST by slomark (www.IHateThemedia.com)
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To: slomark

I wonder if the aforementioned scrotum was attached to John Ashcroft or Albeto Gonzalez, would the reporter have been fired?


5 posted on 02/27/2009 9:17:58 AM PST by Big_Monkey
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To: slomark

John Gibson threatened to sue... this is a financial move, not ideological


6 posted on 02/27/2009 9:19:14 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Computer says No..... Carole Beer)
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To: slomark

FWIW, at the bottom of this page of the blog that cracked the case is an interview with this guy. He sounds quite measured and there is no rancor or ill intent.

http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/rex256797662.html


7 posted on 02/27/2009 9:21:30 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: slomark
comments Gibson made on Fox News about an escaped monkey were cut together with completely unrelated comments he made about U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

In fact, it was audio from the co-host wrapping up the monkey story a few seconds earlier that was dubbed into the end of Gibson's preamble about Holder.

8 posted on 02/27/2009 9:27:09 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: slomark

No problem....He’ll have a job at CNNMSNBCABCCBSNBC within the week....

They like his style....


9 posted on 02/27/2009 9:31:33 AM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: slomark

and the RATS, take another one in the..............................HA ha!!!

10 posted on 02/27/2009 12:22:45 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - Dear Mr.President, Please make it rain candy!)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Note: this topic is from 2/27/2009. I was looking for a specific monkey topic, honest.


11 posted on 12/12/2010 11:03:06 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

WBAL TV. Must have been an exclusive.


12 posted on 12/12/2010 11:46:53 AM PST by bigheadfred (STAND IN THE CLOSET AND SCREAM WITH ME)
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