Everyone, it was NOT a white guy with a ponytail distraught over his job that shot up LAX

CNN | 7-4-02 | Conservative Til I Die

[Conservative til I die]

Please, for anyone not aware yet, it was not a white guy with a ponytail distraught over his job loss that shot up LAX. That was a prank call by a Howard Stern listener, referring to Jackie Martling (said white guy with ponytail) who lost his job on Stern's show to Artie Lange. Just want to correct this, because a lot of people are under the impression that this is what happened.

[Conservative til I die]

Thanks.

[Plummz]

Do we know if it was Captain Janks? What network did he get through to?

[Eagle Eye]

So what color wsa the guy's pony tail and what kind of bolt-action semi-assault shotgun did he use?

[tallhappy]

Thanks.

TV news (Channel 4 in LA) is now reporting this as fact.

I am sure they are wrong and you are right.

[ned13]

PMSNBC is also reporting this. I can't tell who the reporter is (I've got it on the computer) but she kept saying "Artie lost my job". This is too funny. Does this mean that any of us can call up and give unsupported facts?

[GeneD]

Is there any way of getting through to a responsible person at Viacom or Infinity Broadcasting (Howard Stern's employers) via e-mail? If this is someone's idea of a joke this someone would laugh at funerals. All I can find is a Viacom 800 number for "investor relations" which is probably manned by clerks. Anyone know of a way to get through to these companies?

[dennisw]

The shooter was Jackie the JokeMan??????

[dennisw]

How long was the shooter's ponytail?

[mewzilla]

One can commit suicide by cop without travelling to an El Al counter...Especially in L.A.

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Bababooie?

[per loin]

Ok. I give up. Which Stern employee was it?

[mercy]

Looking at the pictures of LAX on Fox. Not good. People clumping up outside. Perfect target for a suicide/homocide bomber. That's the pattern in Israel. Create an incident and then bomb the crowd and rescue workers. Keep this in mind if you are ever in one of these cluster effs. Get out of the crowd!

[Uncle Meat]

How long was the shooter's ponytail?

It was probably one of those faddish scraggly ponytails that you have to pull back so tight that it turns your nose up.

[MinorityRepublican]

Looking at the pictures of LAX on Fox. Not good. People clumping up outside. Perfect target for a suicide/homocide bomber. That's the pattern in Israel. Create an incident and then bomb the crowd and rescue workers. Keep this in mind if you are ever in one of these cluster effs. Get out of the crowd!

Wise advice, I'll remember that. Thanks.

[mewzilla]

And makes your eyes bug like a chihuahua's.

[The Raven]

That's what CNN was saying [they WISH it is true....it fits the ideology] ...... figures it was a prank.

[Uncle Meat]

Yeah man,did I mention it makes their nose look like a snout?

[dtel]

I can't believe Jackie the Joke Man is this violent.
He seemed like such a harmless chap, I'm sure it was the dope.

[weegee]

Yep. The rush to break a detail and "lead" with the "facts"/exclusives leads the networks to do so.

They don't report the 5 Ws anymore, you expect them to get "facts" right? They'll wait until they get the police report for that (if it isn't in a press release or in the police blotter then it didn't happen).

[weegee]

Wouldn't be the first time CNN was pranked by a Stern listener (especially during the holidays). I remember someone claiming to be a witness to Princess Diana's accident go on for about 2 minutes with details and then... Babbabooey!

[tallhappy]

Idiots on KNBC channel 4 in LA just reprted this pony tail story for a second time.

[pikachu]

Jackie 'the Jokeman' could never use a gun to shoot someone. His jokes, however, usually bomb and anyone sitting through one of his threats would be vulnerable to suicide in order to get away from the barage of penis/poop/polish material.

[hope]

An eyeswitness on the ground reporting on Fox said the shooter was not a white guy nor a black guy....perhaps he was a gray guy.

[Kath]

Then how come that is what is being reported. It is not being reported as a terrorist act. Just a random act of violence by a nut case.

[Conservative til I die]

No idea. I guess because AP and the LA Times are incompetent in gathering data. But it was in fact a prank call. He mentioned "Artie Lange." Artie is one of the members of Howard Stern's show./

[Conservative til I die]

Believe me. Stern's parent company could care less. This has happened at every tragedy outside of the 9-11 WTC incident. Plus Stern makes them so much money, hand over fist.

[Conservative til I die]

Exactly. Because my first thought when I heard they had an eyewitness was damn, CNN has the scoop? Guess I'll watch them instead of Fox and MSNBC.

[leilani]

"Plus Stern makes them so much money, hand over fist."

Repulsive, those folks are truly revolting.Anything for a buck, who cares who gets hurt. yuck!

[Rodney King]

Looking at the pictures of LAX on Fox. Not good. People clumping up outside. Perfect target for a suicide/homocide bomber. That's the pattern in Israel. Create an incident and then bomb the crowd and rescue workers. Keep this in mind if you are ever in one of these cluster effs. Get out of the crowd!

That is also what the guy who bombed the abortion clinics and is now suppsoed to be on the run in the NC wilderness did as well. He bombed the clinic, and then had a bomb out where the rescue workers would be that went off later.

[Destructor]

The FBI could use you! It seems that they haven't been able to figure that out yet.

[Rodney King]

bump

[WhiteGuy]

It wasn't me either.........

(and I've never haad a ponytail)

[small voice in the wilderness]

It was a white guy with a mullet, that's where the confusion is. A Kentucky Waterfall. He appeared to be a businessman from the front...

[GreatOne]

When/how did Jackie get bounced from the show? One too many contract disputes?

[joesnuffy]

It was a white guy with a mullet, that's where the confusion is.

the white guy/mullet was a red-herring?

[weegee]

Here's an artist's picture of the shooter based on early reports:

[weegee]

My understanding (I don't even get his radio show in my area) is that the people that prank call interview shows and news reports are Stern fans not employees.

Stuttering John is one of the few employees that go out to mock people (whether it is the press or the celeb).

One of Stern's 2 books has a chapter devoted to this pheonomenon.

[lowbridge]

Please, for anyone not aware yet, it was not a white guy with a ponytail distraught over his job loss that shot up LAX. That was a prank call by a Howard Stern listener, referring to Jackie Martling (said white guy with ponytail) who lost his job on Stern's show to Artie Lange. Just want to correct this, because a lot of people are under the impression that this is what happened.

Just wait untill the Hollywood movie version comes out. THEN it will be a white guy, connected to the US militia.

[hope]

tee,hee...Just as I thought, the gray guy!

[leilani]

Why are you telling ME this? I know all of his little sycophantic c-sucking flunkies are losers. Howard Stern fans are all obviously GAY. It's not rocket science for women to figure that one out.No HETEROSEXUAL man would ever waste his time calling a news show to pronounce his allegiance to HS the way his male loveslaves do. It's creepy.

[weegee]

I agree that his callers are losers but I don't think that they are all GAY, they just can't get gurls. He tries to use his "power" to get fans laid sometimes but even despite Howard's best efforts, the losers still tend to get rejected by the ladies.