http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/reporter/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:23:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414792/posts It's Christmas Eve, and we have been handed a huge piece of coal by the Democrats for a Christmas gift. Well it is time to step back and laugh before you settle into a long Winters nap. Check out these short videos and enjoy a moment of levity. there is a Dog catching a fish, a reporter carelessly pointing a loaded gun at her cameraman, some crazy Canadian fishermen looking for a good fishing spot, and a MNF clip of the Washington Redskins making the Detroit Lions look like a good team. Sit back and laugh because when all a... Interesting, Weird, and Educational Videos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414792/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:23:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412215/posts This is a video that helps explain the mentality of news reporters. Check out this airhead news reporter doing a report on gun safety. The woman reporter in this video keeps pointing the loaded gun at the cameraman. Even after she fired a round down range at a target she looks at the camera and non nonchalantly shakes the gun with the barrel pointed towards the cameraman. Honestly, you cannot make this stuff up. Then, as if that part of the video is not bad enough, notice how the cameraman never seems to realize that his life is in danger.... Interesting, Weird, and Educational Videos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412215/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:00:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396150/posts A Los Angeles sportswriter who stunned readers with the announcement that he was a transsexual - and then later abandoned his sex change plans - has committed suicide. Los Angeles Times veteran Mike Penner, 52, was found dead at his home, the paper reported Saturday. In 2007, Penner made headlines around the world by announcing in a column for the paper that he planned to live life as a woman named Christine Daniels. "Today I leave for a few weeks' vacation, and when I return, I will come back in yet another incarnation. As Christine," he wrote. NY Daily NEws http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396150/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:13:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377652/posts MEXICO CITY – A news reporter who wrote about violent drug crimes has been strangled in the northern Mexican state of Durango, authorities said Tuesday. El Tiempo de Durango journalist Jose Bladimir Antuna was kidnapped Monday morning, said Ruben Lopez, spokesman for the state Attorney General's Office. Authorities found his body that night in a vacant lot in the state capital, about 400 miles southwest of Laredo, Texas. State authorities are investigating the murder. Lopez would not specify whether they suspected connections with organized crime. But Antuna had told his colleagues at the newspaper that he had received multiple telephone... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377652/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369365/posts I STOOD in the bathroom of the Taliban compound and waited for my colleague to appear in the courtyard so we could make our escape. My heart pounded. A three-foot-tall swamp cooler — an antiquated version of an air-conditioner — roared in the yard a few feet in front of me. I feared that the guards who were holding us hostage might wake up and stop us. I feared even more that our captivity would drag on for years. The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369365/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364816/posts Iran's state-run media says the government has released an Iranian-Canadian journalist on bail almost four months after he was arrested following the country's disputed presidential election. The Islamic Republic News Agency says Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari was freed from Tehran's Evin Prison on Saturday evening after posting bail of 3 billion rials ($300,000), citing the Tehran prosecutor's office. Newsweek confirmed the release in a statement posted on its Web site. WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364816/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335327/posts Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter held captive by militants in northern Afghanistan, was freed in a military commando raid early Wednesday, but his Afghan interpreter was killed during the rescue effort. New York Slimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335327/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328115/posts NBC's Today Show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent---former First Daugher, Jenna Hager... The daughter of former President George W. Bush will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education to television's top-rated morning news show, said Jim Bell, its executive producer... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328115/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312097/posts Obama too hands-off on health care? Meet the Press/NBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312097/posts#comment Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296387/posts Since 2003, Bangladeshi journalist and peace activist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury has been investigated by Bangladeshi authorities on charges of sedition, treason and insulting religious belief. Choudhury, 44, has spent years opposing Muslim extremism through his writings, especially the Weekly Blitz which he started in 2003. He has called for interfaith dialogue and for normalizing relations between Muslim countries and Israel. On Wednesday, Choudhury returns to court. He is accused of insulting Islam and harming the state's reputation abroad, charges which, when couched as "sedition," carry a possible death penalty. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296387/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:07:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277948/posts FORT BELVOIR, Va. , June 23, 2009 – Beth Reece always dreamed of seeing her name in print. But as a young girl growing up in the sleepy town of Beckley, W.Va., she couldn’t have known how much the military would help her achieve that goal. Reece loved to write and had a passion for words. By the time she graduated high school, she was determined to make a career of writing, but wasn’t sure how she would pay for the college degree that would be her springboard into the world of journalism. So she decided to go to work... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277948/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:19:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276035/posts A New York Times reporter known for making investigative trips deep inside dangerous conflict zones escaped from militant captors after more than seven months in captivity by climbing over a wall, the newspaper said Saturday. David S. Rohde was abducted Nov. 10 along with an Afghan reporter colleague and a driver south of the Afghan capital, Kabul. He had been traveling through Logar province to interview a Taliban commander, but was apparently intercepted and taken by other militants on the way. The Times reported that Rohde and Afghan reporter Tahi Ludin on Friday climbed over the wall of a compound... Yahoo! News (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276035/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:13:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274228/posts The Hollywood private eye, who is serving a 15-year sentence for wiretapping and racketeering, and an accomplice allegedly left a dead fish and a rose on an ex-L.A. Times reporter's broken windshield. Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274228/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260362/posts <p>Airport security officers carried the woman away by the feet and arms as she protested her removal.</p> <p>She later identified herself as Brenda Lee, a writer for the Georgia Informer in Macon and said she has White House press credentials. The newspaper's Web site says it is a monthly publication, and a Brenda Lee column is posted on it.</p> NBC Los Angeles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260362/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 06:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260102/posts A reporter for a small newspaper was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One shortly before President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to depart California early Thursday. Enlarge Photo Secret Service personnel remove Brenda Lee from near Air Force One after Lee attempted to give President Obama a letter, Thursday May 28, 2009, at LAX. Top News Photos View SlideshowSee amazing photos from around the globe... The Obama Presidency in Photos View SlideshowTake a look at the best photos of President Obama and his family captured during the first few months in office. Airport... LA/News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260102/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 21:06:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260037/posts A reporter for a small newspaper was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One shortly before President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to depart California early Thursday. Airport security officers carried the woman away by the feet and arms as she protested her removal. She later identified herself as Brenda Lee, a writer for the Georgia Informer in Macon and said she has White House press credentials. The newspaper's Web site says it is monthly publication a Brenda Lee column is posted on it. Calls to the newspaper and the White House press office... NBC/LA News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260037/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 19:37:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248722/posts The US-Iranian journalist jailed in Iran, Roxana Saberi, has been freed from prison after having her sentence for spying reduced. Lawyers for Ms Saberi, 31, whose imprisoning sparked a global outcry, said she left Tehran's Evin jail hours after her eight-year term was cut. She will be able to leave the country but has been banned from working as a journalist in Iran for five years. The White House welcomed the release as a "humanitarian gesture". Ms Saberi was convicted of spying for the US in April but denied the charge. bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248722/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 19:53:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226569/posts The United States Department of Veterans Affairs has not released a memory card containing audio interviews conducted by a local radio reporter four days after federal employees and security officers detained the reporter and seized his equipment. www.wtop.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226569/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:56:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2206526/posts [video] You’re the press secretary for the most powerful man on the planet. You’re in the middle of the greatest financial crisis in generations. Terrorists threaten the future of the world. Under the circumstances, people hang on your every word. Unless you’re Robert Gibbs, the president’s press secretary. He smirks, he snarls, he smears, but even that isn’t enough to keep reporters from falling into deathlike trances during his daily press briefings. One member of the White House press corps actually fell asleep yesterday. You can see her over the left shoulder of the reporter asking the question in this... IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2206526/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:21:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204948/posts Video at link. http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=295683 Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204948/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:36:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204717/posts During the daily White House press briefing today one reporter seemed to be having a hard time staying awake. gawker.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204717/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:13:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2198725/posts [video] Yes, we hate the media, so we love mistakes on the news. C’mon, admit it. You love those live TV screw-ups as much as we do. We have to give this Barbie credit – she kept her composure better than we would have. IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2198725/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 04:29:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181216/posts Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building. There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a question — was physically restrained by a man who accompanied Panetta at hearings both days. Strohm, when reached by phone Friday, said he was unsure of the man’s role. “I felt this hand grab my right arm and push me aside,” Strohm said. By his account, Strohm told the man, “Please don’t touch me” more than once. Eventually, the man let him go. Tim Starks, a reporter for Congressional... Michael Calderone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181216/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:22:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2180521/posts Impartial reporter jumps rope barrier to get Obama autograph, busted by Secret Service February 6, 2009[edit] OMG!!!! It's Barack Obama! OMG!!!! It's Barack Obama! A completely impartial reporter was arrested yesterday after jumping over a rope barrier, squealing like a teenage girl watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and trying to get President Obama’s autograph. Luckily, the president’s Secret Service detail grabbed the impartial reporter, and took him away for a little good, old fashioned interrogation. Reports say the man was later seen boxing up his impartial personal items in the White House press room and being impartially led away.... IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2180521/posts#comment Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:04:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180117/posts Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building. There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a question — was physically restrained by a man who accompanied Panetta at hearings both days. Strohm, when reached by phone Friday, said he was unsure of the man’s role. “I felt this hand grab my right arm and push me aside,” Strohm said. By his account, Strohm told the man, “Please don’t touch me” more than once. Eventually, the man let him go. Tim Starks, a reporter for Congressional... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180117/posts#comment Sat, 7 Feb 2009 00:47:19 GMT