Posted on 07/02/2020 8:38:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
Bruna Macedo was reporting live on CNN Brazil when she was mugged on Saturday
A man stood in the background while Macedo was in the middle of a segment in São Paulo, and then approached her from the side
The suspect drew a knife and demanded Macedo's two cellphones before the camera cut away
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A CNN reporter in Brazil was mugged by a homeless man during a live broadcast.
Bruna Macedo and her news crew stationed themselves Saturday morning near the Bandeiras Bridge in São Paulo to report on the rising water level in the Teté River due to heavy rains.
During the segment, the suspect appeared in the background looking over a bridge barrier while Macedo spoke with her anchor colleague, Rafael Colombo.
Almost two minutes passed before the man slowly walked towards where Macedo was positioned.
The CNN correspondent kindly greeted him while Colombo spoke on air about the flooding points in the city.
The invidividul then pulled out a knife as a shocked Macedo took a couple of steps back and handed one of her two cellphones before the control center panned away and focused on a shot of a street.
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I’m always torn which side to take with stories like these.
Dude just wanted a mortadela sangwich.
No video at link.
I certainly hope she (or her producer) called a social worker instead of a the cops.
It was a peaceful mugging
Approximate number of Africans imported to Brazil as slaves: 3,170,000.
Brazil is a time bomb.
“Brazil is a time bomb.”
Rio was my old stomping ground when I worked for an international company. They would send me down there a couple of times a year to help the company innovate and improve existing processes.
Why? You can have both! He'll brag about being on tv and get disappeared by either his drug jefe or Bolsanaro; and she'll get a promotion but refuse to do any more live stand-ups, so she'll end up a desk editor and get caught up in the next round of CNN buyouts.
It's a steak banquet of #Schadenfreude!
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