Passerby tackled after ripping Fox News mic from anchor.
By on Jun 29th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Passerby tackled after ripping Fox News mic from anchor.
This morning, Fox News reporter Laura Ingle was conducting an interview about the iPhone on the streets of New York City. In the middle of the interview, a passerby came up and yanked her microphone away from her. He then ran away, yelling expletives, before being tackled by members of the Fox News crew. Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/foxmic06.320.240.flv]
One of the Fox hosts explained, “Clearly people sometimes have disputes with the media; that’s not the way to handle the situation.”
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The “man-in-the-street” was a jerk, plain and simple.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:13 amIt was Clinton’s fault
June 29th, 2007 at 11:13 amUmmm, ok.
Nothing else more newsworthy to put up here?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:14 amHa!
Monkey Warfare!
June 29th, 2007 at 11:14 amIt seems more Reaganesque – “I paid for this microphone.”
June 29th, 2007 at 11:15 amLunatics on the streets of New York? Now, that’s a shocker.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am“Fox News: We don’t do too well in the real world.”
.
lol..pretty funny, but dumb guy.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:15 amUnder the circumstances, I can’t find anything wrong with what that guy did, except maybe not run fast enough. It’s not like he was interrupting news or anything.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:17 amBut, if it had been Paris Hilton who grabbed the mic, well, they’d have given her an hour of [expletive deleted] airtime. No???
June 29th, 2007 at 11:17 amOne of the Fox hosts explained, “Clearly people sometimes have disputes with the media; that’s not the way to handle the situation.â€
Not for you maybe, but for the person on the street it’s reasonable. You are the enemy of America, after all.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:17 amGuy got the iPhone confused with iMicrophone.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:19 amFunny, but uncalled for.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:19 am#
Ummm, ok.
Nothing else more newsworthy to put up here?
Comment by Crump’s Brother — June 29, 2007 @ 11:14 am
#
My thoughts exactly. There is a lot more going on TP, this isn’t worth your time or space.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:19 amnor is having one of Bush’s assistants rip a badge off a reporter for saying “Mr. President…”
June 29th, 2007 at 11:21 amIt was a Greek Orthodox Terror group.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:22 amThey call themselves the army of Justinain.
They’re very dangerous!
Whats significant here is that the “news crew” tackled the guy.
He snatched the mic and ran off.
So? So he was an idiot. So you grab the mic and keep going. But what the hell is a news crew doing “TACKLING” an individual.
Newsflash.
A private citizen cannot make a citizens arrest for a misdemeanor, only a felony. Snatching that mic at BEST, could be called “simple assualt”, a misdemeanor.
So by tackling this guy and restraining them, they could actually be charged with “KIDNAPPING”. Thats right. When you restrain a person who is not CURRENTLY doing anything to you, and restrict his ability to leave, you are effectively kidnapping them. Also Assualt, and if he was injured, battery.
Fox news crews are not the police, but since 911 they’ve been acting like police. They have no right to tackle people on the street.
Even clowns who snatch mic’s from announcers. They could have tried to stop him from snatching the mic, but once he had walked off, and was leaving the area, they had no legal right to tackle him.
He should have brought 3 or 4 of his biggest, meanest friends. Then when he was walking off, and the Fox Brownshirts decided to tackle him, they could have beat their heads into the concrete, which would have been legal. After all, they would just be defending their friend from a felonious assualt by private citizens who had no legal right to do anything other than yell at him not to come back.
Start beating republicans assess, and they’ll learn something.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:23 amWhy is this even a story on TP? We’re now as bad as Faux Snooze.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:24 amShe (he) must have been mistaken for Ann Coulter.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:24 amCrump
June 29th, 2007 at 11:26 amWhat is wrong ? I thought you and your Comrades were all for squlching Free Speech that you opposed , after all it is what you do best . : )
The guy hates FOX news bigtime > lol.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:27 amWhat an idiot.
She shouldn’t have tried to hold onto that mic, her shoulders are gonna hurt for days.
I’ll be interested to see if this was some crazy guy, or if he had some agenda.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:28 amZooey
June 29th, 2007 at 11:31 amSilly girl , he was one of you brothers in arms hehehe
Hey T(oilet) P(rogress?),
Why not run with this, incredibly important story:
SPICE GIRLS REUNITE!!!!
Methinks you’re becoming tabloidal in your pursuits… and not worth anybody’s valuable time…
June 29th, 2007 at 11:31 amThis story is moronic. You guys are begging to be taken out of my bookmarks with this one. C’mon TP.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:32 amHe should have brought 3 or 4 of his biggest, meanest friends. Then when he was walking off, and the Fox Brownshirts decided to tackle him, they could have beat their heads into the concrete, which would have been legal. After all, they would just be defending their friend from a felonious assualt by private citizens who had no legal right to do anything other than yell at him not to come back.
Start beating republicans assess, and they’ll learn something.
Comment by BARTLEBEE — June 29, 2007 @ 11:23 am
Ah, Freedom of Speech for all Speech except the Speech you disagree with, eh? Advocating violence against some chick interviewing someone about their dumb phone….you call the Fox guys Brownshirts then call for the very same tactics be used against them.
Nothing agin ya, Bartlebee, but surely you don’t want people to do what you suggest? Didn’t Voltaire, the Godfather of Liberalism, say something about disagreeing with your opinion but being willing to die for your right to state it?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:32 amTP? wazzup? A little humor, p’haps, to lighten our day?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:32 amThough when the idjit grabs the microphone, he says “F*ck This!”
I wonder if that was his stand against stupid journalism?
or maybe he works for Microsoft, and doesn’t like iphones.
If Hannity ever goes out in public, then he might get beat up by a huge crowd of enraged people.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:34 amMust be Friday.
Either that or the Trolls didn’t take their meds. Again.
My hope is that all Fox News microphones rebel & stop talking.
Microphones were made for words & music; not bullshit.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:34 amThis is misplaced. TP has way more important things to report than this. Come on guys!
June 29th, 2007 at 11:34 amThe Joker
June 29th, 2007 at 11:35 amHey I welcome Political Violence . You must remember you are directing your posts at Liberals , their strongest Virtue is Showing Cowardice . They learn it from their leaders whom start shaking with Fear when asked to do a debate on Fox News or an interview on any Talk Radio Show .
FDR,
Yet another troll naming himself after an actually competent president.
I have never said anything that can be construed as being in favor of squelching free speech.
After all, it is the current President that sets up free speech zones around him so that dissenters can’t get to close. Those who don’t agree get to stand miles away and protest.
What a protector of the Constitution he is.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:35 amNews Flash: Paris Hilton just stopped a terrorist bomb plot at the Apple store.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:35 amTP, the most trusted source in FOX bashing.
Oh, and those 5 GIs that died yesterday, fcuk ‘em. They got a full (well, almost full) paragraph in our “Thinkfast” diary below the fold where it’s viewing is virtually guaranteed to be non-existent. What do they want, a medal?
Anyhow, back to the important stuff. Our sources tell us that since finding jesus in jail, Paris Hilton now claims to be dating him exclusively. Our non-stop coverage begins now…
Progressive indeed.
P.S. I do not like FOX or watch ANYTHING they broadcast. The free publicity that TP gives them continually is a moral crime.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:36 amFDR
And it is the Republican Presidential hopefuls that refuse to do a debate on Air America.
Who’s the coward?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:36 amJay Randal your wrong Fella Liberals like you are Cowards . always have been always will be .
June 29th, 2007 at 11:37 amThe Republican Cowards just mail phony anthrax.
-GSD
June 29th, 2007 at 11:38 amUnfortunately, this behavior is consistent with the level of anger and discontent about the quality of the Fox News broadcasts. It’s trickling down to the man on the street interviews. It’s not good behavior but I’d have to say that the ever-phoney fox news is the height of propaganda and dirty tricks.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:38 amAmericans will be taught manly things by the Party of Mark Foley and Drag-Queen Dame Rudy Giuliani.
-GSD
June 29th, 2007 at 11:39 amAdvocating nothing but the people are totally disgusted with the likes of this sycophantic republican mouthpiece of lies and deceit, that’s why this is happening.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:40 amFDR > nope I am the meanest liberal you would ever meet in your life. I would stomp the snot out of you.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:40 am#41 Right! And they criticize others for being ‘violent’….bwahhhahahahahaha!
June 29th, 2007 at 11:40 amCrump you confuse yourself are you trying to tie your shoes ? well stop and think . There is no Debate on Airamerica , there is no airamerica . their listeners are either here or at Moveon.org or watching Jerry Springer , Dr. Phil , Judge Judy or Oprah . I’m glad I could clear that up for you : )
June 29th, 2007 at 11:41 amDude it was an IPhone piece.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:42 amI hope there is a trial. the guy gets petty theft, the fux guys get assault charges.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:42 amcan you imagine how stupid it is to attack someone over a microphone? and how many thousands of dollars they are going to pay because they hire idiots?
most amusing
Not news.
Not relevant.
Who cares?
Get it off the site.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:45 amThis is typical of a leftwinger nut job. No rule of law, do what ever feels good, freedom of speach except when I don’t agree with it – this video sums up the liberal debate. The guy even looked like a typical liberal – no job, not in school, living off of mom and dad, no sense of productiveness at all. LMFAO.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:45 amI’m giving it less than an hour before fauxnoise is saying liberals are to blame for the attempted theft.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:46 amBoth sides of the aisle here sound like junior high kids. Grow up. This story is bogus and I think the “debate” attached to it can speak directly to that.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:46 amFOX is nearing extinction. What a hoot.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:46 amMy dad can beat your dad up.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:47 amCouldn’t be a Conservative who did this, they are all at work or in school making for a better life or a better world. Only liberals have nothing to do so that they can wait in line for some piece of shit technology because it is hip to do so.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:47 amFDR,
I’m not sure why I’m bothering with you. You don’t have the intellectual game of the common dog.
Air America offered a debate to Republican candidates in response to Fox’s criticism of Democratic candidates saying no to Fox. They were simply trying to demonstrate that Fox is no more a legitimate news organization than Air America is. They are both opinion pushers. The difference is that Air AMerica doesn’t hide that fact. While Fox continues to promote itself as a legit news source. Which it isn’t.
Now here’s where you call me a commie coward that isn’t informed. And then you can finish it off with a cute little emoticon that makes you look as dumb as you may very well be.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:48 amThis thread is important. And this incident is a metaphor.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:49 amAmerica is taking it’s country back from FOX, and FOX ain’t going down without a fight.
LandSurveyor thats right , and it because of its high ratings , higher that any leftwingnut news network
June 29th, 2007 at 11:49 amBlame it on Hollywood. Yeah, right.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:50 amThis is another funny thread proving the iodiocy of liberals. “..taking it’s country back from FOX” – now that is funny. Fox New’s audience is not even 10% of the Big 3 Liberal Powerhouses.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:50 amLandSurveyor you are important , a perfect example of the left making an attempt at looking intelligent . but please don’t stop trying , its amusing : )
June 29th, 2007 at 11:51 amOh FDR the only thing you minorities control is wingnut radio. That, too, will soon end when the Democrots complete their sweep. The Lefty audience is distributed and diverse! You know that!
June 29th, 2007 at 11:52 amDamn liberals!!! lol How long before O’Rielly uses this as an example for keeping the ‘Fairness Doctrine’? Watch! It will happen tonight! lol
June 29th, 2007 at 11:53 amCrump I am sure that they did and it would have been carried on a whole wopping 5 stations pushing 250 watts each and heard at most 3 bloks from the transmitter !!!! HEHEHE
June 29th, 2007 at 11:54 amHa! That’s awesome. Too bad he didn’t run faster.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:54 amThere are far more conservatives than liberals out there. If this wasn’t the case, the libtards wouldn’t need the Fairness Doctrine to get their message out into the free market airspace.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:55 amIts unfortunate the passerby didn’t shove the microphone down her contempt-filled throat.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:55 amLandSurveyor
June 29th, 2007 at 11:56 amNo Dummy I do not know that . you are silly and you need to get a job so you can move out of mom’s basement .
73 – I’m sure that same guy has a bumber sticker that says “Mean People Suck” and “Random Acts of Kindness” next to the darwin fish.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:57 amIf you live near Louisville Kentucky we can find out just how tough you are , I think that you are a COWARD . Prove Me wrong and make Zooey Proud . I dare you
Comment by FDR
Priceless!!! Hahahahaha. Oh, the Kiddos.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:58 amJohn Sacks Have you been Spying on Liberals ?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:58 amBTW, unlike most the cosnpiracy nuts on this site I’m pretty middle of the road. I’m pro gun, Nukes, Israel, business, and so on. However, I’m anti-Neocon and anti-Newscorp.
And wait until the term REsegregation permeates the discourse. It will be the final blow to the Republican party!
Muahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 29th, 2007 at 11:58 amMinorites will stand up! You guys blew it!!!!!!!!!!!!
An already stupid thread has really degenerated.
No glove, no love.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:00 pmMy Jesus fish can beat up your Darwin fish
June 29th, 2007 at 12:00 pmActually the quote “The only way to stop discrimination in the schools is to stop discriminating in the schools” sums that one up – it’s about time someone with common sense started to look at that issue.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:01 pmIf you live near Louisville Kentucky we can find out just how tough you are , I think that you are a COWARD . Prove Me wrong and make Zooey Proud . I dare you
Comment by FDR
What is funny about this statement is the irony that the sole mention of Al-Qaeda just make them crap their pants.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:01 pmZooey
Silly girl , he was one of you brothers in arms hehehe
Comment by FDR
I don’t advocate violence. That’s how bright you are.
Kentucky? That explains a lot.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:04 pmJuan C not to mention cowardly .you do know that there are girls in the army serving in Iraq that could beat you up don’t you ?
June 29th, 2007 at 12:04 pmi noticed the cameraman kept the pummeling that guy surely got
out of the picture… smart for him…
too bad for the thief… guy’s got balls though…
nice try…
I’M MAD AS HELL
AND I’M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!
heh…
June 29th, 2007 at 12:05 pmThis wasn’t just assault of the news reporter, it was possibly an attempted robbery of the new iPhone. He was obviously ticked off he didn’t get the phone and didn’t even try to escape. By all means restrain the idiot before he jumps a guy walking out of AT&T.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:11 pmGreetings,
I have made lengthy numerous complaints against those of you posters who are constantly in violation the terms of use agreement on this site. I don’t wish to ban or censor anyone, but your childish proddings are not furthering the cause of political discourse…
Just sayin.
So, if posts start to disappear, you can thank me ;)
June 29th, 2007 at 12:11 pmGlock is no match against an Iraqi car bomb. FDR would not last long.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:12 pmWhat is wrong ? I thought you and your Comrades were all for squlching Free Speech that you opposed , after all it is what you do best . : )
Comment by FDR — June 29, 2007 @ 11:26 am
Ah, I see Kramer’s friend Franklin Delano Romanowski is now trolling here. Super.
(That’s a Seinfeld reference for the confused, BTW)
June 29th, 2007 at 12:13 pmJuan, I think you’re making FDR all skeered.
Comment by Zooey
I think it is the lack of gene pool.
Comment by Juan C — June 29, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
yea, there is no straight “path of least resistance” in ky…
that’s all… i’ve said too much… i’m so bad…
June 29th, 2007 at 12:15 pm.
(That’s a Seinfeld reference for the confused, BTW)
Comment by spit take
Thank you for the clarification, spit take. I’ve never seen Seinfeld. :)
June 29th, 2007 at 12:20 pmyea, there is no straight “path of least resistance†in ky…
that’s all… i’ve said too much… i’m so bad…
Comment by katy
You are bad! I love it.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:21 pm101…that would be my point Jay.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:28 pmSince I’m in Florida I have a gun permit.
Comment by The Joke — June 29, 2007 @ 11:28 am
Good.
You’d need it..
June 29th, 2007 at 12:30 pmAdvocating violence against some chick interviewing someone about their dumb phone….
Comment by Peltoi — June 29, 2007 @ 11:32 am
Can’t read either ay?
I didn’t advocate violence against some chick interviewing someone pinhead.
I advocated defending themselves against felony assault and battery by the peices of shit fox crew.
I recommended citizens beat their asses next time they try to play citizen gestapo.
Which is well within our legal rights.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:33 pmI’m guessing he was a Fox News hater (read liberal) and since liberals can’t win an argument on the basis of their argument alone, when frustrated they tend to lash out in childish ways. (hee-hee)
June 29th, 2007 at 12:34 pmSO bad!
(see, i’m not too far away from “kentucky”, ya know)
hey, the latest garden pics are up…
has rained most everyday since…
amazing how much the weeds can take off over a little rain…
the purslane is getting huge… i need to tackle it today
while it’s cool and cloudy…
later all…
June 29th, 2007 at 12:35 pmWhat do you call FDR’s family when they all get together?
A full set of teeth!
June 29th, 2007 at 12:35 pmoh, for zooey…
June 29th, 2007 at 12:36 pmHas anyone ever seen a reasonable argument about anything posted by SGT Higgins?
All I’ve ever seen has been tired, knee-jerk invective straight out of the wingnut playbook.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:40 pmGeez. All Bush’s warnings and you still don’t recognize an “Al Quaeda” operative. A brazen attack on Fox cannot go unpunished. That operative has to be sent to “gitmo” and be tortured until he give up all his valued info.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:40 pmYou were correct till you went overboard with that statement, that is sooo rightwing….we libs don’t condone violence, that is what the rightwing nutz do.
Comment by Buck Fush — June 29, 2007 @ 11:58 am
I am not condoning violence.
I am condoning DEFENDING ourselves from violence.
In 1930’s Germany, a group of guys who didn’t have the legal authority to do so, started beating up citizens.
The people, like you are advocating, did nothing. They permitted themselves to be beaten, and they watched, as others were beaten.
And we all know where that went.
All I am saying is if Fox news crews now think they have the legal authority to tackle and illegally restrain private citizens, when in fact, they do not, that private citizens defend the other private citizens, and shove their cameras so far up their assess they’ll be flossing their teeth with film.
They did the same thing to a blogger a little while ago at a hotel in VA. This time it was RNC officials and members of Maccaca’s personal staff.
They didn’t have the authority to do that then, and they don’t now
But no ones doing anything about it. So like most bully’s they’ll just do it more and more. Unless the people begin to slam their heads into the pavement until they figure it out, each and every time they try.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:41 pmJust like passengers on an airline tackling a shoe bomber, so can private citizens jump in and defend other private citizens when right wing pricks (who ONLY do it in numbers) are assaulting them in public.
You have every legal right to stop someone from assaulting a private citizen, and if the people looking on jumped in, and the fox news crew got their asses beat, then they got legally what they deserved for impersonating police officers, which is what they were doing.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:44 pmBARTLEBEE
I live near Louisville Ky , please try . I have spent 3 days this week cleaning Guns . tell me when and where :
Comment by FDR — June 29, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
Good. Cause you’d need them.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:45 pmHa for a punk Subauran silver spoon clown nope.
I’ll just slice yopur face!
Comment by The Doper — June 29, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
You guys ever noticed when a neocon troll gets excited, he forgets how to type?
Was there a sentence in there somewhere?
If so, what is its meaning?
June 29th, 2007 at 12:47 pmAmerica has had enough Fox propaganda. Here comes the backlash.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:49 pmjust like a liberal nutt job
June 29th, 2007 at 12:51 pmI agree with the fellah who says ‘here’s hoping for a conviction of petty theft for the perp and assault and possibly battery for the fox news thugs who tackled him’. “Fox News Security”, anyone?
Oh, as usual, the thread is polluted by thuggish neocon trolls too.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:56 pmleave it to liberals to start talking about pre-pubescent teens
June 29th, 2007 at 12:59 pmWhy are comments being deleted?
June 29th, 2007 at 1:07 pmCleaning House at TP
Are you the Nazi?
June 29th, 2007 at 1:08 pmNo are you?
Are you the Nazi?
Comment by Crump’s Brother
June 29th, 2007 at 1:11 pmThis is no different than the old guy who was getting pickpocketed the other day. A theft was commited and private citizens have every right to subdue the guy until the police arrived.
Your personal opinions about Fox News do not make this any less of a crime.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:19 pmOf course if Ann Coulter had been there and opposed the Faux News person, she would have poisoned or assasinated them, and that would have, of course, been OK, since it was Ann Coulter.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:20 pmBartlebee – er ah, NOOoooo! Someone like me will never stand by and let violence happen to someone else – not my style. Besides 27 years of kick boxing lets me feel a little more confident in defending myself or others.
Just I don’t condone violence.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:21 pmAh, the lame ‘Nazi’ moniker! Priceless, and OH, SO ORIGINAL!!!
But alas, I am but a mere messenger of hope and prosperity in a sea of immature name-calling and taunting. If you prefer, keep up the childish posts, and watch them DISAPPEAR!!!!!
I suggest you ALL click the linky below the ‘comment’ box, ‘Terms of Use’, but since you’re all too lazy, here it is:
June 29th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
This is no different than the old guy who was getting pickpocketed the other day. A theft was commited and private citizens have every right to subdue the guy until the police arrived.
Comment by John — June 29, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
No, they don’t. The law makes no provisions for private citizens to restrain or detain other citizens UNLESS a felony is in progress.
Thats the law. I didn’t write it. I just read it. I suggest you do too.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:23 pmBartlebee – er ah, NOOoooo! Someone like me will never stand by and let violence happen to someone else – not my style. Besides 27 years of kick boxing lets me feel a little more confident in defending myself or others.
Comment by Buck Fush — June 29, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
2nd DAN here, didn’t feel like mentioning it but glad to see theres more of us out there.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:24 pmTheft and Battery is not a Felony?
June 29th, 2007 at 1:25 pmCleaning House at TP,
The nazi quip was a bad attempt at humor. My apologies
I would like to ask however, what is it specifially that has you so worked up?
June 29th, 2007 at 1:27 pmLaw student bartlebee apparently doesn’t know the whole law. Sad but true. Those mics are expensive — more than $500 so, it isn’t petty theft, it is grand theft and that, mr. bartlebee, is a felony. So is practicing law without a license.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:28 pmCrump,
People, mostly trolls, constantly are in violation of the T.O.U. agreement, and when in violation, as it states, you will be deleted.
Just trying to keep us on topic and actually accomplish something that resemble Political Discourse instead of schoolyard tanting and name calling. I’m WAY to old for that.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:29 pmPost 105 > posting long comments is supposed to be violation of terms of use. Just saying to be consistent in censoring posts.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:30 pmTheft and Battery is not a Felony?
Comment by John — June 29, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
The value of the mic would determine the degree of the so called theft. Grabbing it out of her hand is not considered battery however.
Battery is what the wimp news crew did when they tackled the guy slamming him to the ground and hitting him.
The guy was wrong. Grabbing her mic was wrong. In most courts it would be deemed simple assault, and possibly petty theft, although most courts would just stick with the simple assault.
The news crew on the other hand if they injured the guy, could be charged with Assault and Battery, which in most states, is a felony.
And if they detained him, not being officers of the court, they could be charged with kidnapping, which is one of the most serious felonies in the United States.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:30 pm… I’m sorry if you miss bashing CT V_1, The Joker, PRIMVS, etc., as they were the primary offenders…
June 29th, 2007 at 1:30 pmThis is interesting:
When posting here we apparently agree to not:
“Post any content to the Blog that is unlawful, racist, hateful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or that intentionally discriminates against or harasses particular individuals or groups.”
Hmmmm, Thought control?
I understand the desire for some level of civility, but I also understand that ideas that seem devisive, many times end up being right.
So when I say people that believe in a monothisetic form of religion are whack jobs, does that mean I’ve broken rules?
Seems like a slippery slope I wish TP didn’t have to go down.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pmComment by Jay Randal — June 29, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
June 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pmWell, I’m a “whatever it takes” to get it right, kinda guy.
Cleaning House at TP,
I’m concerened that we are silencing people because we don’t like what they have to say. That gives me chills.
The best cure for speech you don’t like isn’t silencing, it’s more speech, louder speech!!
June 29th, 2007 at 1:32 pmHe should of stuffed the mic down his pants. You know the FAUX boyzz would have gone after it.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:32 pm…and be HONEST.
This is probably the first time most of you have read the T.O.U. agreement!
June 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pmYeah, they guy was probably out of line for what he did, but damn it felt good to watch him doing it!
June 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pmThis isn’t news. It’s an advertisement.
How much did Apple pay for this airtime?
June 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pmIt would be quite hard to prove theft however, if his intent was merely to shout something into the mic. Theft entails an intent to steal, not grabbing a mic with no intention of keeping it.
A rabid prosecutor might go after it as such, but a jury trial would mean a quick dismissal.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pmI’m concerened that we are silencing people because we don’t like what they have to say. That gives me chills.
Well then, by all means, WRITE TO TP. That’s all it took for me to do to get INVECTIVE, HATE-FILLED posts (in vioation of TOU) DELETED.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:34 pmSo is practicing law without a license.
Comment by Bill The Cat — June 29, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
Yea Matlock? Well if you see someone doing that you’d better tell someone.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:34 pmHe should of stuffed the mic down his pants. You know the FAUX boyzz would have gone after it.
Comment by satnin — June 29, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
With their lips.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:35 pmPost 123 > Cleaning House at TP > do you work for TP, because your post implies something else?
June 29th, 2007 at 1:37 pmCleaning House at TP
*VIOLATION*
• Impersonate any person or entity, including any APAF employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:40 pmNo siree Jay.
Just a conscientious blogger ;)
June 29th, 2007 at 1:41 pmI NEVER implied I worked for them.
That’s YOUR doing.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:42 pmFYI,
June 29th, 2007 at 1:43 pmWhen someone from TP posts here, they don’t do it anonymously!
What is this, ROMPER ROOM?
Why are we talking about TP rules, and wasting time posting 20 page excerpts from them? WHO CARES?
Just talk about the issue on the board, and let TP do whatever.
The issue is buried by stupid recitals of the rules.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:45 pmCleaning House at TP = an I’m tellin’ your mom troll
June 29th, 2007 at 1:45 pmHahah, that’s hilarious! I don’t care which tv news company he stole the mic from, that’s just funny.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:49 pmThe issue is buried by stupid recitals of the rules.
Comment by BARTLEBEE — June 29, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
This is a NON-issue of the HIGHEST order.
GET OVER IT.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:56 pmCleaning House at TP = an I’m tellin’ your mom troll
Comment by . — June 29, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
And also sounds alot like our resident cry baby braggadocious troll “Unbelievable”.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:58 pmHA HA, not canadien, that is sooo funny. (24)
It seems that my local paper, the Seattle PI, did run with the Spice Girls Reunite story, on the front page, no less.
Oh, for some real news…….
June 29th, 2007 at 1:59 pmCleaning House at TP > do you post under another screen-name on here or are you the self-imposed room monitor for TP?
June 29th, 2007 at 2:00 pmI hope a drunk driver plows into your next protest and pins you against a garbage truck.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:02 pmJay,
June 29th, 2007 at 2:03 pmI’m a lurker. Amused somewhat by this site, but I don’t post my political opinions. You know, they’re just like a-holes, “everybody’s got one.” I just can’t believe you people, acting like such children sometimes! LOL! It doesn’t help you cause ONE BIT.
So Cleaning House at TP > this site is just for your amusement?
June 29th, 2007 at 2:07 pmIt doesn’t help you cause ONE BIT.
Comment by Cleaning House at TP — June 29, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Nor does being illiterate, help yours.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:07 pmSo Cleaning House at TP > this site is just for your amusement?
Comment by Jay Randal — June 29, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Judging by the ignorant, childish name-calling, don’t most of you?
June 29th, 2007 at 2:10 pmNor does being illiterate, help yours.
Comment by BARTLEBEE
OH GOD FORBID SOMEONE MAKE A TYPO!!!!?????
June 29th, 2007 at 2:12 pmI’M SO, SO, SO, VERY, INCREDIBALLY SORRRRRRRRY!!!!!!!
HOW AM I GOING TO LIVE WITH MYSELF???
Gotta go lurk on some other blogs now…C-YA, wouldn’t wanna B-YA!
June 29th, 2007 at 2:13 pmBye bye Cleaning House at TP. Not a good thing to act superior, when you are just a lurker troll.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:17 pmJohn Sacks, FDR typify the two-dimensional thinking. Obviously, anyone not agreeing with your position you classify as a “Liberal”. With us or against us.
How do people manage to live in such a tiny, tiny world? Low standards? Ignorance?
June 29th, 2007 at 2:23 pmSo now there is advertising for the Iphone on TP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 29th, 2007 at 2:41 pmThis is how democrats feel about free speech eh?
June 29th, 2007 at 2:42 pmDemocrats, Liberals, anyone not you, all the same to you, eh.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:44 pmI wish her well the way her network wishes people well.
June 29th, 2007 at 2:44 pmCleaning House at TP:
Thanks for taking out the (FDR) trash. I’m seeing a daily pattern to these moronic posts — like the guy’s on a timeclock or something. Now that his shift’s complete, we’ll probably start to see comments from “Howard Dean”. Feel free to delete his unthought commentary as well.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:18 pm“Guy got the iPhone confused with iMicrophone”
Exactly. What in the world?
June 29th, 2007 at 3:27 pmThe story is not the mic snatching but the way Fox handled it. And I’m not talking about the tackling! Illegal or not, I would have done the same if somebody snatched my gear. I’m talking about the anchors. They actually said to cut back to the scene to “make sure everybody is okay” (like someone in the control room wasn’t doing this and it needed to be blasted over live tv) and they even said “clearly people sometimes have disputes with the media.” HUH? How do you know he had a dispute with Fox and wasn’t just some moron whose buddies egged him on “hey dude, go grab the mic from that chick!” But they played it out like they are the responsible adults being unfairly harrassed by Big Bad Liberals. THAT’S what’s newsworthy. A big corporation pretending to be the victim of a huge conspiracy when all it likely was was some dumb college kid prank.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:29 pmHOW AM I GOING TO LIVE WITH MYSELF???
Comment by Cleaning House at TP — June 29, 2007 @ 2:12 pm
Thats your problem.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:34 pm#17
“He should have brought 3 or 4 of his biggest, meanest friends.”
LOL! That pussy has no friends. Typical clown who obviously doesn’t have a job much less a life.
June 29th, 2007 at 4:07 pmIf that guy was expecting that police to show up after his sorry ass was tackled and arrest the Fox news camera guy….they would have have laughed in his face.
June 29th, 2007 at 4:10 pmMy hero.
June 29th, 2007 at 4:12 pmKeith Olbermann sought for questioning.
June 29th, 2007 at 4:49 pmCleaning House at TP = an I’m tellin’ your mom troll
Comment by . — June 29, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
And also sounds alot like our resident cry baby braggadocious troll “Unbelievableâ€.
Comment by just sayin’
June 29th, 2007 at 5:25 pm—————————————————————————-
unbelievable wants her own “lefty/socialist/echo chamber”
Loves to hear own thoughts of wizdom. :D
You guys have let the trolls do what they wanted, and derail the conversation by tossing around personal insults.
Way to feed the trolls.
June 29th, 2007 at 6:07 pmI can’t stand Fox News, but the punk deserved what he got.
June 29th, 2007 at 7:06 pmWhile he was at it he should have slugged her, too. You know, good for broke and all.
June 29th, 2007 at 7:39 pmBush is almost out so libs need something to be deranged about. So now its fox news derangement. I think a lot of leffties got dropped on the head when they were babies.
June 29th, 2007 at 9:05 pmThe guy had no right to take the microphone and the Faux employee had every right to use the force used to recover the property. Most of this thread concurs.
But I guess that’s the difference between good people and most conservatives. We apply standards consistently when RW Cons operate in an alternative reality which absolves their own of wrongdoing despite its blatantness. (Ex: Scooter Libby)
June 29th, 2007 at 9:39 pmMy thoughts exactly. There is a lot more going on TP, this isn’t worth your time or space.
Comment by Chris L — June 29, 2007 @ 11:19 am
I was happy to read about this important development.
June 29th, 2007 at 9:47 pmComment by Cleaning House at TP — June 29, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
crap thats a lot of rules
June 29th, 2007 at 9:50 pmPost 105 > posting long comments is supposed to be violation of terms of use. Just saying to be consistent in censoring posts.
Comment by Jay Randal — June 29, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
where does it say that!? NOWHERE!
June 29th, 2007 at 9:51 pmWe’re sorry about the string of obscenities. HAHAHAHA. That’s all Fox is, a string of obscenities,voiced by disgusting obscene people.
June 29th, 2007 at 10:09 pmI don’t care if he had a right. When we the people get our rights back that Bush and Fox news have stolen from us, then I’ll listen to you trolls cry about rights. How about the right to Habeas Corpus or the right to due process, how about the right not to be tortured, how about the right to privacy, how about the right to not have our money stolen and handed to your friends at Halliburton, How about the right to elections that are honest and not stolen. Save your phony tears about your cherry picked rights. His only mistake was letting those leakers tackle him.
I was right there when it happened. It was more like criminal mischief than any kind of mugging or robbery. He was not trying to steal the mic. He was trying to disrupt the broadcast. He and his wiseass friends were taunting and heckling whatsherface immediately prior to this live shot. They hated FOX news are were openly talking about messing with them. It was totally stupid. After initially being let go, it seemed that someone at FOX called over and asked for him to be arrested. Since he had stupidly lingered in the area, they just scooped him up and drove him off. He should have just gone home when they initially let him go and no one would have pursued him. It was a totally stupid act, followed by supplemental stupidity. But tonight, he’s learning it in the clink, while the rest of us play with our new iPhones. Doofus.
June 29th, 2007 at 10:39 pmwell we are damned if we do and damned if we don’t….if we don’t kick ass the right think we’re p***ies and if we do we are not being polite or patriotic or whatever….if you hate faux sleaze then the terrorist’s win…they named the game and get mad if we play by their rules…like they can kick us in the jewels and no matter what we do….you get it liberals need to show the far right that they may be making a mistake….and possibly some may be in favor of dusting off the guillotine…they have been firing up the stake and the gallows for us….only fair and balanced…sean heretic
June 29th, 2007 at 10:40 pmThat man is obviously an undocumented immigrant and should be deported immediately.
June 29th, 2007 at 10:55 pmAll I know is that I have now made a BIG batch of Coulter Creme Brulee, and am looking for SCOTUS addresses to send out my “care” packages. Oh what is that you say FDR, the liberals are wimps, oh let me go tell the minutemen and the “treasonous” revolutionary fighters who were liberals, dumbass.
I say, there is a quota, if you have NOT at least inconvenienced, at best killed a neo-con every day, then you are not being a true patriot.
Kill the GOP.
June 30th, 2007 at 12:25 amBush is almost out so libs need something to be deranged about. So now its fox news derangement.
Comment by Injunjoe
Yes, News Corp needs to be dismantled and sold for the crap that it is. Rupert Murdoch should be deported and stripped of all his wealth, which has been made unconscionably. He is the bane of true journalism. He stand for EVERYTHING that is bad with news reporting. He does not even have a news program, for Fox is entertainment, not news.
June 30th, 2007 at 12:36 amIt was a totally stupid act, followed by supplemental stupidity. But tonight, he’s learning it in the clink, while the rest of us play with our new iPhones. Doofus.
June 30th, 2007 at 1:36 amHe may be learning something in the clink, but judging by your vacuous comment i don’t think you have those capabilities and I don’t think your little status symbol will help either.
BARTLEBEE is an ass. The forceful taking of one’s property is called Robbery, dipshit.
June 30th, 2007 at 10:46 amLooks like all the conservative name-callers with cotton in their ears can do is just that: name call.
Big hairy deal.
Once they find they have no intelligence because they can not actually discuss in a civilized manner real issues in an ADULT manner, then they will eventually choke on their own venom.
I am a former republican and a former conservative.
If all you conservatives and repugs stand for nowadays is to call people names with no real intelligent basis and no real intelligent way to discuss in a civilized manner important issues, then you better believe that you are in real danger.
Your name-calling marks you and you are easy to spot as an idiot. Also you are now tagged and watched.
So much for intelligence.
Conservatives have no concept of the meaning, because if they actually could talk in a real adult manner, they would not have posted their IQs in name-bashing on this board.
From a former conservative and former republican who will never, ever go back to your party and many others like me.
June 30th, 2007 at 7:01 pmDo you know who ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus is? He/she is the biggest hateful coward on this site.
June 30th, 2007 at 7:50 pmReality bubble alert:
“People have disputes with ‘the media’…” “…This guy trying to grab the iPhone.”
Everyone watched the same footage I watched right? This was a guy that spotted a Fox News mike and decided to mess them around. He wasn’t ‘trying to grab the iPhone’ and he wasn’t embroiled in a dispute with ‘the media’ (a Fox news term usually reserved for everyone else; vis ‘The liberal media’). He was deliberately targeting Fox News, presumably because he has the same view of them as most rational people in the country. Such a shame Fox News aren’t willing to let this minor act of protest filter through their reality bubble.
July 1st, 2007 at 5:31 amNow this is the way to get stuff done!!! I think everyone who sees Faux News on the street should rip the mic out of the hand of the propaganda person or accidently bump into a camera.
July 1st, 2007 at 2:31 pmI found this funny, oh so serious people. Yes, he will pay a fine or spend some time in the pokey. But Fox deserves it. However, I did find it amusing that Fox tried to say he was going after the iPhone. He could have grabbed that easily. He was reaching for the Fox microphone.
July 2nd, 2007 at 3:24 pm