How *not* to deal with a news crew outside one's house

[salin]

Police: Family attacks TV news crew, yells racial slurs

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) -- Three people upset that a news crew was reporting on the arrest of a relative attacked the television reporter and yelled racial slurs at her and a photographer, authorities said Tuesday.

The family members, all white, began yelling and charged at black WSPA-TV reporter Charmayne Brown while she was standing in the street near the family's home in Union, said news director Alex Bongiorno.

Brown was punched in the head, and black cameraman Ti Barnes was also struck as he tried to pull family members off Brown, Bongiorno said. A video of the attack shows Brown, who wasn't seriously injured, defending herself.

"I think she's more affected by the verbal abuse than the physical abuse. She's really shaken up," Bongiorno said.

The fight was taped by a white crew from a second television station. They were not attacked.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/12/reporter.attacked.ap/index.html?eref=rss_us#cnnSTCText

Just ran across this item as I did my early am news reading.

[alphafemale]

1. !

That is really awful.

I think a couple of the family members may have been trying to break up the fight. But it's hard to tell.

The back story is that the grandson is accused of killing the grandfather?


Good gawd.

[UTUSN]

2. Another example: How FERRARO is doing it. n/t

[KharmaTrain]

3. Mixed Feelings...

It's detestable what happened to that reporter and the video is damning...hopefully these attackers will be prosecuted and some in the community shamed by yet another display of senseless racism.

That said...I've seen the media feeding frenzy...where dozens of trucks and hundreds of newsclowns invade a town. They travel in packs...and like locusts, one they glam onto property or community, when they leave, there's nothing left. It's not just annoying, but unnerving for many to have their neighborhood in the spotlight and all those strangers snooping around. Ironically, many newscrews travel with almost no security...hoping the camera is their best defense.

Think of him as you will, the guy who made the feeding frenzy feel stupid was this Peterson dude. Instead of hiding out, he not just went out to confront the media, he all but talked them to death. Another classic housefront confrontation was when Michael Moore brought some Puritans to sit at Ken Starr's driveway and then chased him down the street.

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