Monday, October 1, 2012

Fox News Suicide

  • Fox News suicide watch: An end to live car-chase coverage?

    Maybe it's time for all television news - that includes you, local stations - to swear off live coverage of these incidents, whose news value is limited.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Fox News' Suicide Suspect's Kids Watched Dad's Death

    The fact that Romero killed himself -- and Fox aired the suicide on live TV -- is unfortunate. The fact that Romero's kids watched the footage is what makes it tragic.

    blogs.villagevoice.com

  • Fox broadcasts suicide and Shepard Smith apologizes

    Fox broadcast a suicide after a high speed chase in Phoenix, Arizona shocking viewers according to a September 28 report from the Associated Press.

    www.examiner.com

  • Details emerge about Fox News suicide victim

    Fox News has apologized profusely for mistakenly airing the suicide, blaming basic human error. The broadcasting of the harrowing suicide has raised questions about the ethics of airing car chases at all, with Romero's case highlighting the desperation ...

    www.salon.com

  • WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Syria suicide blast kills 4 at ...

    WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Syria suicide blast kills 4 at security compound. Homepage · News · Delmarvawide News · National News · International News · Politics · Business News · Closings · Entertainment News · Healthbeat · Religion ...

    www.wboc.com

  • Fox broadcasts suicide on live TV

    Fox News anchor Shepard Smith told viewers that the video was supposed to be on a 10-second delay so it could be cut off from airing if something went awry.

    www.smh.com.au

  • Fox Broadcasts Suicide in Live On Air Video Stunning Viewers

    Fox has broadcast a suicide live on TV, stunning viewers. The cable news channel was following live footage of a police pursuit when the suspect being chased suddenly jumped from his car and ran down a dirt track.

    global.christianpost.com

  • Fox Airs Suicide on Live TV; Apologizes After Broadcasting 'Severe Human Error ...

    On Friday, Fox News televised a man shooting himself in the head at 12:31 p.m. PDT, following a lengthy car chase that the station devoted a portion of the day covering.

    www.latinospost.com

  • Will TV's long love affair with car chases come to a screeching halt as Fox ...

    This is the ethical problem: a car chase contains a high potential for mayhem, without any inherent news value otherwise. It is simply mayhem porn.

    www.poynter.org

  • Fox News Showed a Man Killing Himself on Live TV. Was BuzzFeed Wrong To ...

    After Fox aired the on-air suicide, Smith apologized to viewers, saying, "We really messed up." Another news outfit, though, seemed less tortured about its decision to publicize the snuff film.

    www.slate.com

  • Fox Broadcasts Suicide:VIDEO Shows Anchor in Shock After Car Chase Turns ...

    (Photo : Screenshot) Fox Broadcast a suicide in Phoenix by mistake on Friday September 28, 2012. Fox News' anchor Shepherd Smith apologized after the news channel broadcast live the suicide of a man being chased by police in Phoenix, Arizona.

    www.enstarz.com

  • WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Suicide bomber kills 2, injures ...

    BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing two people and wounding another 45 in a region under assault by a radical Islamist sect, officials said.

    www.wboc.com

  • UPDATE 1-Fox News blames live airing of suicide on 'severe human error'

    (Updates with identity of suicide, adds details, Phoenix dateline). PHOENIX, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Fox News apologized for a "severe human error" that resulted in viewers seeing a suspected carjacker fatally shoot himself after a police chase.

    www.reuters.com

  • Fox News Accidentally Airs Arizona Suicide?

    Recently, there was a mainstream media story regarding the "accidental" airing of a high speed chase in Arizona which was carried on the Fox's "fair and balanced" news media that eventually resulted in a live broadcast suicide. Just what has our media ...

    www.groundreport.com

  • FOX News responds to suicide being aired live

    A carjacking and subsequent high speed chase ended with a suicide. That suicide was accidentally aired on FOX News, despite their attempts not to show it to their viewers. Since the airing of the suicide, FOX News has made public statements ...

    www.examiner.com

  • On live air, Fox News shows suicide of a driver chased by police

    Fox News and its viewers got a lesson in the perils of live television Friday afternoon when a driver chased by police emerged from a car and fatally shot himself in the head.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Fox News suicide footage airing: "We really messed up"

    Fox News' inadvertent airing of a man committing suicide has put anchor Shepard Smith in the tough place of having to apologize to viewers not expecting to see such graphic violence.

    www.sheknows.com

  • Fox Broadcasts Suicide: News Channel Apologizes To Viewers

    Michael Clemente, executive vice-president of news editorial at Fox News, explained that attempts to shield viewers from the suicide were ultimately unsuccessful. "We took every precaution to avoid any such live incident by putting the helicopter ...

    www.inquisitr.com

  • Jordon F. Romero Commits Suicide Live On Fox News After Car Chase In ...

    "We really messed up, and we're all very sorry," Smith said minutes after the suicide aired. Fox apologized for showing the violence on air.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Fox News blames live airing of suicide on "severe human error"

    "We took every precaution to avoid any such live incident by putting the helicopter pictures on a five-second delay," said Michael Clemente, Fox's executive vice president for news editorial. "Unfortunately, this mistake was the result of a severe ...

    www.reuters.com

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